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Heavy Barrel is a shooter with a top-down view similar to Commando and Ikari Warriors. Terrorists have seized the underground control complex of a nuclear missile site. It is up to the player to infiltrate the installation and eliminate the leader of the terrorist army before they can launch the missiles. To stop the terrorists … Continue reading “Heavy Barrel”
Year: 1987
Platforms: Apple II, Arcade, DOS, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Zeebo
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
In Hatris, the falling blocks of Tetris are replaced by falling hats which are top hats, cowboy hats, baseball caps, derbys, party hats and crowns. The setting is a hat factory, where hats are dropped down from a conveyor belt two at a time and must be stacked on one of six mannequin heads. Once five hats of … Continue reading “Hatris”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Arcade, Game Boy, NES, PC-98, TurboGrafx-16
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Falling block puzzle
This game allows you to play as either the Harlem Globetrotters or their rivals, the Generals, in an exhibition basketball game. The player can choose to have the quarters last from one minute to twelve minutes. Also, if you are playing as the Harlem Globetrotters you are able to pull off special maneuvers such as … Continue reading “Harlem Globetrotters”
Year: 1990
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
In the peaceful town of Carpentersville, some workers known as The Rusty Nailers decide to bulldoze a house that belongs to Harry. Harry is certainly not happy with this, and goes on a rampage, destroying workers that get in his way. As Harry, you can destroy workers in one of two ways: you can smash … Continue reading “Hammerin’ Harry”
Year: 1990
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The entire solar system is being attacked by the vicious Gyrusians, and it’s up to you to save the day! You will need to fly your spaceship to each of the nine planets and then clear three stages of enemies to rid that planet of the Gyrusians. You start the game with a single cannon, … Continue reading “Gyruss”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, NES, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Ultizurk is a role-playing game inspired by the classic Ultima series, made by solo developer Robert J. Deutsch who went by the moniker “Dr. Dungeon”. In Ultizurk, the player controls a single pre-made character (there is no character creation) who is summoned by King Eldor to save his realm from the troubles it suffers from. … Continue reading “Ultizurk I: The Grandmaster’s Quest”
Year: 1994
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
In Gyromite, you need to help a mad scientist deactivate all of the dynamite in his laboratory before time runs out! ROB the robot will assist you in this game by moving the red and blue pillars blocking the way. Just in case finding your way through the laboratory wasn’t enough, be sure to watch … Continue reading “Gyromite”
Year: 1985
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
Gun.Smoke is a top-down scrolling shooter that casts the gamer as a lone gunman, out to save the gold rush town of Hicksville from a fearsome group of bandits known as the Wingates. Each level has a particular target enemy, although his or her henchmen must also be taken out. Although it largely takes place on … Continue reading “Gun.Smoke”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
A Galactic Federation starfighter is sent off to destroy an alien armada (led by giant robotic rabbits this time around — an unusually whimsical theme in keeping with the contemporary Parodius) threatening to collapse your system’s sun into a supernova. Gun-Nac is a top down shooter in which the player controls the Federation starfighter. Power … Continue reading “Gun-Nac”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Battle Brothers is a turn based tactical RPG which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign. Do you have … Continue reading “Battle Brothers”
Year: 2017
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Tactical RPG, Turn-based strategy