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Shove It! The Warehouse Game is a top-down puzzle game based on the original gameplay of Soko-Ban Hiroyuki Imabayashi wrote for Thinking Rabbit. The player controls Stevedore, a warehouse keeper, from a top-down view. As shown on the title screen, shoving boxes will earn him money to make his dreams come true, a lovely girlfriend … Continue reading “Shove It! The Warehouse Game”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Puzzle elements
This is the sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi and the last installment of the series on the Genesis/Mega Drive. After defeating the Neo Zeed organization, the ninja Joe Musashi returns to Japan to recover from the battle. But while he’s training, he senses that the Neo Zeed leaders are secretly rebuilding the organization, so … Continue reading “Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Arcade, Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Windows, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Shining Force II is a strategy/RPG hybrid with cartoon-like graphics. The game is comprised of two modes: exploration, in which the hero and his companions engage in the role-playing game standard of talking to townspeople, exploring new lands, and furthering the plot; and battle mode, in which the combat is resolved from a tactical point of … Continue reading “Shining Force II”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Windows
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
In a wondrous land perhaps not so far from our world, a strange and terrible series of events took place. The powers of darkness, led by Dark Dragon, fought for control of the world of Rune. Legendary warriors of light fought them with the ancient and modern weapons of the time, and drove Dark Dragon … Continue reading “Shining Force”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Windows, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
While en route to a charity game in Tokyo, basketball star Shaquille O’Neal (called “Shaq” for short) is drawn into an alternate dimension by a local man who believes only Shaq can save his grandson. Once there, he must fight a succession of 11 opponents, one at a time, with gameplay resembling Street Fighter 2 … Continue reading “Shaq Fu”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
Aspic is an Action Role Playing game utilizing a first person perspective in dungeons. Battles occur in real time on a separate arena similar to Zelda II’s map encounters. There are three option to pick upon a random encounter: fight, talk or run. Players can recruit extra warriors and pick which warrior will engage in … Continue reading “Aspic”
Year: 1986
Platforms: FM-7, NES, PC-6001, Sharp X1
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG
Lizard is a simple first-person dungeon crawler in Wizardry style, though with a single player character rather than a party. The goal is to explore a maze-like pseudo-3D tower and locate a magical book that would help the hero to rescue a captured princess. The player can choose between the classes of Fighter, Thief, and … Continue reading “Lizard”
Year: 1984
Platforms: FM-7, Hitachi S1, MSX, PC-6001, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The Screamer is set in a dark futuristic environment. The existence of a megalopolis called Beast City depends on a huge complex known as “Biological Intelligence in Artificial System” (sic), usually referred to as simply “BIAS”. But recently, disturbances within BIAS have been reported. Apparently, dangerous creatures have gone rampant. Nobody dares to venture inside – … Continue reading “The Screamer”
Year: 1985
Platforms: PC-88
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
Dragon’s Eye is an installment in the tile-matching game series initiated by Activision. Players try to remove mahjong tiles in pairs from a set pattern. Different versions of the game have up to eight different tile sets, twelve patterns based on the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and a layout editor for creating patterns. In … Continue reading “Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Apple IIgs, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, MSX, Macintosh, PC-98, SNES, Sharp X68000, Wii, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Cards / tiles
The year is 2058. Following an event known as the Awakening, magic has returned into the world. Native American shamans and elves reclaimed a vast area known as Salish-Shidhe, located around the free city of Seattle. A small team of shadowrunners – mercenaries working for powerful corporations – is brutally attacked in the wilderness. The … Continue reading “Shadowrun”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy