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Shadow Knight is the kind of game a lot of young aspiring game developers made, perhaps in QuickBasic, back in the early 90’s. It’s textmode and simulates a warrior of your choice (fighter, thief, mage, or thug) killing things to get gold, to get better weapons, to kill enemies. One difference here is that even … Continue reading “Shadow Knight”
Year: 1994
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout takes place as Bugs is invited to his 50th birthday. Because some of the other Warner Bros. toons weren’t invited (including Wile E. Coyote), they decided to stop Bugs from going to this party. A Warner Bros licensed game, The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout is a 2d side-scrolling platform game. … Continue reading “The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Cubby and Rubby, descendants of Bub and Bob from the original Bubble Bobble, must rescue their friend Judy, who has been kidnapped by the evil Skull Brothers! The game plays much like the original game: You use a dinosaur that spits bubbles at their enemies, trapping them until you touch the bubbles to make them pop … Continue reading “Bubble Bobble Part 2”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Bubble Bobble is the story of two humans, Bub and Bob who wander into the mysterious cave of monsters and magically turn into dinosaurs. The only way to transform back is to reach the end of the cave… Bubble Bobble is a platform game, with each level being a single screen. The enemies must be … Continue reading “Bubble Bobble”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Game Boy, Game Gear, J2ME, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Sharp X68000, Wii, Wii U, Windows, ZX Spectrum, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Captain Bucky O’Hare and his loyal crew – Blinky, Deadeye, Jenny, and Willy – fight to save the Aniverse from the scourge of the Toad Armada. That is until Bucky’s ship is attacked and his crew taken prisoner. Now a lone bunny on a mission, Bucky must fight to rescue his comrades from four hostile … Continue reading “Bucky O’Hare”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
BreakThru is a 2D side-scrolling vehicle shooter. Your mission: race, jump, and blast your way through five levels (mountains, bridge, plains, city, and airfield) of enemy defenses to recapture the stolen jet fighter. A host of enemy soldiers, mines, vehicles, and aircraft will try to stop you, though. Oh yeah… and don’t forget to watch out … Continue reading “Breakthru”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore 64, NES, Nintendo Switch, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Shooter
Time to “rack ’em up” in this late release from FCI. Choose one of four different games – Rotation, 8-ball, 9-ball, and 14-1 Rack Game – each based on professional pool rules. As if that wasn’t enough, also included are Practice and Watch Modes and the “National Pool Tour,” where you must test your skills … Continue reading “Break Time: The National Pool Tour”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Bram Stroker’s Dracula is a side-scroller platform game loosely based on the 1992 film of the same name. Players take the role of Jonathan Harker whose mission is to destroy Count Dracula by first heading to Transylvania and then London. Jonathan Harker can move left and right, jump and attack with a weapon, the most basic … Continue reading “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Game Boy, Game Gear, NES, SEGA Master System
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Designed and programmed by David Crane – the brains behind Activision’s classic Pitfall – A Boy and His Blob tells the story of a nameless child who befriends a big white globule called Blobert. Blobert needs the boy’s help to prevent the evil emperor from killing everyone on Blobert’s home planet of Blobonia by feeding … Continue reading “A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia”
Year: 1990
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform, Puzzle elements
As far as game plots go, having your dad tell you on his death bed to finish his adventure is pretty deep. That’s the fate that has befallen Rockford, whose old man wants him to do what he never could and find the Secret Jewels of the Six Worlds. Rockford is a miner, and his … Continue reading “Boulder Dash”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Electron, Epoch Super Cassette Vision, FM-7, Game Boy, Intellivision, MSX, NES, PC Booter, PC-88, Wii, ZX Spectrum, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements