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Legend of Faerghail is a party-based RPG developed by the Hannover-based German studio Electronic Design and published in 1990 by reLINE Software (and internationally through Rainbow Arts and Electronic Zoo). It shipped for the Amiga, Atari ST, and PC DOS. Mechanically the game leans heavily on Interplay's The Bard's Tale – first-person grid-based... 2

Arcade Volleyball is a simple single-screen action game for one or two players, in which the players themselves are represented by figures with large, ball-like heads. The original version of the game was created by Rhett Anderson, and the complete source code for the Commodore 64 was first published in COMPUTE!'s Gazette magazine in June 1988. The... 2

Ramonovo kouzlo (Ramon's Spell) is a Czech point-and-click adventure game released in 1995 by Vochozka Trading for PC DOS. Development was led by Michal Janáček, later co-founder of the Pterodon studio. The game belongs to the first wave of Czech adventures kicked off by Tajemství Oslího ostrova, and stands out technologically by replacing hand-drawn... 10

RPG in which four heroes must save their world, Kalynthia. You must control the lives of the four heroes selected to fight the evil threatening Kalynthia as they emerge from the rock that has been their prison for 900 years... 8

KKnD: Krush, Kill 'n' Destroy is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game from Australian developer Beam Software, released in 1997. The player commands one of two factions battling for the last oil reserves of a radioactive wasteland in 2140 – either the technologically advanced Survivors, who weathered the nuclear war in underground bunkers, or... 13

Magicland Dizzy (Dizzy IV) is the fourth main adventure starring the egg-shaped hero Dizzy, published by Codemasters in 1990. The evil wizard Zaks returns from the dead and traps six Yolkfolk in a world full of fairy-tale references — Dizzy must free them all and finally destroy Zaks for good... 43

Fantasy World Dizzy is an platform action - adventure for ZX Spectrum designed by the Oliver Twins with music by David Whittaker. The game is considered the third in the Dizzy series and was developed under the name Dizzy III. Fantasy World Dizzy featured many elements which later became standard for the series, such as having three lives, an improved... 20

The Games: Summer Challenge is a well-known sports game inspired by the Summer Olympics, developed by MindSpan in 1992 and published by Accolade during the Barcelona Summer Olympics. The sequel to the successful Winter Challenge offers 8 summer disciplines—from archery, javelin, hurdle racing, and show jumping to cycling and water slalom—with support... 14

The world's first graphical MMORPG. Launched in March 1991 on America Online as an online evolution of SSI's legendary Gold Box series. Set in the Forgotten Realms city of Neverwinter, it combined AD&D rules with real-time interaction of hundreds of players, guilds, and PvP combat... 17

Dylan Dog: The Murderers (Dylan Dog: Gli Uccisori) is a classic 2D platform game with elements of survival horror, created by Simulmondo based on the Italian cult horror comics from Tiziano Sclavi. The player is in the role of Dylan - detective investigating the of paranormal activity and mysterious crimes - after one visit to the mystery mansion,... 449

Husita (Hussite) is Czech real-time strategy from Phoenix Arts, set in the glorious period of Czech history in the first half of the 15th century. After the death of Jan Hus at the Council of Constance, riots began and the "Chalice" Hussite movement spread. Sigismund, heir to the Bohemian throne, responded to this revolution by sending five crusades,... 351

Joust is an action game developed by Williams Electronics and released in arcades in 1982. While not the first two-player cooperative video game, Joust's success and polished implementation popularized the concept. Players assume the role of knights armed with lances and mounted on large birds (an ostrich for Player 1, a stork for Player 2), who must... 279

The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki is a first-person shooter developed by Maelstrom Software and Future Visionary. It was released in 1994 for DOS by Merit Studios. The game uses a 2.5D graphic engine, similar to the one used in Wolfenstein 3D. The plot of the game is that a mad scientist named Dr. Radiaki is going to destroy the world if an amount of $1... 268

Rampage is a 1986 arcade game by Bally Midway. Players take control of a trio of gigantic monsters trying to survive against onslaughts of military forces. Each round is completed when a particular city is completely reduced to rubble. Warner Bros. currently owns all rights to the property via their purchase of Midway Games and inspired by monster... 181

Falcon is a combat flight simulator video game and the first official entry in the Falcon series of the F-16 jet fighter's simulators by Spectrum HoloByte. Originally developed by Sphere for Macintosh and MS-DOS in 1987 and ported to several platforms between 1988 and 1992, the game earned commercial success and critical acclaim. The players have their... 308

Retaliator is a flight simulation program based upon two of the most revolutionary aircraft designs ever conceived: The Lockheed F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter and Grumman F-29, aka X-29. The graphics were detailed by the standards of the period, with cities, bridges, roads, islands, mountains and moving vehicles... 1587

Loom is a graphical adventure game by Brian Moriarty. A departure from other LucasArts adventure games in many senses, Loom is based on a serious and complex fantasy story. With its experimental interface, it eschewed the traditional paradigm of graphical adventures, where puzzles usually involve interactions between the game character, the environment,... 293

Mixed-Up Mother Goose is a computer game first released by Sierra On-Line in 1987. It is, in essence, an edutainment title, directed specifically at young gamers, as well as an adventure game. This edition came out as a CD-ROM (Multimedia PC) version, based on SCI1 engine, featuring enhanced MIDI soundtrack, VGA graphics, complete digitized speech... 256

Kilosoft Pacho '98 is a classic 2D action platformer from the Slovak developer Jozef Šebo alias KiloSoft, based on the film comedy by Martin Ťapák - Pacho the Brigand of Hybe, parodying the Jánošík myth. The game contains 4 large levels, each of which is situated in a unique environment and always starts with a Slovak-dubbed introduction. Pacho fighting... 106

Batman Returns is a DOS point-and-click adventure game developed by Park Place, co-published by Spirit of Discovery and distributed by Konami. Due the open ended nature of the game, it was delayed during development and released in December of 1992, rather the June. Based on the movie of the same name, the game has a stronger focus on detective work... 413