PLATFORMS
Phantasie II is the sequel to the role-playing game Phantasie. Nothing has changed substantially: the gameplay and the graphics are identical to Phantasie. The adventuring party travels from town to town using a overview map of the countryside. There are many dungeons to explore and many different monsters to battle. Again the Dark Lord Nikademus … Continue reading “Phantasie II”
Year: 1986
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
The island of Gelnor has been taken over by The Black Knights, who demand sacrifices and homage as they travel from town to town. Defeat them and their master, Nikademus! Phantasie is a classic role-playing game, and one of the first to introduce a “bank” for storing money in addition to expanding on the classic Wizardry-style gameplay … Continue reading “Phantasie”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, MSX, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X1
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Hardball is a baseball action game for one or two players. You can throw a variety of pitches from fast balls to curve balls, steal bases, select team members, and substitute players as the game is played.
Year: 1985
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, MSX, Macintosh, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Your task in this arcade game is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill the frog and cost you a life if contact is made. The road is … Continue reading “Frogger”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BREW, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Intellivision, J2ME, MSX, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Odyssey 2, PC Booter, PC-6001, PlayStation 4, SNES, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, Timex Sinclair 2068, Tomy Tutor, VIC-20, Windows Phone, ZX81, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade
In this role-playing game, the player begins as a peasant whose land is under attack by monsters. After killing one, a princess names the peasant champion, and issues a quest, to rid the country of enemies. She can provide no map, but says that part of the quest involves learning the layout of the land … Continue reading “Questron”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Track & Field is a sports game that allows the player to have an experience based around the Summer Olympic Games. Events include the 100 meter dash, the hammer throw, the javelin throw, the long jump, the high jump and the 110 meter hurdles. The MSX version replaces the hurdles with a 400 meter dash. The … Continue reading “Track & Field”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Cells & Serpents is a roleplaying game for multiple systems. The player explores a series of unending randomized dungeon rooms fighting monsters and looking for treasure. At any time the player can choose to move left, right, or forwards. These can take the player to stairs up, stairs down, a blank wall, corridors, rooms, or doors. … Continue reading “Cells & Serpents”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore PET/CBM, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, TRS-80, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Dragon Quest is a dungeon crawler that has you exploring 90+ rooms in search of treasure. There is supposedly supposed to be a princess to rescue but alas I was unable to find the princess after much exploration. I probably spent more time with this game than I should have but the completist in me … Continue reading “Dragon Quest (1983)”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Atari 8-bit
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
MAD magazine’s comic strip of the same name comes to life in this game which was designed for one or two players. The split-screen shows both spies at the same time. Play with a friend or against the machine. The black spy and the white spy are out to outsmart each other before the time bell … Continue reading “Spy vs Spy”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron, NES, PC-88, SEGA Master System, Sharp X1, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
Originating in the arcades, Spy Hunter is a driving action game played from an overhead point of view. Your car is equipped with machine guns to help you get past the numerous enemies out on the road (be careful not to shoot any civilians, though!) Occasionally you will come across a weapons van, and if you drive … Continue reading “Spy Hunter”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, NES, PC Booter, Palm OS, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Racing / driving