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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... 1860

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... 1158

Golden Axe III is a 1993 beat-em-up by Sega and the last instalment of the series on the Mega Drive. The cartridge came out in Japan only, American players got to the game later through the Sega Channel service. Four new heroes take on the mysterious demon lord Damud Hellstrike, who has seized the Golden Axe: the swordsman Kain Grinder, the warrior... 972

Golden Axe II is a beat-em-up by Sega, released at the end of 1991 for the Mega Drive as the sequel to the arcade Golden Axe. The barbarian Ax Battler, the amazon Tyris Flare and the dwarf Gilius Thunderhead return to defeat Dark Guld and win back the Golden Axe, the symbol of peace. The rideable beasts, co-op play and arena fights remain, and the... 1532

Sega's 1989 arcade beat-em-up, designed by Makoto Uchida, the creator of Altered Beast. The barbarian Ax Battler, the amazon Tyris Flare and the dwarf Gilius Thunderhead set out across the fantasy land of Yuria to take revenge on Death Adder, who has kidnapped the king and his daughter and seized the Golden Axe, the emblem of the land. It plays alone... 2093

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... 143

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.... 312

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... 456

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... 541

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... 309

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.... 614

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... 9081

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... 1283

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... 386

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... 395

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... 275

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... 382

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... 1077

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... 512

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... 1512