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Mortal Kombat is a fighting game developed by Midway, released in arcades in 1992. It centers on the first Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil Shang Tsung by the monk Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling 1 on 1 fighting game. Fighting is set as one on one kombat, allowing each player to perform a variety of punches,... 6343

Disney's Aladdin is a video game based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name, is a side-scrolling platformer. The player controls Aladdin, who must make his way through several levels based on locations from the movie: from the streets and rooftops of Agrabah, the Cave of Wonders and the Sultan's dungeon to the final confrontation in Grand Vizier... 6203

Streets of Rage (known in Japan as Bare Knuckle) is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. In Streets of Rage, the special attack is assistance from a police car which will pull up at the level's beginning and fire explosives, taking health from all enemies. The player is given one Special Attack per... 1723

In the Home Alone game for the PC, the player must set up traps to hurt the Wet Bandits. In the Home Alone title for the NES, the player must avoid being caught by the Wet Bandits in 20 minutes. The game is an example of the trap-em-up genre, which also includes games like Heiankyo Alien, Space Panic, and Lode Runner... 1400

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the 1992 film of the same name; it was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS and Super NES platforms. The game was released in late 1992 for all three Nintendo's consoles available at the time. Mechanically, the three versions are identical, with the... 896

Golden Axe III is the last installment in the Golden Axe series released for the Sega Mega Drive. The gameplay has been expanded slightly but is essentially the same hack n' slash as the previous games. New features to the series include new characters, new moves (special attacks, teamwork attacks and teamwork magic spells) and junction points where... 777

Golden Axe II is a side-scrolling arcade hack 'n' slash game released for the Sega Mega Drive. The three playable characters from the first Golden Axe, Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gillius Thunderhead, return in Golden Axe II to fight the new evil forces led by Dark Guld. The game features a total of seven levels: six scrolling levels and a final end... 1241

Golden Axe is a side-scrolling arcade hack and slash game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the series. The game takes place in the fictional land of Yuria, a Conan the Barbarian-style high fantasy medieval world. An evil entity known as Death Adder has captured the King and his daughter... 1933

Like most of Cinemaware's titles, It Came From the Desert takes its inspiration from Hollywood. This game is undoubtedly inspired by dozens of 1950s "B" movies, especially the 1954 mutant-ant classic Them! The game is a fairly non-linear combination of dialogue boxes and several types of action scenes, typical of contemporary Cinemaware releases. The... 113

The Godfather: The Action Game is a 2D action shooter with horizontal scrolling, based on the famous film of the same name by F. F. Coppola (based on a book by Mario Puzo) about the rise of the Sicilian mafia clan Corleone in America between 1940-1980. The game contains five levels, each with its own graphics representing one decade during this period.... 281

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu is a 1990 action platform video game, developed and published by Hudson Soft. The player controls Jackie Chan, the well-known martial arts stunt master, and brawls against many enemies during his quest to save his sister. The game is played through five levels (each with a boss at the end). Throughout the game, The player... 343

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu is a 1990 action platform video game, developed and published by Hudson Soft. The player controls Jackie Chan, the well-known martial arts stunt master, and brawls against many enemies during his quest to save his sister. The game is played through five levels (each with a boss at the end). Throughout the game, The player... 324

Gunboat is a combat simulator of Patrol Boat Riverine (PBR). The game starts out in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. When the player earns a second lieutenant's bar, the game moves on to battle the drug kingpins of Colombia. After making the grade of lieutenant commander, the player begins patrolling the Panama Canal Zone. Game is using a mix of sprites... 277

R-Type is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987, first published by Nintendo on Arcade coin-op machines. The player controls a space fighter named the R-9 to defend humanity against a mysterious powerful alien life-form known as the Bydo. The game is made up of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each.... 471

Bomberman title for the TurboGrafx-16. It is a greatly expanded re-imagining of the original one. In Europe, the game was released for the PC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, retitled as Dyna Blaster. As White Bomberman, you must defeat the Black Bomberman, who has kidnapped the daughter of the inventor of both him and White Bomberman, and imprisoned... 7839

Bomberman title for the TurboGrafx-16. It is a greatly expanded re-imagining of the original one. In Europe, the game was released for the PC, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, retitled as Dyna Blaster. As White Bomberman, you must defeat the Black Bomberman, who has kidnapped the daughter of the inventor of both him and White Bomberman, and imprisoned... 999

Turrican is an action platformer (run-and-gun) with smooth scrolling in all directions, created by programmer and Manfred Trenz for Rainbow Arts company. Turrican first released for the Commodore 64, Amiga and later ported to other home computers and consoles. Inspiration for Turrican was Metroid and Psycho-Nics Oscar games. Memorable music for game... 274

Operation Wolf is a one-player shooter video game made by Taito as coin-op cabinet and was one of the most ported arcade games of all time. The game is controlled with a fixed swivel mounted light gun controller attached to the cabinet, with force feedback to simulate recoil. The object of the game is to rescue the five hostages in the concentration... 305

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the 1992 film of the same name; it was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS and Super NES platforms. The game was released in late 1992 for all three Nintendo's consoles available at the time. Mechanically, the three versions are identical, with the... 224

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the 1992 film of the same name; it was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS and Super NES platforms. The game was released in late 1992 for all three Nintendo's consoles available at the time. Mechanically, the three versions are identical, with the... 298