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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... 1257

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... 371

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... 383

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... 271

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... 360

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... 1067

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... 490

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... 1454

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... 154

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... 283

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.... 432

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.... 183

Final Fantasy is a role-playing game created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, developed and first published in Japan by Square, originally released for the Famicom/NES. The game has four basic game modes: an overworld map, town and dungeon maps, a battle screen, and a menu screen. Final Fantasy was the first game to show the player's characters on the right... 493

Outlander is an action driving video game with a post-apocalyptic theme developed by Mindscape for the Sega Mega Drive and in Super Nintendo consoles. The game shares many similarities to the Mad Max film series, originally it was developed as "The Road Warrior" based on the Mad Max sequel, however near completion Mindscape lost the rights to the license... 336

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... 3055

Platform game that involves the player on a quest as the first samurai in the history of ancient Japan to survive in a world of evil and rival swordsmen. Eating food and drinking sake will help the player get stronger, while fire and enemy contact will weaken the samurai. The player starts out as a hermit in an ancient forest, but he eventually becomes... 198

Lethal Weapon is an action side-scrolling platform game based on the movie series of the same name. The player chooses one of the two police partners - Martin Riggs or Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson / Danny Glover) and battles it out with criminals around the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Each character can walk, jump, swimm and kick or... 68

Lethal Weapon is an action side-scrolling platform game based on the movie series of the same name. The player chooses one of the two police partners - Martin Riggs or Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson / Danny Glover) and battles it out with criminals around the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Each character can walk, jump, swimm and kick or... 154

Lethal Weapon is an action side-scrolling platform game based on the movie series of the same name. The player chooses one of the two police partners - Martin Riggs or Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson / Danny Glover) and battles it out with criminals around the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Each character can walk, jump, swimm and kick or... 238

Super Mario Land marked Mario's first appearance on the Nintendo Game Boy and was a launch title for the Game Boy. The gameplay of Super Mario Land is similar to that of Super Mario Bros. and its Japanese successor for the Nintendo Entertainment System. As in the previous games, the player takes the role of Mario. The ultimate objective is to defeat...