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Strider (Strider Hiryū in Japan) is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. Strider is set in a dystopian future in the year 2048, where a mysterious dictator known as the "Grandmaster" rules over the world. Hiryu, the youngest ever Super A Ranked member of an organization of high-tech ninja-like agents... 257

Strider (Strider Hiryū in Japan) is a 1989 side-scrolling platform game released for the CP System arcade hardware by Capcom. Strider is set in a dystopian future in the year 2048, where a mysterious dictator known as the "Grandmaster" rules over the world. Hiryu, the youngest ever Super A Ranked member of an organization of high-tech ninja-like agents... 146

Fascination is a good murder mystery, with interesting plot and some good puzzles. You play a woman in this game, but in this case it seems as if the designer made the choice only as an excuse to flaunt mildly erotic, useless scenes such as you taking a shower... 70

The Prophecy (known in Europe as Ween: The Prophecy) is a point-and-click adventure game in a fantasy setting, developed by Coktel Vision and MDO, released in Europe in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. It was published by Sierra On-Line in North America in 1993. The game takes a fantasy setting, in which you play a Wizard deemed to be ‘good’ taking... 68

Second Samurai is the sequel to the 1991 game First Samurai, designed by Raffaele Cecco (Vivid Image) and released for the Sega Mega Drive and Amiga in 1994. Notable features also include prehistoric and futuristic levels as well as feudal Japan like the 1991 prequel. Player can choose between two Samurais (the 1-player mode has the male protagonist... 182

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... 119

Metal Mutant is a side-scrolling Action-adventure game. It is similar to Sierra's Thexder in that it allows you to transform at any time into three different robot forms (Cyborg, Dinos and Tank), each with its own weapons, which include torpedoes, axes, and a remote-controlled flying robot... 197

Mario Teaches Typing was released on personal computers and was designed to teach typing skills to children. The game was developed and published by Interplay Productions. It was first released for MS-DOS in 1992 and then for Windows and Macintosh in 1994. Mario is voiced by Ronald B. Ruben in the floppy disk version and by Charles Martinet in the... 751

Xatax is a shoot 'em up computer game produced by Pixel Painters and released as shareware in 1994. The game is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up similar to Gradius and R-Type. The player's ship must defeat waves of attacking aliens and defensive turrets over three levels before challenging the Xatax itself. Dead aliens drop power-up capsules which... 422

Xenon is a 1988 2D vertical-scrolling shooter computer game, originally released for the Amiga and quickly ported to other platforms. Excellent graphics, catchy soundtrack, and gameplay turned the game into best-seller on Commodore 64 and Amiga systems, although the PC version much less well received. Like all great SHMUPs, Xenon features smooth controls,... 387

Xenon is a 1988 2D vertical-scrolling shooter computer game, originally released for the Amiga and quickly ported to other platforms. Excellent graphics, catchy soundtrack, and gameplay turned the game into best-seller on Commodore 64 and Amiga systems, although the PC version much less well received. Like all great SHMUPs, Xenon features smooth controls,... 585

Xenon is a 1988 2D vertical-scrolling shooter computer game, originally released for the Amiga and quickly ported to other platforms. Excellent graphics, catchy soundtrack, and gameplay turned the game into best-seller on Commodore 64 and Amiga systems, although the PC version much less well received. Like all great SHMUPs, Xenon features smooth controls,... 427

Xenon is a 1988 2D vertical-scrolling shooter computer game, originally released for the Amiga and quickly ported to other platforms. Excellent graphics, catchy soundtrack, and gameplay turned the game into best-seller on Commodore 64 and Amiga systems, although the PC version much less well received. Like all great SHMUPs, Xenon features smooth controls,... 77

Xargon: The Mystery of the Blue Builders is a side-scrolling platform game very similar to Jill of the Jungle, but with improved graphics, released by Epic MegaGames, programmed by Allen Pilgrim with graphics created by Joe Hitchens. The basic goal of the game is to advance through the map by completing levels. To finish a level, the player must find... 99

Annals of Rome is turn based strategy game, begins in 273 BC with player in control of Roman state. In difference of all others similar games aim of this is not conquest of known world but to survive longest possible. Game is played in two windows. First is troops moviment window which is serving for movement of troops inside Roman state or for attack... 75

Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark is a horror RPG, starring the actress Cassandra Peterson. The player's character has been called upon to rescue Elvira, for she has been kidnapped and is being held in her own castle. In the beginning of the game the player is captured, and then rescued by Elvira... 338

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a run and gun platformer released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is the third and final game in the Super Star Wars trilogy and is based on the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. The game follows closely the standard set by the previous two Super Star Wars games, with the return of selectable... 160

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a run and gun platformer released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is the third and final game in the Super Star Wars trilogy and is based on the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. The game follows closely the standard set by the previous two Super Star Wars games, with the return of selectable... 48

Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a run and gun platformer released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is the third and final game in the Super Star Wars trilogy and is based on the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. The game follows closely the standard set by the previous two Super Star Wars games, with the return of selectable... 172

Space Taxi is an action game simulates a flying taxi. It was written by John F. Kutcher for the Commodore 64 and published by MUSE Software. The game is famous for featuring sampled speech uncommon in the early 1980s. The speech samples include `Hey taxi!`, `Pad one please`, `Thanks` or `Up please`. There are 24 different levels, all in sequential... 5959