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The UK-produced adaptation of Ghostbusters II contains three action scenes based on the film: In the first scene, the Ghostbusters must collect slime samples from the sewers. One Ghostbuster is being lowered into a shaft on a cable and must collect the samples at the bottom. On the way down, many ghosts will try to stop him. … Continue reading “Ghostbusters II”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Based on the 1984 film of the same name, the Ghostbusters are the ones to call to “bust” any ghost hauntings. They do this through the use of nuclear-accelerated “proton packs” and “ghost traps”, whereby the ghosts can be captured and transferred to a secure storage facility at their Headquarters. However New York City has … Continue reading “Ghostbusters”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, PC Booter, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Featuring heavyweight champion George Foreman, this is a boxing simulation where players, taking the role of Foreman, go through a series of twelve rounds against different boxers to win the championship title belt. Played from an third-person perspective using a view from right over the shoulders over the boxer, players can move left and right … Continue reading “George Foreman’s KO Boxing”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Game Boy, Genesis, NES, SNES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Genghis Khan is a top-down 2D turn-based grand strategy game, based on the real mongol leader Genghis Khan’s life. The game’s main objective is to become the supreme ruler. The player can select from two campaigns: Mongol conquest or World conquest. In the Mongol conquest, players take on the role as Temujin (later known as Genghis … Continue reading “Genghis Khan”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Din’s Legacy is an action RPG with mutating characters, set in a dynamic, evolving, fantasy world for Windows, Mac, and Linux. During the Orc Schism, the entire Orc race was violently split into Dark Orcs, Zombielords, and the Mutated. The Mutated are tainted with Orc blood, a zombie parasite, and necromancer magic. This makes people … Continue reading “Din’s Legacy”
Year: 2019
Platforms: Linux, Macintosh, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
The Dezerian Assignment is a shareware title where the player assumes the role of an agent sent to the arid world of Dezeria to retrieve a superweapon called the Galactic Vaporizer Device (GVD) which has been stolen by rebels and hidden in the tunnels beneath Dezeria’s surface. The planet is divided into four quadrants with impassable … Continue reading “The Dezerian Assignment: Code Name Red Key”
Year: 1993
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Sandbox / open world
Koei made an incursion into the fantasy worlds of magic with this game. Six magicians, each trapped inside a magical gem, are liberated from the crown Gemfire by Princess Robyn, daughter of the tyrannical ruler of Ishmeria, King Eselred. Fleeing across the length and breadth of the island nation, they each choose a leader from … Continue reading “Gemfire”
Year: 1991
Platforms: DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, MSX, NES, PC-88, PC-98, SNES, Sharp X68000
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: RPG elements, Turn-based strategy
Gauntlet II is very similar to its predecessor. Up to four players (a wizard, a warrior, an elf, and a valkyrie) make their way through various mazes, collect treasures and magic potions, and fend off assorted creatures and ghosts. It’s possible to beat any level by waiting for a few minutes. This turns all the … Continue reading “Gauntlet II”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, NES, PlayStation 3, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade, RPG elements
The Ghoul realm is under attack by a mysterious force and aspiring warrior Firebrand sets out to save it. As in its predecessor, gameplay in Gargoyle’s Quest II is divided into an adventure-like and an action part. During the adventure parts, Firebrand explores a world map and several villages from a top-down perspective, talking to … Continue reading “Gargoyle’s Quest II”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U
Genre: Action
This game is a turn-based strategy/RPG game where you control a potentially large party of characters (students) in a school. The game’s developer sums up the plot thusly: “In order to stop the demonic Principal of a local highschool from effecting her plans for world domination, players must control up to seven students who enter … Continue reading “Ten Nights of Killing and Mayhem at F.J.B. II”
Year: 1996
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy