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Beneath a Steel Sky is a British 1994 science fiction point and click adventure game in the cyberpunk genre. It featured comedy elements and was developed by Revolution Software and the backstory is introduced through a comic book, drawn by comic artist Dave Gibbons, which tells the story of a young boy called Robert who is the sole survivor of a plane... 202

Alien Breed is the first in a series of science fiction computer games played in the form of a top-down shooter for one or two players. Alien Breed consists of the player or players having to find the lift down to the next level, occasionally setting the self destruct sequence to blow up the level above them. The players collect or purchase a variety... 529

Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies and solving some simple puzzles... 587

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts. The storyline within the Dark Forces is set in the Star Wars fictional universe and follows the character Kyle Katarn. Katarn is a mercenary working on behalf of the Rebel Alliance. He discovers the Empire's "Dark Trooper Project", which involves the building... 599

It's 1939, at the eve of World War II. Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr., at the request of a certain Mr. Smith, retrieves a strange idol from the Barnett College museum to him and his friend Marcus Brody. However, when Indy presents it to Smith, he holds him and Marcus at gunpoint, takes the statue and escapes... 725

Tomb Raider follows the exploits of Lara Croft, a British female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures à la Indiana Jones. The game was critically acclaimed and widely influential. It spawned a number of sequels and a franchise of related media. The player controls the archaeologist Lara Croft in search of the three mysterious Scion artefacts... 614

Alien Trilogy is a 3D first-person shooter based on the first three movies in the Alien film series. In the role of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, the player is thrust into the storyline of the Alien franchise, concluding finally with Alien 3. However, aside from occasional CGI cut scenes, the plot is told through text-based mission briefings that guide... 992

Airborne Ranger is a military simulation game in which a sole airborne ranger is to infiltrate enemy territory to complete various objectives. The game consisted of several missions, in which the player controlled a sole airborne ranger whose objectives included killing an enemy officer, taking out an enemy bunker, and even taking out a SAM-site... 505

Frontier: Elite II is a space trading and combat simulator designed by David Braben. It is the first sequel to the seminal game Elite from 1984. The game retains the same principal component, namely open-ended gameplay, and adds realistic physics and an accurately modeled galaxy. It was the first game to feature procedurally generated star systems.... 637

Civilization is a turn-based single-player computer game. The player takes on the role of the ruler of a civilization starting with only one or two Settler units. The player attempts to build an empire in competition with between two and six other civilizations. The game requires a fair amount of micromanagement (although less than any of the simulation... 3148

Darker has the player assume the role of Tolly, a civilian shuttle pilot in the city of Delphi, the only city situated on the dark side of a planet in synchronous rotation around the local star. The player must defend Delphi from the Halons, inhabitants of the planet's light side, who are invading Delphi... 79

Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula) is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Konami, originally released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1986. It is the first game in Konami's Castlevania video game series. Castlevania uses platform gameplay and is divided into six blocks of three stages each, for a total of 18 stages. Players... 390

Demon Stalkers: The Raid on Doomfane is a top-down action, role-playing video game. It was released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and in 1989 for IBM PC compatibles. It's a dungeon crawler based on killing monsters during the descent. The game can be played in either single player mode or two player co-operative mode. Players can choose to control either... 90

Blackthorne (Blackhawk in some European countries) is a computer and video game, a cinematic platformer. The game focuses around protagonist Kyle Vlaros who is known as the Blackthorne, out for revenge on Sarlac and his minions. The gameplay involves large platforming sequences similar to the 2d Prince of Persia games, in which Kyle can run and climb... 152

The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game, originally released for the SNES in 1992. The main characters are three Vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout. The goal is to guide all Vikings safely through each level. The game's originality is due to the fact that the player controls three different characters... 233

An okay top-down vertical-shooter from prolific Taiwanese developer SoftStar, Dawn Raider takes place in a futuristic world where the Earth is rife with civil wars that broke out among warring clans. The game won't dislodge Tyrian or even Silpheed from their lofty pillars of classic games in the genre, but it does offer a few hours of good ol' shooting... 128

Panzer General is a computer wargame published by Strategic Simulations in 1994 and set in World War II. Panzer General is turn-based, set on operational level hex maps. One plays lone scenarios from either Axis or Allied side and against a computer or human opponent. In Campaign Mode, the player assumes the role of a German general against the Allied... 2221

Frogger is a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami and originally published by Sega. Frogger was positively received as one of the greatest video games ever made and followed by several clones and sequels. The game found its way into popular culture, including television and music. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one... 375

Pinball Wizard (also known as `Macadam Bumper`) is a computer game, an arcade and pinball construction set. The game includes full-featured graphics, sound and lights, and even `tilt` capability. The game features four simulations with varying obstacles. On the Atari ST, the flipper and back-board controls are manipulated by the mouse, but moving the... 58

Ninja Gaiden, released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden (Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword) and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a side-scrolling cinematic action-platformer. Tecmo developed and published it for the NES; its development and release coincided with the beat 'em up arcade version of the same name. The story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa... 110