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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

Theme: Vehicular combat simulator, Flight/Aviation


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


Baseball player Frank Thomas licensed one of the first baseball games to use motion-captured 3D graphics and multiple camera angles. 28 stadia have been rendered in 3D, and each has its own visible and significant differences. There are 6 distinct game modes, allowing for single exhibition matches as well as full seasons on the playoffs. … Continue reading “Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball”

Year: 1995

Platforms: DOS, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


Forgotten Worlds features two characters known as The Nameless Ones, who both look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, one even has a mohawk. It’s their job to rid the planet of the attacking aliens. Guiding your character around the screen as they fly with jet-packs, guns on full auto, you control a satellite which you rotate around … Continue reading “Forgotten Worlds”

Year: 1988

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter


Before marketing fat-reducing grills, boxing legend George Foreman endorsed this boxing game with a 3rd-person view similar to Punch Out. A full range of punches and jabs are available, with full round-by-round scoring from the judges. You can choose from 3-12 rounds, and there are 2 camera views as well as an automatic switch option. You … Continue reading “Foreman for Real”

Year: 1995

Platforms: Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports