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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... 2035

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... 129

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.... 291

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... 426

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... 373

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... 297

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.... 569

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... 8579

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... 1198

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... 327

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... 349

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... 259

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... 334

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... 1005

Earthworm Jim is a run and gun platform video game starring an earthworm named Jim in a robotic suit who battles evil. The gameplay of Earthworm Jim is very bizarre, to say the least. Launching cows, using Jim's head as a whip, and other bizarre twists add to the insanity. The player controls Jim at all times of the game. In the level sections, Jim... 462

Doom is a landmark title in the first-person shooter genre. It is widely recognized for pioneering immersive 3D graphics, networked multiplayer gaming on the PC platform, and support for custom expansions... 1341

Excalibur: The Sword of Kings is a text-based adventure game with color images. The parser recognizes two-word commands and it is possible to explore 29 screens. The game was originally released for the ZX Spectrum and was redesigned for HTML5 in 2019 with tutorial added. The evil witch Crania, was searching for Merlin to devour his power. In her quest... 146

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is the fourth in the series of Ultima computer role-playing games. It is the first in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy, shifting the series from the hack and slash, dungeon crawl gameplay of its "Age of Darkness" predecessors towards an ethically-nuanced, story-driven approach. Ultima IV is different among RPGs in that... 259

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.... 392

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.... 175