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Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling platform computer game released for the Commodore Amiga, but the game has been ported to many other systems. Shadow of the Beast, however, was considered revolutionary because its graphics, with many more colours on screen and up to twelve levels of parallax scrolling backdrops, were of a level rarely if ever... 179

Shadowrun is a cyberpunk fantasy action role-playing video game for the SNES, adapted from the tabletop role-playing game Shadowrun by FASA. The game is loosely based on the novel Never Deal with a Dragon by Shadowrun co-creator Robert N. Charrette and set in the year 2050. The player takes on the role of Jake Armitage, a man suffering from amnesia... 500

Civilization is a turn-based single-player computer game. The player takes on the role of the ruler of a civilization starting with only one or two Settler units. The player attempts to build an empire in competition with between two and six other civilizations. The game requires a fair amount of micromanagement (although less than any of the simulation... 536

SimCity is a city-building simulation game, originally developed by game designer Will Wright. The inspiration for SimCity came from a feature of the game Raid on Bungeling Bay that allowed Wright to create his own maps during development. The objective of SimCity, as the name of the game suggests, is to build and design a city, without specific goals... 2165

Space Invaders is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to defeat waves of aliens with a laser cannon to earn as many points as possible. In designing the game, Nishikado drew inspiration from popular media: Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and... 402

Star Ocean is a Japanese action role-playing video game and the first game in the Star Ocean series. It was the first game developed by the newly formed tri-Ace company for the Super Famicom. The player navigates a character throughout the game world, exploring areas and interacting with non-player characters. In progressing through the game, the player... 204

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in 1991. It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in 1987 and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware. Street Fighter II improved upon the many concepts introduced in the first game, including... 10677

Super Castlevania IV is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. Following the same setting as original Castlevania on the NES, the game takes place in 1691 Transylvania, where the vampire hunter Simon Belmont must defeat the vampire Dracula. The gameplay consists of traversing... 644

Super Metroid (Metroid 3) is an action-adventure video game and the third game in the Metroid series. It is an action-platform game which primarily takes place on the fictional planet Zebes, which is a large, open-ended world with areas connected by doors and elevators. The player controls Samus Aran as she searches the planet for a Metroid that was... 4831

Super Star Wars is an action platformer game released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System based on the 1977 film Star Wars. Super Star Wars features side-scrolling run and gun gameplay, although it has stages which feature other challenges, such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing. It also features multiple playable characters... 217

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... 188

Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1993 run and gun platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the second game in the Super Star Wars trilogy and is based on the 1980 film of the same name. The game follows closely the standard set by its predecessor, with multiple playable characters and pseudo-3D (Mode 7) vehicle sequences.... 186

Syndicate is an isometric real-time tactical game from Bullfrog Productions created in 1993 by Sean Cooper. The game puts the player in charge of a self-named corporation in a gritty near-future cyberpunk-style world. Game play involves ordering a four-person team of cyborg agents around cities displayed in a fixed-view isometric style, in pursuit... 88

A light gun arcade game loosely based on the film of the same name. The home console versions are called T2: The Arcade Game to avoid conflict with the platform games. The story of the game falls in line with the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day: to save the leader of the Human Resistance, John Connor, and his mother, Sarah, from the T-1000, a mimetic... 264

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is a Japanese tactical role-playing game created by Quest, originally released in 1995 on the Super Famicom in Japan. Though Let Us Cling Together is the second entry released in the Ogre Battle franchise, it featured dramatically different gameplay than its predecessor. While Ogre Battle: The March of the Black... 321

Theme Park is a construction and management simulation game designed by Bullfrog Productions and originally released in 1994, in which the player designs and operates an amusement park. Like most of Bullfrog's games, Theme Park is permeated by an eccentric sense of humor. Starting with a free plot of land in the United Kingdom and few hundred thousand... 170

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is an arcade train simulation game, based on the famous television and railway series (Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends). The game is designed for ages 3 and up, feature colorful graphics, user-friendly interface, and rather simplistic gameplay that kids can get the hang of very quickly.... 9969

Ultima VI: The False Prophet is the sixth part in the computer role-playing game series of Ultima. It was the last in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy. It was one of the first major PC games directly targeted to PC systems equipped with VGA graphics and a mouse. In this conclusion to the Second Trilogy, you, the Avatar, are summoned back to save... 64

Uncharted Waters (Daikōkai Jidai) is the first game in the popular Japanese strategy game series, produced by Koei as part of its Rekoeition games. The player assumes the role of Leon Franco, the young, ambitious son of a noble family fallen on hard times in Portugal. The goal of the game is to restore the family's former glory and achieve Leon's dreams.... 367

Universal Soldier is console conversions of Turrican II for the Mega Drive and Game Boy, produced by The Code Monkeys for Accolade, who had kept the rights for the console ports of the franchise. You control Van Damme's character as he turns against his platoon and attempts to bring down the corrupt government organization that created him. Turrican's... 195