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This baseball game features 30 all-time great baseball players (only 6 are pitchers). There is an exhibition mode which is just a single game and a tournament mode where you pick your players and then the computer pits you against the others in random made teams; win and you advance on to the next game. … Continue reading “Legends of the Diamonds”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


Legendary Wings is an arcade shooter influenced by Greek mythology. A heroic figure from ancient times thrust into a strange futuristic world, you must fight your way through six levels to defeat “The Devil” and save the day. The primary gameplay mode is a top-down, vertical-scrolling shooter similar to Xevious and Capcom’s own 1943. Your … Continue reading “Legendary Wings”

Year: 1986

Platforms: Arcade, NES, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter


The Legend of Prince Valiant is a side-scrolling action game in which the player takes on the role of Prince Valiant. The game is licensed from the television cartoon series of the same name which in turn is based on an older comic series. As Valiant the player must find Camelot and go on a quest … Continue reading “The Legend of Prince Valiant”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


You play Kage, a skillful ninja in search of rescuing Princess Kiri from the hands of the warlord Yoshi. Armed only with a sword and ‘star knives’, you must fight your way through countless henchmen and the occasional boss to complete your task. Levels include the forest, moat, inside and outside of the castle. These … Continue reading “The Legend of Kage”

Year: 1985

Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Sharp X1, Wii, Wii U, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


Long ago, an evil dragon named Keela was imprisoned inside a magical dungeon. However time has passed and the magic that sealed the dragon away is weakening. The Drasle family decides that it’s time to destroy the dragon once and for all. However only one weapon is capable of doing this, the Dragon Slayer, which … Continue reading “Legacy of the Wizard”

Year: 1987

Platforms: MSX, NES, Windows

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


When this golf simulation was released in 1988 the U.S. National Video Game Team said it was “by far the best video golf simulation available”. 1 to 4 players can tee it up on either an 18 hole American course or an 18 hole Japanese course. Players 1 & 3 share controller 1 and players … Continue reading “Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf”

Year: 1988

Platforms: Apple II, Arcade, DOS, NES

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


The Last Starfighter is based on the 1984 movie of the same name. The hero must single-handedly pilot an extraordinarily powerful starfighter to destroy an enemy armada. The action takes place in outer space from a side-scrolling perspective where the ship always remains lined up in the middle of the screen but is able to … Continue reading “The Last Starfighter”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter


You are the last living member of your ninja clan after they were brutally slaughtered. Now, you seek to exact revenge on the evil shogun responsible. The Last Ninja is an action/adventure game set in medieval Japan. The game is shown in isometric view, and the eponymous ninja can walk in four directions, jump, fight the … Continue reading “The Last Ninja”

Year: 1987

Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, Wii

Genre: Action

Theme: Puzzle elements


Last Action Hero for the NES adapts the 1993 Schwarzenegger film as a side-scrolling action title. Players control action hero Jack Slater through 8 stages. There are two main varieties of level, outdoors and indoors. All levels throw hordes of goons at Jack that respawn endlessly. He can defeat them by punching and kicking or simply … Continue reading “Last Action Hero”

Year: 1993

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


In Laser Invasion you are trying to stop the enemy from deploying a new type of super weapon while saving a captured undercover agent. The game is a compilation of familiar types of gameplay. The first stage is a helicopter aerial battle similar to Top Gun. The second stage is a first person side-scrolling shooter … Continue reading “Laser Invasion”

Year: 1991

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter