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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
Dick Vitale, the famous college basketball coach and commentator, lent his unique voice to this game for the Sega Genesis. There are four levels of depth to the commentary. Another aspect of the license is that the variety of offensive and defensive strategies and formations for player and AI use are pulled from the pages … Continue reading “Dick Vitale’s “Awesome, Baby!” College Hoops”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
This is one of the games based on the Dick Tracy movie. You are Dick Tracy, a police detective who enjoys a peaceful life with his wife. But his wife’s father is murdered by a local gangster named Big Boy Caprice, and Dick Tracy is now out for revenge. The game doesn’t follow the exact … Continue reading “Dick Tracy”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Genesis, SEGA Master System
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform, Shooter
Genki’s first game is a paddle/pong game with a background story. Once upon a time there were a prince and a princess who loved each other. But the evil jealous demon named “Y” turn them both into stone paddles. Suddenly, a blue sphere fell from the sky, becoming the ball which the paddles can now … Continue reading “Devilish: The Next Possession”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Action
Theme: Paddle / Pong
The first game in the Strike series. A year after the Gulf War, a self-styled general named Kilbaba (Muababa in the GBA version) takes over an Arab Emirate and threatens to start World War III against his western enemy, the United States. The whole world holds its breath as the President has chosen you to … Continue reading “Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, BlackBerry, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Genesis, Lynx, SEGA Master System, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter