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RoboCop is an action game based on Paul Verhoeven's film, developed for 8-bit home computers and released in 1988 by the British publisher Ocean Software. It loosely follows the Data East coin-op, but breaks up the patrols through Detroit, the drug factory and the OCP tower with sections of its own: first-person hostage scenes and a photofit puzzle... 1051

RoboCop is an action game based on Paul Verhoeven's film, developed for 8-bit home computers and released in 1988 by the British publisher Ocean Software. It loosely follows the Data East coin-op, but breaks up the patrols through Detroit, the drug factory and the OCP tower with sections of its own: first-person hostage scenes and a photofit puzzle... 1960

RoboCop is an action game based on Paul Verhoeven's film, developed for 8-bit home computers and released in 1988 by the British publisher Ocean Software. It loosely follows the Data East coin-op, but breaks up the patrols through Detroit, the drug factory and the OCP tower with sections of its own: first-person hostage scenes and a photofit puzzle... 273

RoboCop is an action game based on Paul Verhoeven's film, developed for 8-bit home computers and released in 1988 by the British publisher Ocean Software. It loosely follows the Data East coin-op, but breaks up the patrols through Detroit, the drug factory and the OCP tower with sections of its own: first-person hostage scenes and a photofit puzzle... 241

RoboCop is an action game between a beat 'em up and a run-and-gun, developed by Data East after Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film and released to arcades in 1988. The player walks the cyborg RoboCop side-on through Detroit, punching, shooting, collecting stronger weapons and facing bosses such as the ED-209 robot, with a first-person target range between... 545

RoboCop is an action game between a beat 'em up and a run-and-gun, developed by Data East after Paul Verhoeven's 1987 film and released to arcades in 1988. The player walks the cyborg RoboCop side-on through Detroit, punching, shooting, collecting stronger weapons and facing bosses such as the ED-209 robot, with a first-person target range between... 6272

Little Big Adventure: Twinsen's Adventure (released in North America as Relentless) is an isometric action-adventure by the French studio Adeline Software, published by Electronic Arts in 1994 and directed by Frédérick Raynal, the creator of Alone in the Dark. The player becomes Twinsen, a young inhabitant of the planet Twinsun who rises against the... 303

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... 1231

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... 252

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... 110

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... 238

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... 603

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... 115

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... 117

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... 432

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... 327

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... 1672

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... 604

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,... 560

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,... 142