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Six of the best international tennis players have gathered to compete for cash and the Rad Racket trophy in this unlicensed game. Each player has his or her own special expertise such as net play, ground strokes, volleys, and smashes. There are three different types of tennis courts to play on; grass, clay, and hard.
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Easily the most elaborate NES game, RacerMate Challenge II was only available through mail order and came as part of the RacerMate CompuTrainer, a system designed to help cyclists train for marathons and long-distance races. It came with a large stand which you had to balance your real bike on, a “load generator” which you … Continue reading “Racermate Challenge II”
Year: 1996
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Vehicle simulator
Balrum is an old-school, hybrid turn-based, open world indie RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. In addition to traditional RPG features Balrum has deep crafting which allows the player to craft their own custom items. Balrum also features farming … Continue reading “Balrum”
Year: 2016
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Quattro Sports features four different sports action games on one cartridge: Baseball Pro’s:Pitch fast balls, curve balls, bat, and steal bases in this baseball simulation. Gameplay is from an overhead view of the field or from behind the plate when batting. Soccer Simulator:An action soccer game viewed from overhead. Features passing, shooting, throw-ins, penalties, and … Continue reading “Quattro Sports”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Quattro Arcade is an collection of 4 action arcade games, all of which feature single and 2-player modes.* C.J.’s Elephant Antics: C.J. the elephant went and got himself caught in an elephant trap. One thing led to another and the next thing you know, he’s in a Parisian zoo. He makes a break for it … Continue reading “Quattro Arcade”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Quattro Adventure features four action games on one cartridge. Boomerang Kid: It’s a little known fact that boomerangs don’t actually return when you chuck them. It took the Boomerang Kid an entire day to find this out, and he has lost an entire boomerang collection. Now he has to set out to collect them all. … Continue reading “Quattro Adventure”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
On a planet in the Q Galaxy, there exists the Rainbow Flower. One day the evil Dr. Mouse steals the Rainbow Flower and plans to use it to rule the planet. The brave Q-Boy must defeat Dr. Mouse and get the Rainbow Flower back. Q Boy is a platformer superficially resembling a Kirby game, but playing somewhat differently. … Continue reading “Q Boy”
Year: 1994
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
This time you travel to South America, where an old fable claims that you can get magicla power if you can ‘find the way to resolve the problem of the triangle’. As you drop your various blocks and clear lines, you’ll earn ‘power’ points. These can then be spent on special power-ups: a bomb which … Continue reading “Pyramid II”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Falling block puzzle
Pyramid is a real-time puzzle game similar to Tetris. Stones of various shapes and sizes fall from the top of the screen, and you need to move and rotate the stones so they fill complete lines at the bottom of the screen. Should the stones reach the top of the screen the game is over. If you … Continue reading “Pyramid”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Falling block puzzle
The object of Puzzle is to reassemble a picture which has been scrambled. The picture is broken into a number of pieces with one or more open spaces. Slide the pieces into the open spaces to rearrange them back into the proper order. If you’re stuck, you have the option of challenging the computer to … Continue reading “Puzzle”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Puzzle elements