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The Settlers

• RealTimeStrategy
• Simulation

The first game in the series is The Settlers .

Castlevania

• adventure
• retro
• Platform

The series debuted in Japan on September 26, 1986, with the release for the Family Computer Disk System , followed by an alternate version for the MSX2 platform on October 30. The Castlevania titles have been released on various platforms, from early systems including the Nintendo Entertainment System...

Zombie Apocalypse

• Action
• Arcade
• FirstPerson
• Action
• Arcade
• FirstPerson

Modern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods such as carriers, radiation, mental diseases, vectors, pathogens, parasites, scientific accidents, etc. The English word "zombie" was first recorded in 1819, in a history of Brazil...

Golden Axe

• Fighting
• HackAndSlash

Golden Axe , which can be used to knock down enemies with a swipe of its tail.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• HackAndSlash
• Platform

Your initial goal is to rescue the fair maiden, April, but your ultimate objective is to battle through the streets and sewers of New York until you score a victory at the TECHNODROME, home of the evil Shredder and his Life Transformer Gun. Once a turtle is captured, he is out of action until you find...

Mortal Kombat 2

• Fighting

500 years ago, Shang Tsung was banished to the Earth Realm. With the aid of Goro he was to unbalance the furies and doom the planet to a chaotic existence. By seizing control of the shaolin tournament he tried to tip the scales of order towards chaos. Only seven warriors survived the battles and Shang...

Street Fighter II

• Fighting
• Platform

A sequel to Street Fighter, Street Fighter II improved upon the many concepts introduced in the first game, including the use of command-based special moves and a six-button configuration, while offering players a selection of multiple playable characters, each with their own unique fighting style and...

Risky Woods

• Platform

The game has a side-scroll view, and a fantasy theme. The ancient monks, who preserve the wisdom of the Lost Lands, have been frozen in stone. Most of Risky Woods involves Rohan running, jumping ledges and fighting monsters while freeing the monks from stone. During the game, a number of other elements...

R-Type

• ScrollingShooter

R-Type is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The game is made up of several sequential levels, with a boss enemy at the end of each. The player's spacecraft has, by default, a weak but rapid-firing main gun; and a more powerful gun called a wave cannon, which requires...

Space Harrier

• Shooter

Produced for arcades, the title has been ported to over twenty different home computer and gaming platforms in Japan, North America and Europe. Two home-system sequels followed in Space Harrier 3-D and Space Harrier II , as well as an arcade spinoff, Planet Harriers, in 2000. I calculated the position,...

Nobunaga's Ambition

• GrandStrategy
• Simulation

As the title suggests, the player is tasked with achieving the ultimate goal of warlord Oda Nobunaga: the conquest and unification of Japan. Games in the franchise have been released on a variety of gaming platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer,...

The Humans

• adventure
• Arcade
• Puzzle
• Strategy

The gameplay of The Humans has similarities to Lode Runner and Lemmings. Your job in this action puzzler is to help prehistoric man to evolve by helping them discover tools, the wheel, weapons, or even fire. Each level in the game will have a given task to help in this, and you are allotted a number...

The NewZealand Story

• Platform
• Shooter

The NewZealand Story is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The goal of each level is to safely get Tiki through the level, avoiding enemy fire and spikes, and rescue one of his kiwi friends at the end. The game features four main zones, each with four rounds, the fourth round featuring...

The Wall

The album was a commercial success, topping the US charts for 15 weeks and reaching number three in the UK. It initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later received accolades as one of the greatest albums of all time and one of the band's finest...

Maniac Mansion

• adventure
• PointAndClick

The player uses a point-and-click interface to guide Dave and two of his six playable friends through the scientist's mansion while solving puzzles and avoiding dangers. The game was conceived in 1985 by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, who sought to tell a comedic story based on horror film and B movie...

A-Train

• Strategy

The first game in the series was published in 1985. The first release in the United States was Take the A-Train II, published in 1988 by the Seika Corporation under the title Railroad Empire. The US version was released in October 1992 on DOS and Amiga. Later, the Japanese version was re-released in...

Xenomorph

• adventure
• RolePlaying

You must find the parts to repair your crippled ship and survive the horrors of the Atargis mining station.

Oscar

• Platform

Your name is Oscar. You have to run and jump through 7 Levels in Hollywood-style (Science Fiction, Western, Horror, Cartoons, Dino, Detective and Gameshow) to find Oscars (yes – the Academy Award!).

Overdrive

• racing

The game was probably inspired by the hugely successful Namco/Atari arcade game Pole Position which was one of the most popular arcade games when Overdrive was being developed. Like Pole Position, Overdrive uses the "rear-view racer format" but there are no bends in the track. The aim of the game is...

Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade: The Action Game

• Platform

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game was released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games, based on the film of the same name. As in the movie, the player's quest is to find the Holy Grail. The review praised the graphics and sound, but found the fight sequences both too easy and too short, since all...

Crack Down

• Shooter

Crack Down is a run and gun arcade game originally released by Sega in 1989, and ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990. The Mega Drive version of Crack Down was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on August 7, 2007 and in PAL regions on September 7, 2007. X from taking over the world,...

Leviathan

An isometric shooter, similar to Zaxxon.

Super Cars

• racing
• Shooter

Super Cars is a top-view racing game from Gremlin Interactive, who later produced the Lotus series of games. There are 9 tracks at each of the 4 difficulty levels, which can be raced in any order . The car can be upgraded throughout the game via the shop section. Each appears to be based on a real car...

DEEP SPACE

• adventure
• Action
• Casual
• Shooter
• RolePlaying

Take the controls of a STRIX fighter, explore deep space to find fame and fortune. Steal satellites, clear minefields, dogfight with Kogon Interceptors and negotiating meteor clusters.