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Mark Tyler, the world’s most famous boxer, boasts that he is absolutely invincible and that he can defeat any contender in the world. Nay, the universe! Well, as luck would have it, a race of alien fighters heard Mark’s claims and have decided to abduct him and pit him against the fiercest boxers in the … Continue reading “Power Punch II”
Year: 1992
Genre: Action
Theme: Sports
Christmas Eve, 2200. The Delta Foundation has just finished the development of a cyborg unit which represents a new generation of fighting robots. They want to sell it to the government’s department of defense as it would pose a threat to the security of the nation if it is sold to a foreign country. They … Continue reading “Power Blade 2”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
It is the year 2191, and Earth’s blissful existence was governed by a master computer. Then suddenly, its master control program malfunctioned, and people panicked ensuring total chaos. Secret Agent Nova is called in to locate agents located in six sectors. These agents hold an ID card which Nova must acquire to gain access to … Continue reading “Power Blade”
Year: 1991
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
As Popeye, you are trying to win Olive Oyl’s love! She is at the top of the screen dropping tokens of her love, and you need to collect them before they hit the ground. After you have collected the required number of items, you can move on to the next, more difficult level. There are many … Continue reading “Popeye”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Intellivision, NES, Odyssey 2, TI-99/4A
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The film Platoon featured a squad of five soldiers on their mission for the US Army in Vietnam. In this action game based around the film, you take control of these five guys in turn, with the chance to switch between them as they each take one of the 3 hits that would kill them. … Continue reading “Platoon”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Take on the life of a buccaneer in the golden age of Caribbean Piracy! This game lets you choose from 6 different “ages” (for example, “The Silver Empire” from 1560-1600, “War For Profit” from 1640-1660, etc.), one of 4 nationalities (English, French, Dutch, Spanish), 4 difficulty levels, and one of 5 special abilities (skill at … Continue reading “Pirates!”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh, NES, PC Booter, PC-88, PC-98
Genre: Action
Theme: Real-time strategy
Each level of this abstract puzzler challenges the player to set up a network of pipes to allow an unspecified substance known as ‘flooz’ to flow through as many of those as possible. The pieces are offered in random order, and there are seven different types – straight lines going horizontally or vertically, corners rotating … Continue reading “Pipe Dream”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Arcade, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Game Boy, Macintosh, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SAM Coupé, SNES, Sharp X68000, Windows 3.x, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
Pinball Quest is billed as a pinball role-playing game, though the term is used loosely, as you only earn gold to buy stoppers and more powerful flippers. Actually, there are four different modes of play. The RPG-mode has six, multi-screen pinball tables, where you use your flippers to knock the pinball into enemies, find keys, and … Continue reading “Pinball Quest”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Try to keep the ball out of the little hole at the bottom of the board by using two flippers (in case somebody doesn’t know what kind of game pinball is :). The playing field is splitted into two parts, so if the ball falls down the first little hole you aren’t dead yet: you … Continue reading “Pinball”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Arcade, Game Boy Advance, NES, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Pinball
Pin-Bot is a conversion of the arcade pinball game by Williams Electronics. The game is played with a split screen; the bottom half of the screen remains on your flippers, while the top half scrolls to follow the ball(s) on the table. In addition to recreating the pinball game’s table, lights, and sounds several video … Continue reading “Pin Bot”
Year: 1988
Genre: Simulation
Theme: Pinball