PLATFORMS

Dragon Slayer is commonly considered one of the progenitors of the action RPG genre. The premise is similar to Roguelikes: the player takes control of a knight who must fight his way through large overhead maze-like dungeons. Unlike roguelikes, the combat in the game is fully action-oriented: the player must approach the monster and “bump” into it … Continue reading “Dragon Slayer”

“What they said about Sherlock I, you’ll say about Sherlock II”…reads the advert in the box, based on the nice critics about Volume I. But, each situation is completely different: “The Two Lions” involving the murder of circus lions, “The Pilfered Paintings” just bought by The National Gallery…and “The Murdered Munitions Magnate”, where hints reveal … Continue reading “Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Volume 2”

In this game, the player is cast into the roles of Sherlock Holmes, the greatest fictional detective of all times, and his friend and partner Dr. Watson, as they have to investigate and successfully solve three criminal cases: Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective can be described as a hybrid of adventure game and simulation. Gameplay process involves … Continue reading “Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective”

Links: The Challenge of Golf is a golf simulation that tries to implement realistic aspects of golf in a video game format. The game uses VGA 256-color graphics, with courses containing trees, water, sand traps, and the fairway. The addition of ball physics, mulligans, changing the lie of the ball, real digitized environmental sounds, and the … Continue reading “Links: The Challenge of Golf”

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”

Tasac is a vertically-scrolling space shoot-’em-up game. The player controls a high-powered space fighter through ten stages, which each consist of several waves of smaller enemies followed by a large boss that must be destroyed. There are several power-ups to increase the ship’s power, but one hit will destroy it causing all upgrades to be lost. … Continue reading “Tasac”

Super Pang is a clone of the arcade game of the same title. The premise is simple: there are balloons bouncing around a room, and you must shoot and destroy them without getting hit. However, it’s not that simple; when shot, the balloons will split into two smaller balloons, and only the smallest size will … Continue reading “Super Pang”

Penguin & Seal is an arcade action game similar to Pengo. The player controls a penguin who must gather gems and deposit them into an igloo while avoiding becoming lunch for the seals wandering nearby. Each stage is filled with blocks, most of which can be destroyed, as well as three gems. The goal is … Continue reading “The Penguin & Seal”

Happy Pairs is a tile-matching puzzle game based on the Japanese game Shisenshō. Similar to the well-known Shanghai, the object is to remove tiles from the board in matching pairs until the entire board is clear. Pairs can only be removed if they can be connected by a line with no more than two turns. The game is … Continue reading “Happy Pairs”

Your starship is alive! A metamorphic creature that can transform from a huge flying insect into a metallic destroyer. Face squadron after squadron of alien fighters, marching ever onward towards a final confrontation with an all-powerful enemy. This is basically a scrolling, shoot-it-if-it-moves, action game. As your ship scrolls up the screen, you fire on … Continue reading “Galactic Crusader”