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Ocean's version of RoboCop for 8-bit machines loosely adapts the Data East arcade game, with stages inspired by those from the coin-op, but also entirely new gameplay elements. New challenges from the arcade include hostage scenarios: in these, seen from a first-person perspective, a criminal holds an innocent person. Moving crosshairs and firing precisely,... 226

Ocean's version of RoboCop for 8-bit machines loosely adapts the Data East arcade game, with stages inspired by those from the coin-op, but also entirely new gameplay elements. New challenges from the arcade include hostage scenarios: in these, seen from a first-person perspective, a criminal holds an innocent person. Moving crosshairs and firing precisely,... 217

RoboCop is a beat 'em up/run-and-gun action game developed and published by Data East for arcades in 1988, based on the 1987 film of the same name. The gameplay is similar to Data East's arcade game Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja. The games capture the spirit of the RoboCop film to some degree, as it involves killing generic criminals and enemy bosses,... 491

RoboCop is a beat 'em up/run-and-gun action game developed and published by Data East for arcades in 1988, based on the 1987 film of the same name. The gameplay is similar to Data East's arcade game Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja. The games capture the spirit of the RoboCop film to some degree, as it involves killing generic criminals and enemy bosses,... 5944

Little Big Adventure is Action Adventure viewed from a pseudo 3D isometric perspective. All characters and vehicles in the game, including some props in the world, are real 3D polygon-based objects, allowing for full rotation and movement abilities. The game takes place on Twinsun, a strange planet (not to be confused with Twinsen, the game's protagonist)...... 270

Castlevania: Dracula X (released in Europe as Castlevania: Vampire's Kiss) is a sequel to the successful action platformer series inspired by Bram Stoker and his Dracula, created and released by Konami for the SNES home console in 1995. It is a remake of the original Castlevania: Rondo of Blood released in Japan for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System... 1075

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... 203

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... 89

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... 174

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... 514

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... 94

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... 88

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... 304

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... 293

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... 1315

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... 552

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,... 503

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,... 119

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... 141

Annals of Rome is a turn-based historical strategy game set in ancient Rome, created in 1986 by the British studio Personal Software Services (PSS). It appeared on a wide range of 8- and 16-bit computers - from the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC to the Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga and PC. The player takes charge of the Roman state from 273 BC, but the... 96