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Some time in the recent past, the main computer of a big corporation went mad due to some electrical disturbance. It gained control over its operator and began to influence other employees. Your mission is to find the main frame, defeat the operator and return to the lobby alive. Mission: Mainframe is a shareware variation … Continue reading “Mission: Mainframe”

Year: 1987

Platforms: DOS

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Interactive fiction / text adventure


Alfred the chicken must rescue his friends and his bird (pardon the pun) Floella from the Meka Chickens. The result is a platform game across differently-themed levels, which are finished by either climbing to the top of the level or killing a boss. Bonus games and secret rooms have been included, and progression sometimes requires … Continue reading “Alfred Chicken”

Year: 1993

Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy, NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


The game from Virgin based on the 1992 animated Disney film is a side-scrolling platformer. The player controls Aladdin, who must make his way through several levels based on locations from the movie: from the streets and rooftops of Agrabah, the Cave of Wonders and the Sultan’s dungeon to the final confrontation in Grand Vizier … Continue reading “Aladdin”

Year: 1994

Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Linux, NES, Windows

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


Unlike its namesake, the IndyCar racer Al Unser Jr., this game depicts Formula 1 races. A season consists of sixteen races, each one consisting of unlimited practice, one qualifying lap and the real race (the starting position depends on the qualifying result). Of course the goal is to win the championship by having successful race … Continue reading “Al Unser Jr. Turbo Racing”

Year: 1990

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Vehicle simulator


In this game based on the TV show, you command a military helicopter on a mission to rescue hostages. The main action is first person but when a POW camp is reached a third person viewpoint is used. A variety of enemy aircraft and weapons must be destroyed to successfully rescue the prisoners.

Year: 1989

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Vehicle simulator


Mirkwood Forest is a Roguelike-like game. What I mean is that it is a text-mode, randomly generated RPG game, but it lacks many of the other familiar tropes of the genre. In this game you generate your character, then proceed through a truly randomly placed map (there are no recognizable rooms/structures) and attempt to escape … Continue reading “Mirkwood Forest”

Year: 2003

Platforms: DOS

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Roguelike


In this ASCII rogue-like (dungeon crawls with randomized maps) the player explores 20+ levels of a dungeon in order to capture a magical artifact, the Sudbury Sapphire from a group of Imperial Dragons. Features include animated vine traps, labyrinth traps, torches on the walls that can be lit, and pools of vomit. Note: MAG was originally developed … Continue reading “MAG (Mike’s Adventure Game)”

Year: 1988

Platforms: DOS

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Roguelike


The Federation of Intergalactic Powers is under threat by gigantic fortress spaceships which have suddenly appeared and destroyed nearby civilization. When conventional defense tactics fail, the Federation looks to find a specially selected person, Hal Bailman and equip him with a special “Lightship”. His mission will to be to fly through the defenses of the … Continue reading “Air Fortress”

Year: 1989

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform, Shooter


Tom Sawyer’s famous literary exploits come to life in this adventure where you play Tom Sawyer (or Huck Finn in a 2 player game). The adventure begins in Tom’s dream while he sleeps in school. The player has to rescue Becky Thatcher from his nemesis Injun Joe by making his way through six enemy infested … Continue reading “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

Year: 1989

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


It turns out that Bullwinkle is the lost Earl of Moosechester and an inheritance is awaiting him in England. Now, Bullwinkle and his flying squirrel pal Rocket J. Squirrel have to travel from their home of Frostbite Falls, Minnesota all the way to England to claim this inheritance. To complicate matters, Rocky and Bullwinkle’s antagonists … Continue reading “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform