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International Rescue is made up of Jeff Tracy, Brains, and Tracy’s five sons, each of whom has a Thunderbird craft of their own. They have four missions to complete in turn. Each of these involves a two-man squad, whom you can switch between at any time. Each must select the correct objects to bring beforehand. … Continue reading “Thunderbirds”
Year: 2020
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
A Breakout type game with characters such as Mr. Chin and the Thunder Warrior. Mr. Chin holds a stick over his head that acts as the paddle. If your ball hits one of the power-up carriers (flying saucer, submarine, or airplane) you have to try and pick up the released power-up while continuing to keep the ball … Continue reading “Thunder & Lightning”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Arcade, NES, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Paddle / Pong
Stars of television and cinema, and now stars of their own video game. Join Moe, Larry & Curly (in no particular order) who must collect $5000 to try and save an orphanage and the young children who live there from the evil banker, all while keeping pie out of their face. Featuring platform level designs … Continue reading “The Three Stooges”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy Advance, NES, PlayStation
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Unlike the original Tetris, Tetris 2 has you clearing the field of blocks in a different way. Each play field starts with different colored dots (in this case black, gray and white), with one of each color flashing. The blocks are made up of the same three colors, and by matching blocks of the same color over the … Continue reading “Tetris 2”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Game Boy, NES, SNES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Falling block puzzle
The original commercially-licensed version of Alexey Pajitnov’s classic Tetris puzzle game. Geometric shapes fall from the top of a playfield to rest on the bottom; fit the pieces together, and the line they form disappears. If the pieces don’t form lines and eventually stack up to the top of the playfield, the game is over. … Continue reading “Tetris”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, DOS, Macintosh, NES
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Falling block puzzle
Baldor’s Castle is an early roleplaying game for the VIC-20. The player explores the halls of Baldor’s Castle from a top-down perspective, while collecting gold and defeating monsters. The character can fight with their sword or use arrows against a variety f monsters, and a map is available to help guide the player. The player has … Continue reading “Baldor’s Castle”
Year: 1983
Platforms: VIC-20
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin Cartridge is a first-person dungeon crawler. It features gameplay elements such as hidden doors, magical weapons and a versatile inventory (which requires you to keep yourself fed and rested, otherwise you’ll lose health). It also features up to 256 randomly-generated levels of the maze (depending on which of the … Continue reading “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Intellivision
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
King Ogreth of the Basam Empire has invaded your country and either captured or turned into rocks and trees all your soldiers. You, king Suren, are left completely alone. In a desperate attempt, you decide to walk to king Ogreth’s castle and to defeat him. You hope you’ll be able to find some way to … Continue reading “Bokosuka Wars”
Year: 1983
Platforms: FM-7, Hitachi S1, MSX, NES, PC-6001, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1, Wii, Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Platform
Cells & Serpents is a roleplaying game for multiple systems. The player explores a series of unending randomized dungeon rooms fighting monsters and looking for treasure. At any time the player can choose to move left, right, or forwards. These can take the player to stairs up, stairs down, a blank wall, corridors, rooms, or doors. … Continue reading “Cells & Serpents”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore PET/CBM, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, TRS-80, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The Wizard’s City was published by Aurora Software in 1980 for the Ohio Scientific and for the TRS-80 in 1981 by BAP$ Software. The Wizard’s City is a turn-based role-playing game predominantly using a text-based format. There are some graphics that present a side view of your surroundings as you move about. I believe the … Continue reading “Wizard’s City”
Year: 1980
Platforms: TRS-80
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy