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This game is based closely on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It combines a number of gameplay styles, but primarily it is a side scrolling run-and-jump platformer. The game begins on Tatooine, where you, as Luke Skywalker, must travel around and meet up with R2D2, C3PO, Obi-Wan, and so on. Eventually, you travel … Continue reading “Star Wars”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Game Boy, Game Gear, NES, SEGA Master System
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform, Vehicle simulator
CosmoStation Noah, located in Spiral Galaxy IX, is under siege by Molok Wardrivers. Now it’s time for the pilot of the RH119 to fend off the Molok Wardrivers and save the CosmoStation. Star Voyager‘s gameplay requires the player to venture through various sectors of the galaxy in search of different alien fleets so they can … Continue reading “Star Voyager”
Year: 1986
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Cadets at Starfleet Academy must spend some of their classes in the starship simulator. This year is a simulation of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Substituting for Jean-Luc Picard, cadets will take the role of captain and then must access different crew members (functions of the ship) to complete a series of scripted missions. Star Trek: The … Continue reading “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Game Boy, Game Gear, NES
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Vehicle simulator
Starbrain, a giant super computer programmed for destruction, is threatening the Galactic Empire. As a skillful and experienced star soldier, you need to pilot the Caesar into the space station Starbrain has occupied. The space station is heavily guarded by enemy ships and strange robotic creatures. You will be able to find different weapons along … Continue reading “Star Soldier”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Palm OS, Wii
Genre: Action
Some American gamers may know this game better as Mega Force, which was the name it went by in arcades and on other formats. For the NES version, Tecmo decided to revert back to its original Japanese name Star Force. It’s a vertical scrolling shooter set in the distant future where you’re a soldier piloting … Continue reading “Star Force”
Year: 1987
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
The game is set in Congo, Africa, in 1870, and its main character is a historical figure. You play as Henry M. Stanley (1841-1904), a reporter for the New York City Newspaper, who was sent by his employers to chronicle the work of the famous Africa-explorer, Dr. Livingston. Unfortunately, the Doctor left without you, hating … Continue reading “Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Stadium Events, later re-released as World Class Track Meet, is a track and field game for up to six players requiring the Power Pad. Only a maximum of two players can play together on the pad at the same time. There are several events: 100m dash, long jump, 110m hurdles and the triple jump. When you … Continue reading “Stadium Events”
Year: 1987
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Set up R.O.B. with the colored discs included in the game and then control his movements in the game by using Professor Hector to jump onto various blocks. The blocks represent commands given to R.O.B. in sequence. This game can be played in several different ways. In the regular game, you have to stack up … Continue reading “Stack-Up”
Year: 1985
Platforms: NES
Genre: Educational
Theme: Puzzle elements
When the rulers of planet Neptune find that they are running out of their main food source – man-ham – they hit on a devious plan: Invade the nearby planet earth and melt the polar ice-caps, thus sinking all cities. Then imprison the human creatures in underwater factories where they can be turned into a … Continue reading “Sqoon”
Year: 1987
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
MAD magazine’s comic strip of the same name comes to life in this game which was designed for one or two players. The split-screen shows both spies at the same time. Play with a friend or against the machine. The black spy and the white spy are out to outsmart each other before the time bell … Continue reading “Spy vs Spy”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron, NES, PC-88, SEGA Master System, Sharp X1, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements