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An updated version of the original Double Dribble basketball game. Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition. The Playoff Edition expands dramatically on the original in a number of ways:* 16 teams of 12 (fictitious) players each All players individually rated for various skills (Shooting %, Stamina, etc.)Three play modes: Exhibition, Playoff (with password feature), and Multiplayer8-way … Continue reading “Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Double Dragon returns, this time as a VS. fighter, in the same mold as Street Fighter. It does not continue the series’ storyline, but is based on the Double Dragon animated series, which is loosely based on the original arcade game, Jimmy and Billy and a host of other characters fight it out in a tournament fighter. The Shadow … Continue reading “Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis, Jaguar, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
The final game in the trilogy. Billy and Jimmy Lee are returning from martial arts training when their paths cross a fortune teller. She tells them of a great evil in Egypt, their strongest adversary yet, and how the Rosetta Stones can aid them. This game features weapon shops where Billy and Jimmy can buy … Continue reading “Double Dragon 3: The Arcade Game”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Double Clutch is an overhead racing game similar to Super Off Road. One or two players choose from four different drivers, each with their own special ability, then head out for a race on one of four different tracks. Of course, the goal is to be the first to finish three laps of the course, … Continue reading “Double Clutch”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Racing/Driving
Disney’s Donald Duck takes the starring role in this sidescrolling platform game. As the detective Maui Mallard, he’s on the trail of a long lost Idol, which has recently vanished. Early on, Maui can also switch between his normal self and Ninja Maui, and with all the creepy voodoo enemies he’ll encounter throughout his adventure, … Continue reading “Donald in Maui Mallard”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Game Boy, Genesis, SNES, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Skating DJ Boy’s girl has been kidnapped by the town’s local goons and DJ Boy is the only one who can save the day. This coin-op conversion offers different rounds of side-scrolling beat-em-up gameplay, each with an end boss. DJ Boy is able to punch, kick, combine them in a flying attack and punch to … Continue reading “DJ Boy”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
“Dinosaurs For Hire” does not really have a plot. Unknown monsters and weird robotic creatures attack the Earth. For some reason, the only ones who can stop the invasion are the three Dinosaurs for Hire: Archie, a tyrannosaurus rex and their leader; the triceratops Lorenzo, lover of fine food, fine wine, and fine clothes, and … Continue reading “Dinosaurs for Hire”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Play as characters from the Spielberg animated movie We’re Back, based entirely on the preview trailer. Run and jump through a variety of levels and defeat Dr. Screweyes. Every second level is a side-scrolling platformer where you take the role of the human kids Cecilia or Louie and move through obstacles to get to the … Continue reading “A Dinosaur’s Tale”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Dino Land is a dinosaur themed pinball machine. You basically have to shoot your pinball at dinosaur targets. As you go along, you get more points after you have hit all the dinosaur targets in the board. There are 4 pinball boards, one on ground with ground creatures, an air one that represents flying creatures, a … Continue reading “Dino Land”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Genesis, Sharp X68000
Genre: Action
Theme: Pinball
Although this soccer game is based on Goal, it features a very different control method, with the ball on sticking to your foot to make running with the ball easier. The game is viewed from above and played up and down the pitch, without the left-to-right option of Goal. Matches can be between 2 or … Continue reading “Dino Dini’s Soccer”
Year: 1994
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports