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One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980’s, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board. Pac-Man’s goal is continually challenged by four ghosts: The shy blue ghost Bashful (“Inky”), the trailing red ghost Shadow (“Blinky”), the … Continue reading “Pac-Man”
Year: 1980
Platforms: Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Intellivision, MSX, NES, Neo Geo Pocket Color, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC Booter, PC-6001, PC-8000, PC-88, PC-98, Palm OS, PlayStation 4, Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1, Sharp Zaurus, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, Wii, Wii U, Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, Xbox One, ZX Spectrum, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade
The enemy is unstoppable. They maintain vigilant guard over their front lines! The only way to defeat them is to get behind their lines. But how? By allowing a soldier to get captured, perhaps he could escape and single-handedly defeat the enemy forces in his way. In P.O.W., the player is a soldier who has … Continue reading “P.O.W.: Prisoners of War”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Arcade, NES, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Over Horizon is a side-scrolling shooter in which the player has to guide a spaceship through various levels and destroy numerous enemies. The ship’s weapons can be fired in tow directions and defeated enemies sometimes drop power-ups that equip the ship with different weapons and up to two options. There are three different weapons in … Continue reading “Over Horizon”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Othello is a conversion of the board game. Each player tries to fill the game board with as many discs of his color as possible. On each turn the player places a disc on the board by selecting a location where the opponents discs will become trapped between two of his discs. The trapped discs … Continue reading “Othello”
Year: 1986
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Board game, Turn-based strategy
The evil space wizard Krohn has mastered the power to control a black hole, and plans on using this power to control the universe. You are an explorer on assignment in a remote corner of the universe. You have just been reassigned to fight Krohn since your ship, the Millennium Orb, is the only space … Continue reading “Orb-3D”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
You have been recruited for Operation Wolf, a desperate attempt to rescue prisoners from the enemy. Through a series of missions, you’ll engage a variety of enemies, from soldiers to ninjas, patrol boats to helicopters, and more. Can you carry the day? Operation Wolf is an arcade game by Taito. It is essentially a bitmapped “rail-shooter”, … Continue reading “Operation Wolf”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx-16, Wii, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Rail shooter
Based on the Belgian comic book, “Les Tuniques Bleues”, this strategy game allows you to replay the American Civil War from both the North and the South sides. In the strategy part of the game, you can move your troops on a map of the US. If two opposing armies enter the same state, the … Continue reading “North & South”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, Windows, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Wargame
Nobunaga’s Ambition II is the sequel to Nobunaga’s Ambition. The setting is 16th century feudal Japan, a period when ruthless daimyo (feudal lords) contended with each other for dominance. Ultimately, the winner in this struggle will become Shogun and hold actual power over the islands, while being nominally subject to the Emperor. The game casts the player as one of the daimyo, … Continue reading “Nobunaga’s Ambition II”
Year: 1988
Platforms: DOS, FM Towns, FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, Sharp X1, Sharp X68000
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
In the 16th century, Japan’s Sengoku (“Warring States”) period divided the nation into numerous feudal states, each ruled by a daimyo. These daimyos would often go to war with each other. Many dreamt of conquering the land, becoming the Shogun and ruling the entire country. One of those daimyos was the ambitious Nobunaga Oda, a … Continue reading “Nobunaga’s Ambition”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga, Android, DOS, FM-7, Game Boy, Genesis, MSX, Macintosh, NES, PC-88, PC-98, PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, SNES, Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500, Sharp X1, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Wii U, Windows, WonderSwan, iPhone
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Noah has been commanded by God to put two of each animal aboard his ark to save them from the flood. However unhappy people from around the world have captured different animal species, preventing Noah from doing his job. Noah will need to visit these different locations and free the animals from the people holding … Continue reading “Noah’s Ark”
Year: 1992
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform