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Japanese developer Hacker International basically took Galactic Crusader, made a new title without any changes to the existing code, slotted in some pornography, added different music and created this game. Every time you beat a level you are rewarded with a low-res nude picture.
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Pac-Mania is a variation on the game Pac-Man. You need to guide Pac-Man around a maze and eat all of the dots on the board to proceed on to the next round. Numerous, multi-colored ghosts also roam the maze trying to stop you. If you eat one of the power pellets in the maze, the … Continue reading “Pac-mania”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, BREW, Commodore 64, Genesis, J2ME, MSX, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, Wii, ZX Spectrum, Zeebo
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade
Agent George, a CIA agent, is sent to Iraq and Kuwait to save the oil refineries in the Gulf and halt the production of chemical weapons. To stop Saddam’s men, you collect bombs and weapons or battle it out with your fists and kicks. The side-scrolling levels all have a Middle Eastern theme.
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Olympic IQ is a compilation of five min-games based on classic logic puzzles. The first is a river crossing puzzle, where you have to carry all of your animals from one side to the other without them eating each other. In the second you have to move a pyramid of blocks from one side of … Continue reading “Olympic IQ”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Puzzle elements
An alien species has set up a dormant space craft on the moon to mine the solar system’s resources. As a side note, this will destroy the Earth. Not good. But never fear, Moon Ranger is here to save us! You must fly through space, destroying meteors and aliens then you land and enter the … Continue reading “Moon Ranger”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
As commander of a fast and powerful helicopter, you must fight your way through waves of enemy aircraft and destroy their commander. This is a basic if-it-moves-shoot-it scrolling action game.You, and your partner in two player games, must fight your way through wave after wave of enemy aircraft to reach the end stage boss, whom … Continue reading “Mission Cobra”
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Millionaire is a version of the popular board game Monopoly. The rules are pretty similar to the original, but the places in the board are the most noticeable difference. Instead of pieces of land with street names, the board features country names, such as Spain, Turkey or Switzerland. After buying such places, players can build houses … Continue reading “Millionaire”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Board game
The closest comparison to this action game would be Afterburner, a game which was overdue decent home computer re-creations. You view the game slightly behind your plane, which must shoot out enemy planes, tanks and installations while avoiding their fire. You are armed with different kinds of weapons including downward bombs, air-to-air missiles and a nuclear … Continue reading “Mig-29: Soviet Fighter”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Mainly released in Asia and designed to teach native Chinese speakers how to speak English, Middle School English consists of ten separate lessons, each introducing 7-10 new words. At the start of each lesson, players are shown the English words and what they mean in Chinese. Once they think they’ve learned them, players then press … Continue reading “Middle School English”
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Educational
Theme: Game show / trivia / quiz
If you’re bored of racing Formula 1 cars, rally cars or MotoGP bikes in their natural habitats, the Micro Machines series could be for you. It involves racing miniatures representing particular vehicle types across a particular terrain found around the house. The Sports Cars race on the desktop, 4x4s in the sandpit, Formula 1 cars on a … Continue reading “Micro Machines”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Amiga, CD-i, DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Racing/Driving