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Ultimate Soccer is a football (European) game composed by 64 (unlicensed) international teams, each with it’s own values for running, ball control and strength. There are five game modes (friendly, penalty shootout, tournament, playoff and league), but the lack of password or built-in battery means each one of them must be completed in one sitting. The … Continue reading “Ultimate Soccer”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Game Gear, Genesis, SEGA Master System
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
The space ship Monotros has returned after receiving an SOS call to save his home world (Volfied) from alien invaders and has to defeat a different boss and his minions in each level. Volfied is very similar to Qix — the player takes control of a ship/object whose purpose is to roam the screen, forming … Continue reading “Ultimate Qix aka Volfied”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, J2ME, TurboGrafx-16, Wii
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 combines the best of all the Mortal Kombats into a single cartridge. 23 playable characters are immediately available, such as Reptile, Cyrax, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Jax, Katana, Sonya, and more. There are two bosses that are unlockable, as well as additional characters. There is a variety of new levels, some of which … Continue reading “Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Arcade, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Nintendo DS, SEGA Saturn, SNES, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
Populous II continues the “god game” genre pioneered by Bullfrog’s classic Populous. In PII, you’re an unproven immortal who must fight your way through an entire pantheon of Greek gods, each with his or her own strategy and attacks, and ultimately enter into a showdown with Zeus himself. The gameplay mechanics are similar to Populous, … Continue reading “Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods aka Two Tribes: Populous II”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, Macintosh, PC-98, SNES, Sharp X68000, Windows
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Real-time strategy
After a nuclear explosion, New York needs rebuilding. This has barely started when the ‘Big Valley’ gang enters and takes full control themselves. The Government sends a pair of heavies known as the Crude Dudes in to clear them out. As one of these Crude Dudes, you must travel through tough streets and take out … Continue reading “Two Crude Dudes”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Arcade, Genesis, Nintendo Switch, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler
Twin Hawk is a typical vertical scrolling shooter with a top-down view. Your goal is easy, shoot all the enemies along the way. You only get a standard gun on your plane, and no bombs. Instead of bombs you can call helper planes. These planes make a formation around you and help to shoot all enemies. … Continue reading “Twin Hawk”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Arcade, Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, TurboGrafx CD, TurboGrafx-16, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Three-headed demon Morgul has been influencing people’s dreams to create nightmares, but more recently these nightmares have become real. Only Turrican can save them in this fast paced side scrolling shoot-em up. It features 5 worlds and 13 levels of challenging gameplay. Gameplay is conceptually simple: just jump, shoot and explore. However, this game puts a lot … Continue reading “Turrican”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BlackBerry, CDTV, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Genesis, TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The sequel to OutRun features similar basic gameplay to the original, with the action viewed from behind the car, and the challenge being to complete each stage within the time limit. Contact can cause the car to spin, slow down or even flip; in each case you will lose time. There are branching routes and … Continue reading “Turbo Outrun”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Racing/Driving
The evil Dogurava, commander of an alien army known as the Gidans, is attacking the planet Borogo. The army uses five giant asteroids as fortresses for the invasion. After surviving an attack on an orbiting cargo barge, a lone pilot takes the only remaining fighter craft and embarks on a suicide mission: draw the Gidans’ … Continue reading “Truxton”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Android, Arcade, Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, TurboGrafx-16, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Take charge of gun toting Arnie in this top down omni-scrolling action shooter. Arnie takes on the terrorists using a variety of weapons in all the locations from the movie of the same name. In each location you have a mission such as retrieve data or capture a terrorist.This usually involves searching around for your … Continue reading “True Lies”
Year: 1994
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter