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Unusually for Electronic Arts in the early 90s, this was a platform -shooter game with little or no adventuring or strategy elements. The game scrolls sideways, and has sections where precision jumps are required, either to clear rivers or collect bonuses. You carry a dagger to deal with the enemies, and must avoid contact with … Continue reading “Risky Woods”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Genesis, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
RISK is a conversion of the popular strategy board game created by Parker Brothers. Players control armies placed in different regions of the world, attacking opposing players’ armies to gain territory, and ultimately try to wipe out the other factions and take over the world. In addition to the regular classic mode, which works just like … Continue reading “Risk”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Board game
Electrocorp, the world’s leading manufacturer and developer of advanced robotics ran the Leader Project to develop a multi-task, ultra-intelligent, self-aware robot to manage every aspect of the factory plant. The end result was the Supervisor Droid, a machine capable of assuming any form and accessing any database. But when an EGO virus infected the Supervisor’s … Continue reading “Rise of the Robots”
Year: 1994
Platforms: 3DO, Amiga, Amiga CD32, CD-i, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
For a long time, our world was in darkness. The sun shone as always, but our souls were dark and lacked the true enlightenment. Then the holy Nexus arrived, and changed everything. With his Rod of Creation, he blessed the people with the gift of the six Arts. The Red Priests – the people he … Continue reading “Rings of Power”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
This early version is different from its PC counterpart with this version featuring six different stages to choose from and each with their own type of gameplay:Bruno’s Deli:* The player takes control of Huckle the Cat as they help Bruno serve his customers by selecting the items they have requested on a conveyor belt. Captain … Continue reading “Richard Scarry’s Busytown”
Year: 1994
Platforms: Genesis
Genre: Adventure, Educational
Theme: Puzzle elements
Revolution X is about the ol’ Rock & Roll. There is an evil nation putting the youth down and banning our beloved rock music. Who you gonna call? Aerosmith! With the help of Aerosmith, the player must shoot his/her way through enemy infested levels, (light) guns blazing, collecting power-ups and releasing hostages. Almost all of … Continue reading “Revolution X”
Year: 2020
Platforms: Arcade, DOS, Genesis, PlayStation, SEGA Saturn, SNES
Genre: Action
Theme: Rail shooter
This game is entirely text driven, and gives you a predefined character, pout out into the world to explore. You can get a report of all of your stats, which include your current location, as X/Y coordinates on the hexagonal world map (which was included in the magazine) and all possible exits. You can also … Continue reading “Arfgaldt”
Year: 1983
Platforms: FM-7, PC-8000, PC-88
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Ken to Mahō is a fantasy role-playing game. An evil wizard has killed the benevolent king of Border Land and captured the princess. It is up to a lone adventurer to rescue the princess and restore peace in the land. The player can choose between nine character types that include both classes (Fighter, White Knight, Black … Continue reading “Ken to Mahou (Sword & Sorcery)”
Year: 1983
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Rumors say that somewhere in the land of Zargos lies a hidden passage to the glorious country of Eldorado. Only the bravest adventurer dares to enter the labyrinthine caves scattered across Zargos to uncover the entrance to the miraculous land. Dungeon is a fantasy role-playing game influenced by early Ultima installments. Character creation involves selecting … Continue reading “Dungeon”
Year: 1983
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Real-time strategy
In this game, a follow-up to the original Shinobi, once again you are Joe Musashi, but this time you’re not out to free hostages, but to gain your revenge on the ‘Neo Zeed’ bandits. The story told is that the old enemies ‘Zeed’ from the first Shinobi game has reorganised, and they have now struck … Continue reading “The Revenge of Shinobi”
Year: 1989
Platforms: Android, Arcade, Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform