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Oubliette is one of the earliest party-based role-playing games. It is an open-ended hack-and-slash through a multilevel dungeon with a party of 1-6 characters, chosen from possible classes including Fighters, Priests and Thieves. They will gain experience, jewelry and armor as the adventure progresses, but they will also age and may eventually die. Spells are triggered … Continue reading “Oubliette”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Commodore 64, DOS, Mainframe, Terminal
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Kormath has stolen The Holy Grail and Excalibur from Merlin and Merlin has promised a great reward for anyone who can go to Kormath’s dungeon underneath The Standing Stones and retrieve his items. You are a Knight and you have decided to go dungeon exploring and treasure hunting for Merlin. Lancelot will come along but can only … Continue reading “The Standing Stones”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Apple II, Commodore 64
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
A maze top-down dungeon crawl computer game for the Apple ][. In “Super Quest”, your objective is to penetrate the maze of Saladin and activate the fabulous Mega Crown, the one device that might restore the balance of technology and magic. The maze has more than one-thousand chambers and corridors arranged in four large sections … Continue reading “Super Quest”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Apple II
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
Swords & Serpents is a one or two player Dungeons & Dragons-style dungeon crawl. In a one-player game, the player controls the Warrior Prince on his quest to collect treasures, learn the secrets of the Fortress of the Sinister Serpent, and locate the Serpent’s lair. In a two-player game, the right player controls the Warrior Prince, while … Continue reading “Swords & Serpents”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Intellivision
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Puzzle elements
The Evil C.Snicliar, warlock from Cambridge has just died from electrocution at the wheel of his car. His treasure can be found, in the form of gold and shares, scattered about his three story castle (with basement). Clues to a four digit number may also be found which, when used in the right spot, can … Continue reading “The Warlock’s Treasure”
Year: 1983
Platforms: ZX Spectrum
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to rescue Dr. O and Shannon from the grubby clutches of the Sinister Seven as quickly as possible. As you fight your way through each area, you must obtain information and vital ID cards. Your progress is blocked at every turn by acid flames, raw sewage, … Continue reading “Mission: Impossible”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
The Miracle Piano Teaching System teaches piano to beginning / intermediate players using a combination of scripted lessons, dynamically created lessons, and piano-themed video games. The original version came bundled with a custom piano keyboard. Later versions work with any MIDI keyboard.
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Genesis, Macintosh, NES, SNES
Genre: Educational
Theme: Music / rhythm
Millipedes, cousins of the Centipede, are all over the garden. This will ruin anything trying to grow there unless they are stopped. But there are other insects as well; spiders, bees, dragonflies, and earwigs. Nature is dangerous. Luckily, there’s a bug zapper that can shoot arrows at these insects and destroy them. Millipede is the … Continue reading “Millipede”
Year: 1982
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Browser, NES, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out is one of the most popular and biggest selling video games of all time. Step into the ring as Little Mac, a 17-year-old fighter from the Bronx, ranked number three in the minor circuit. Your goal is to work your way up through the rankings so that you can challenge Mike Tyson, Kid … Continue reading “Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Arcade, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Capcom’s only 8-bit port of the Final Fight series, Mighty Final Fight follows the storyline and characters of the first Final Fight game. Mayor of Metro City Mike Haggar, his ninja friend Guy and his daughter’s boyfriend, Cody learn that Haggar’s daughter, Jessica, has been kidnapped by the Mad Gear Gang whose leader has fallen … Continue reading “Mighty Final Fight”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler