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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is a typical side-scrolling platform game based on the Disney movie of the same name. The player takes on the role of Beast. As Beast the player can walk around, jump and hit enemies with his fists. Beast can also climb against walls. The levels feature various power-ups that can be … Continue reading “Beauty and the Beast”
Year: 1994
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The Princess Lorri has been abducted by anonymous parties to some similarly unknown location. Which throne is she heir to? King Altheon, her father, has the answer to that question, and it is to him that your adventurer must go in order to take up the mission of her rescue and restore hope to the … Continue reading “The Rescue of Lorri in Lorrinitron”
Year: 1991
Platforms: DOS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Earth is under fire by Colossus, a battleship the size of a city. Using powerful laser cannons, it has destroyed most of Earth’s defence forces, while its many troops clean up the rest of the planet. All expect for 5 warriors. The Battletoads, who are well aware of evil forces in the galaxy, join forces … Continue reading “Battletoads & Double Dragon”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Game Boy, Genesis, NES, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform
The Dark Queen has attacked and kidnapped (toadnapped?) your best buddy. To make matters worse, she nabbed the best looking girl around! So, what will you do? Cry? Whimper? Hide? Call the Starcops? NO! Cause you’re a Battletoad! Battletoads don’t cry, hide or call for help! And they certainly don’t whimper! They get MAD then … Continue reading “Battletoads”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler, Platform
Battleship for NES and Game Gear is an adaptation of the pen and paper battleship game that puts its own spin on the concept. The ship lineup is unique in designations and sizes, the grid is 12 by 8 instead of the standard 10 by 10, and only one shot can be made per turn regardless … Continue reading “Battleship”
Year: 1993
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Battle Tank borrows so much from Battlezone that it may as well be a spiritual successor. Players are put behind the controls of an MI Abrams tank, and the aim is to blow up everything – enemy tanks, choppers, nuclear power bases, fuel tanks and the like – in an attempt to find and rescue … Continue reading “Battle Tank”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
The Battle of Olympus is an action game with light role-playing elements. It is set in ancient Greece and casts the player in the role of Orpheus, whose girlfriend, Helene, has been kidnapped by the demonic ruler of the netherworld called Hades. Orpheus must consult the powerful gods and have their help in order to … Continue reading “The Battle of Olympus”
Year: 1988
Genre: Action
Theme: Metroidvania
Battle Chess is a quite typical chess game, but it comes with a twist: all pieces are represented by small, realistic figures that walk around on the chessboard, and when one piece takes another, they both take part in an animated battle. There is a different animation for each permutation, depending on which pieces are capturing … Continue reading “Battle Chess”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari ST, CDTV, Commodore 64, DOS, Linux, Macintosh, NES, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Like Konami’s other adaptation of Batman Returns, the NES version is a side-scrolling beat ’em up. Next to brawling action, it also features two sections where the player controls the Batmobile and the Batskiboat seen in the movie. In the beat ’em up sections, Batman has to defeat a large number of enemies (members of … Continue reading “Batman Returns”
Year: 1993
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The Joker lives again in SunSoft’s sequel to their NESÂ original. The Joker has somehow managed to escape from Arkham Asylum once again, and Batman must fight him across seven stages to restore peace to Gotham City. Batman carries a gauntlet shooting basic bullets by default. This can be upgraded with weapon powerups located in boxes … Continue reading “Batman: Return of the Joker”
Year: 1991
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform