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This is a top-view racing game, stylistically influenced by Super Sprint, from the company who later produced the Lotus series of games. There are 9 tracks at each of the 4 difficulty levels, which can be raced in any order (although the last track you race is made harder than usual). In the races you … Continue reading “Super Cars”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Vehicle simulator
The alien Red Falcon is back, and planning on taking over the planet Earth. Now it’s up to Scorpion and Mad Dog to battle through five levels and save the planet. Super Contra is the sequel to Contra. Gameplay is a combination of side scrolling/platform and top down view. There is a wide variety of … Continue reading “Super C”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Amiga, Arcade, DOS, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Xbox
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
The year is 2048 AD. In Russia, the evil Grand Master Meio has begun his insane plot to take over the universe. A lone figure drops from a stealth glider into Meio’s base. He is Hiryu, Super A-Class Strider. His mission is to defeat the Grand Master and put an end to his plotting once … Continue reading “Strider”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The player is Ken, the hero of the Street Fighter series. It’s been 25 years since he last participated in a fighting tournament. He has become a scientist and has developed a powerful medicine together with his friend Troy. But an unknown fiend breaks into his laboratory, kills Troy, and steals the invention. It’s time to recall … Continue reading “Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
One of the few NES games that uses the Power Pad. You play a cop who must chase down and catch the criminals. The game takes you through the streets of a city, where you must turn corners and keep running to catch the bad guys. You use the NES power pad to run through … Continue reading “Street Cop”
Year: 1987
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Save Professor Cinnamon! When aliens from the planet Attackon kidnap the inventor during their invasion of Earth, two TwinBee Stinger jets (armed with boxing gloves) are unleashed to rescue Cinnamon before the aliens turn the Earth into a giant ball of cotton candy! In this vertical and horizontal scrolling shooter, blast away unusual creatures and … Continue reading “Stinger”
Year: 1986
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Stealth ATF is a flight simulator in which you pilot a F-117A, a.k.a. Nighthawk in several missions. In every mission’s beginning and ending the player has to take off and land the plane respectively, from a side view. Failing to land after completing the target objectives means failing to succeed in mission and thus having to … Continue reading “Stealth ATF”
Year: 2020
Platforms: NES
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Vehicular combat simulator
In StarTropics, you play the part of Michael Jones. Mike’s uncle (Dr. Jones, a famous archaeologist) is on C-Island looking for some lost ruins and has invited Mike to come visit him. However, shortly after arriving on the island Mike learns from Chief Coralcola that Dr. Jones has recently been abducted! Now it is up to … Continue reading “StarTropics”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
A top-down/side-scrolling sci-fi shooter in which you take control of a small starfighter as you make your way through an alien planet with your objective being to destroy all enemy forces. Your ship is equipped with both a standard laser and an independently fired ground weapon, which you must coordinate to defeat ground and aerial … Continue reading “Starship Hector”
Year: 1987
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Based on the movie, so the storyline is basically the same. You play as Luke Skywalker, and using your blaster, lightsaber and force power skills, you must journey through Hoth, Echo Base, Dagobah, Bespin and Cloud City. Enemies such as Darth Vader and Boba Fett will appear along the way, while R2, Yoda and Obi-Wan … Continue reading “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”
Year: 1992
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform