PLATFORMS

Zoom! is an arcade style puzzle game. Your character Zoomer (a Pacman lookalike with arms & legs) must trace the outline of the squares on the game board to light them up. Points are awarded when full squares are formed, although the game also displays how many lines must still be completed. You proceed to the next level … Continue reading “Zoom!”

Year: 1988

Platforms: Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis

Genre: Action

Theme: Arcade


This soccer game lets you choose a team representing one of twenty-four countries around the world to participate in the World Championship tournament, which is identical to the real 1990 World Cup. Once you pick your team you can also select which players you want on the field, so that you can round out the … Continue reading “World Championship Soccer”

Year: 1989

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


Before the long-running Links series, Access Software produced the Leader Board lineage, which concludes here. Wind, snap, and power are the main considerations as players dodge the bunkers, water, and rough, which make for more complex courses than the 8-bit versions of the original. A course editor is included. The courses provided include real locations: … Continue reading “World Class Leader Board”

Year: 1987

Platforms: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis, Macintosh, SEGA Master System, ZX Spectrum, iPhone

Genre: Sports

Theme: Sports


Carmen Sandiego and her gang are loose once again, and it is the players job to capture her! This time round the player not only has to find where she is, but also when she is. Traveling to various locations, they need to assemble clues by questioning witnesses and searching locations to close in and … Continue reading “Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?”

Year: 1989

Platforms: Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, Macintosh, NES, SNES

Genre: Educational

Theme: Puzzle elements


Carmen Sandiego is a master thief who leads the criminal organization V.I.L.E. This organization specializes in stealing the world’s treasures without a trace. Alarmed by this, the A.C.M.E. Detective Agency makes it their personal mission to foil Carmen Sandiego’s plans. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is a game that tests the player’s knowledge about … Continue reading “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?”

Year: 1985

Platforms: Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, TRS-80 CoCo

Genre: Educational

Theme: Puzzle elements


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


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


Techno Cop is set in the near future. You are a cop who seeks to clear his town of all the criminal scum. The game consists of two parts; one driving-action and one sidescrolling-action. In the first part you drive around in your red Ferrari and destroy hostile cars; in the second part, you turn … Continue reading “Technocop”

Year: 1988

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Action

Theme: Racing/Driving


The year is 1999. The world’s most popular television show is Smash T.V., an ultra-violent contest between two armed-to-the-teeth combatants, set loose in a series of deadly arenas that are filled to bursting with hordes of mindless beasts and killer robots. The aim of the game is to blast everything in sight and try to … Continue reading “Super Smash TV”

Year: 1990

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Action

Theme: Shooter


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