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The game includes all of the 24 NHL teams and over 500 players, rated in over 15 skill categories. You can play the complete league season or create your own brand new league with up to 24 human participants. All the rough and tumble action of the sport is recreated from a top-down viewpoint. A … Continue reading “NHL Hockey”

Year: 1991

Platforms: Genesis

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


An entry in Sega’s early football series, Sports Talk ’93 weighs in at an impressive (for the time) 12 megs. Play any of the 28 teams in Exhibition, League Play, Play-offs, or the Super Bowl. Multiple field views and Sports Talk 2.0 (“over two times more commentary”) are the main features that set it apart … Continue reading “NFL Sports Talk Football 93 Starring Joe Montana”

Year: 1992

Platforms: Genesis

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


Another game in NFL Quarterback series. Every team from the 1996 NFL season is shown here, with real player numbers and stats. 32 offensive plays and 16 defensive plays are available as you play. Options include setting quarter lengths, from one to 15 minutes, and selecting your mode of play: Preseason, Playoffs, or a full Season, … Continue reading “NFL Quarterback Club 96”

Year: 1995

Platforms: DOS, Genesis, SEGA Saturn, SNES

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


One of the earliest in the series which features all 28 NFL teams including their respective nicknames and logos and many of the top players of the day including John Elway, Joe Montana, Brett Farve and Troy Aikman, just to name a few. There are a variety of game modes to choose from including NFL … Continue reading “NFL Quarterback Club”

Year: 1994

Platforms: Genesis, SNES

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


The Forbidden Tower is a sequel to The Sign of Chaos and is the third game in the Tir-nan-óg series of role-playing games based on Irish myths. The plot continues the events of the previous game, as the legendary hero and the princess of Fianapia travel to the land of Serokyu, the fifth kingdom that … Continue reading “Tir-nan-og III: The Forbidden Tower”

Year: 1990

Platforms: MSX, PC-88

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


The Sign of Chaos is a sequel to Descendants of Danaan, set in the same fantasy world based on Irish mythology. The legendary hero has accomplished his mission, but the forces of darkness were too strong, and as a result four kingdoms were engulfed in chaos, overrun by monstrous creatures. The hero travels to the … Continue reading “Tir-nan-og II: The Sign of Chaos”

Year: 1989

Platforms: PC-98

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


Tir-nan-óg: Descendants of Danaan is a role-playing game based on Irish mythology, more specifically the story of Tír na nÓg (the land of eternal youth) and the Tuatha Dé Danann (people of the goddess Dana). The main plot of the game is only loosely based on actual Irish myths and involves the fictional kingdom of … Continue reading “Tir-nan-og: Descendants of Danaan”

Year: 1987

Platforms: PC-98

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


Water of Life is a roleplaying game for the Dragon 32/64. The far-off world of Valgorin is slowly being overtaken by the forces of evil, led by the Warlocks of the Eye. Standing against the Evil is the aging ruler of Valgorin, Great Onin. A great spell of everlasting sleep has been cast upon Onin, and … Continue reading “Pendragon: Water of Life”

Year: 1984

Platforms: Dragon 32/64

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


You have travelled from the Mediterranean to the deserts of Persia in search of fortune. However, you have met with betrayal and been captured by brigands, who will spare your life only if you agree to enter the Fortress of the Dragon and return with the Sword of Kadash. The game is a top-down action/adventure … Continue reading “Sword of Kadash”

Year: 1985

Platforms: Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Action RPG


DnD was developed and published by Bill Knight as shareware and released for DOS in 1984. The game would later be updated, retitled, and released as Dungeons of the Necromancer’s Domain in 1988. This was to avoid legalities and lawsuits, which seems a convoluted tale. You can read about my experience with the game HERE

Year: 1984

Platforms: DOS

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy