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As with the original Brutal: Paws of Fury, the game involves a martial arts tournament set up by the Dalai Llama. A selection of 12 anthropomorphic animals are involved; choose from them for the cartoon-styled beat ’em up action. Characters each have their own fighting style, array of moves, and storyline. As you progress through … Continue reading “Brutal: Above the Claw”

Year: 1995

Platforms: DOS, SEGA 32X

Genre: Action

Theme: Fighting


The planet Tuul was a peaceful place, until the evil warrior Sarlac used the power of the Darkstone to take control. Kyle Blackthorne’s father, the good King Vlaros, sent him to Earth just as his kingdom crumbled around him. Now, twenty years later, Kyle is grown and must return to Tuul to free it from … Continue reading “Blackthorne”

Year: 1994

Platforms: DOS, Game Boy Advance, Macintosh, PC-98, SEGA 32X, SNES, Windows

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


WWF Rage in the Cage lets players choose from thirty WWF Superstars including The Undertaker, Yokozuna, Bret Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon among many more. Each superstar has his own strengths and weaknesses as well as a personalized finisher such as the Tombstone for the Undertaker, Sweet Chin Music for Shawn Michaels, … Continue reading “WWF Rage in the Cage”

Year: 1994

Platforms: SEGA CD

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


Wonder Dog is a side-scrolling platform game featuring a dog with super jumping ability and powerful throwing stars. Wonder Dog has these abilities because he is not from Earth, but from Planet K-9. When Wonder Dog was a pup, K-9 scientists sent him to Earth to escape the impending invasion from the Pitbully Armada. Now, armed … Continue reading “Wonder Dog”

Year: 1992

Platforms: Amiga, SEGA CD

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


Wirehead has the player controlling Ned Hubbard, a man with a wireless controller implanted in his brain, via the joypad. The bad guys are chasing after Ned for his “mind implant”, and of course, the only way to get it is to open his head. Reminiscent of Dragon’s Lair, a path opens up, and the player has … Continue reading “Wirehead”

Year: 1995

Platforms: SEGA CD

Genre: Action

Theme: Full Motion Video


An adventurer named Dusty returns home with an enchanted Totem Pole. Due to an assortment of rare events, the spirits of the Totem have been freed and they have created a bizarre parallel universe that can devour the world. Lowman, the “head” of the Totem, needs some “muscle” as he calls it, to bring them … Continue reading “Wild Woody”

Year: 1995

Platforms: SEGA CD

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


Another live-actor arcade shooter by American Laser Games (makers of Mad Dog McCree and Crime Patrol), Who Shot Johnny Rock? is set in the classic 1920’s style gangster era. As the title suggests, you’re supposed to find out who shot singer Johnny Rock (or at least who hired the guys who shot him) and put … Continue reading “Who Shot Johnny Rock?”

Year: 1991

Platforms: 3DO, Arcade, CD-i, DOS, DVD Player, SEGA CD, Windows

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter, Full Motion Video


Vay is the story of Prince Sandor of Lorath, and his quest to avenge the assassination of his parents and rescue his beloved Lady Elin. On what is to be the day of their wedding, Castle Lorath is assaulted by the Danek, who have been able to partially reconstruct alien mecha technology from a millennium ago. … Continue reading “Vay”

Year: 1993

Platforms: SEGA CD, iPhone

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG), Turn-based strategy


Although the package appears to be a compilation, this is the first and only release of Ultraverse Prime. Since it was originally envisioned as a SNES game but not completed, it was eventually released as a Sega CD title as a pack-in with Microcosm, a game that was released separately before. As such this should … Continue reading “Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm”

Year: 1994

Platforms: SEGA CD

Genre: Action, Compilation

Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler


This is the earliest home computer incarnation of Horn Abbot International Ltd’s classic board game, Trivial Pursuit. The game involves answering questions on one of six subject categories to gain moves, and answering questions on special squares to gain one of the six ‘Wedges’ you need to gain the right to take on the final winning … Continue reading “Trivial Pursuit”

Year: 1986

Platforms: Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari ST, BBC Micro, CDTV, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, SEGA Master System, Thomson TO, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Puzzle

Theme: Board game, Turn-based strategy