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Road Rash is a motorcycle-racing video game, in which the player participates in violent illegal street races. The game was originally released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, but was ported to several other systems. Presented in a third-person view similar to Hang-On, the player competes in illegal road races and must finish in the top 3 places in... 47381

Road Rash is a motorcycle-racing video game, in which the player participates in violent illegal street races. The game was originally released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, but was ported to several other systems. Presented in a third-person view similar to Hang-On, the player competes in illegal road races and must finish in the top 3 places in... 4098

The game is set in Krynn, world of the Dragonlance saga, during the War of the Lance. DragonStrike combined elements of computer role-playing games and flight simulators. The player character is a knight who flies on the back of a metallic dragon equipped with a lance and various magic items (among other things a magic orb that acts as a radar in the... 118

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... 3807

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... 2900

Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. The game popularized the use of sprite-based, pseudo-3D graphics with its `rear-view racer format` where the player’s view is behind and above the vehicle, looking forward along the road with the horizon in sight, which would remain in use even after true 3D computer graphics became standard... 3644

Mortal Kombat is a fighting game developed by Midway, released in arcades in 1992. It centers on the first Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil Shang Tsung by the monk Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat is a side-scrolling 1 on 1 fighting game. Fighting is set as one on one kombat, allowing each player to perform a variety of punches,... 2135

King's Quest is a graphic adventure by Roberta Williams, released by Sierra On-Line in 1984 as a commission from IBM for the IBM PCjr. Sir Graham sets out to recover the 3 lost treasures of the kingdom of Daventry: a magic mirror, a shield and a chest full of gold. It was among the first adventures with an animated hero on screen, steered through the... 573

Populous is a 1989 strategy game designed by Peter Molyneux at Bullfrog and published by Electronic Arts, first for the Amiga. It is regarded as the first god game. The player is a deity who raises and flattens the land so that their people can build bigger homes and multiply, and with growing power sends earthquakes, swamps, volcanoes and floods against... 1013

The game involved the player controlling the pop star in a quest to save all the kids that had been kidnapped by Mr. Big. In the home version, all of the children are young blond girls termed "Katies"; in the arcade version, Katie was one of three types of children who could be rescued. The game's levels and music were borrowed from the film (though... 2564

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... 4634

Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx, based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games. The game was presented as a virtual multi-sport carnival called the `Epyx Winter Games` with up to 8 players each choosing a country to represent, and then taking turns competing in various events to try for a medal. A snow-and-ice themed follow-up... 203

Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx, based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games. The game was presented as a virtual multi-sport carnival called the `Epyx Winter Games` with up to 8 players each choosing a country to represent, and then taking turns competing in various events to try for a medal. A snow-and-ice themed follow-up... 799

Barbarian (Death Sword) is a one or two-player fighting game. As the name suggests, the fighters are barbarians. The game offers sword combat in various locales. The game has also a one-player plot mode, where the player has to defeat several fighters to fight evil wizard Drax to rescue princess Mariana. The game was greatly inspired by sword and sorcery... 1533

Miner 2049er is a video game created by Bill Hogue Under the name Big Five Software. Bounty Bob is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a mission to search through all of Nuclear Ned's abandoned uranium mines for the treacherous Yukon Yohan. Bob must claim each section of each mine by running over it. There are a wide variety of futuristic... 210

Miner 2049er is a video game created by Bill Hogue Under the name Big Five Software. Bounty Bob is a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on a mission to search through all of Nuclear Ned's abandoned uranium mines for the treacherous Yukon Yohan. Bob must claim each section of each mine by running over it. There are a wide variety of futuristic... 1198

Alien³ is a video game based on the movie sequel of the same name. The plot of the movie picks up directly after the end of Aliens. Ellen Ripley, the main character of the Alien series, is in cryo-sleep aboard the space ship Sulaco. The Genesis Alien³ game is a side-scrolling action game with large maze-like levels. In each level, you have to rescue... 595

Alien³ is a video game based on the movie sequel of the same name. The plot of the movie picks up directly after the end of Aliens. Ellen Ripley, the main character of the Alien series, is in cryo-sleep aboard the space ship Sulaco. The Genesis Alien³ game is a side-scrolling action game with large maze-like levels. In each level, you have to rescue... 1613

Alien³ is a video game based on the movie sequel of the same name. The plot of the movie picks up directly after the end of Aliens. Ellen Ripley, the main character of the Alien series, is in cryo-sleep aboard the space ship Sulaco. The Genesis Alien³ game is a side-scrolling action game with large maze-like levels. In each level, you have to rescue... 875

Alien³ is a video game based on the movie sequel of the same name. The plot of the movie picks up directly after the end of Aliens. Ellen Ripley, the main character of the Alien series, is in cryo-sleep aboard the space ship Sulaco. The Genesis Alien³ game is a side-scrolling action game with large maze-like levels. In each level, you have to rescue... 863