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Gain Ground is an arcade style action game with a bit of strategy thrown in. The goal is get all of the soldiers to the opposite side of the screen or to kill all of the enemies. Each soldier in the army has a unique specialization, from among 20 types. Each soldier can attack in two … Continue reading “Gain Ground”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Arcade, Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Windows
Genre: Action, Strategy / tactics
Theme: Real-time strategy
It’s the year 300x. The Earth has been ravaged by careless humans, leaving an uninhabitable, polluted wasteland. The space terrorists, Gulfer, plan to harvest the pollution to make some sort of garbage weapon. The good guys, the Leezaluth, aren’t happy about that, so they decide they have to blow up the Earth before Gulfer gets … Continue reading “Gaiares”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Late one night, the malevolent Thump enters the Gadget Kingdom’s castle and steals the Gadget King’s gem. The king wakes up the next morning to find that his gem was stolen. The king then summons Bop and Bump to reclaim his stolen possession from Thump. Gameplay consists of flying through six air and water levels: … Continue reading “Gadget Twins”
Year: 1992
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
The Citizens Defence Force does not trust the United Nations to keep a troubled 21st century world at peace. It confiscates a horde of planes and warships, and as a UN loyalist, it is your job to shoot them down. Solving starvation and disease can wait, apparently. The game is split into 8 stages, which … Continue reading “G-Loc: Air Battle”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Genesis, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Funny World & Balloon Boy is an unlicensed two-in-one cartridge containing two simple games: Funny World is an action game where the player must shoot strange animals as they move across the screen. On each stage a set number of “funnys” will cross the screen, and the player must shoot a certain number of them before they … Continue reading “Funny World & Balloon Boy”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Action, Compilation
Theme: Shooter
Caverns of Zoarre is a dungeon crawl role-playing game similar to Telengard. You may choose to be either a fighter or a sorcerer as you explore the multi-leveled caverns for gold and treasures. Your view of the maze like caverns is top down, and only the area near you is visible. Throughout the caverns are … Continue reading “Caverns of Zoarre”
Year: 1984
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Rumor says that the legendary Black Onyx, an artifact that grants eternal youth and happiness to those who can find it, lies within the Black Tower near the town of Utsuro. You assemble a party of brave adventurers and venture into the tower, defeating monsters on your way to the great treasure. The Black Onyx … Continue reading “The Black Onyx”
Year: 1984
Platforms: FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-6001, PC-8000, PC-88, PC-98, SG-1000, Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500, Sharp X1
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Xyphus is a 2D fantasy RPG where the player can develop up to four characters with attributes such as hit points, endurance, strength etc. The available races are humans, dwarves and elves, with a mix of melee fighting and the use of magic for the professions. Slaying monsters is rewarded with experience and gold, used to … Continue reading “Xyphus”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Despite its title, Adventure Construction Set is an editor that allows players to create their own role-playing scenarios. It is possible to customize a tile-set, maps, and objects to create RPGs reminiscent of the early Ultima games. Seven small ‘toolkits’ to build from include Sci/Fi, Spy, and Medieval setting templates, plus two complete games are … Continue reading “Stuart Smith’s Adventure Construction Set”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
Your task in this arcade game is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill the frog and cost you a life if contact is made. The road is … Continue reading “Frogger”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BREW, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Intellivision, J2ME, MSX, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Odyssey 2, PC Booter, PC-6001, PlayStation 4, SNES, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, Timex Sinclair 2068, Tomy Tutor, VIC-20, Windows Phone, ZX81, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade