Experience the world of Record of Lodoss War up close and personal in an epic 3D Action/RPG. Take control of a mysterious warrior from the past, resurrected to save the future, on a colossal quest filled with pulse-pounding action and high adventure. Join forces with popular characters from the Lodoss...
If the wheel lands on any given amount, say $1000, and if you guess the correct consonant in any given puzzle in rounds 1-3, you win the $1000. Furthermore, if there is more than one consonant in the puzzle, your $1000 will be multiplied (e.g. four R's in a puzzle awards you with $4000). Each vowel you...
Tennis (テニス Tenisu) is a sports game developed and released by Nintendo for the NES. In North America and Europe, Tennis was one of 18 launch games for the NES. A Game Boy version was also released. The game features single-player and two-player modes for singles and doubles matches,...
A very simple arcade game. It is developed as an example for my article about programming NES games in C. Source code is included.
"Beast King's Chronicle") is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena, and to do so becomes able to turn into beasts such as the werewolf with the use...
Hydlide is a 1984 action role-playing video game developed and published by T&E Soft. The magic spell that sealed the power of Varalys, the most vicious demon in the kingdom, was broken. Finally, the young knight Jim stood up and took action to restore peace in the kingdom. Hydlide was one of the...
The game was released at the time when there were many Commando clones on the market. The player characters in Ikari Warriors are Colonel Ralf and Second Lieutenant Clark of the later King of Fighters series battling through hordes of enemies. The player takes the role of commando-like warriors named...
California Games is a 1987 Epyx sports video game for many home computers and video game consoles. The game sold very well, topping game selling charts for winter months. Chuck Sommerville, the designer of the half-pipe game in California Games later developed the game Chip's Challenge, while Ken Nicholson...
Golden Axe , which can be used to knock down enemies with a swipe of its tail.
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...
Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov. The Tetris game is a popular use of tetrominoes, the four-element special case of polyominoes. In January 2010, it was announced that the Tetris franchise had sold more than 170 million...
The word "gaiden" in the North American Ninja Gaiden title means "side-story" in Japanese, even though the Ninja Gaiden series is not a spinoff of a previous series. A new game, titled Ninja Gaiden, was released in 2004 as a 3D action game on the Xbox, developed by Team Ninja, the...
EarthBound Beginnings, originally titled as EARTH BOUND in North America, is the first installment in the Mother series. It was developed by Ape Inc., Nintendo Tokyo R&D Products, and Pax Softnica, and was published by Nintendo for the Famicom on July 27, 1989. For its Japanese release, the game was...
The objective is to change the color of every cube in a pyramid by making the on-screen character hop on top of the cube while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Lee designed the title character and original concept, which was then further developed and implemented by Davis. The success resulted in sequels...
Pole Position II is the sequel to racing arcade game Pole Position, released by Namco in 1983. The gameplay is the same as in original Pole Position, plus slightly improved graphics, a new opening theme song, and new tracks. Pole Position II has been re-released as part of various Namco Museum compilations,...
It is a re-imagining of the 1989 video game, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, which was originally developed by Imagineering for the NES. The boy can feed the blob a variety of jellybeans, which are unlocked as the game progresses and vary depending on the level, which transforms it into one...
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...
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,...
To the Earth is a light gun shooter for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Due to the very quick speeds of the enemy ships and asteroids, the game is considered to be one of the most challenging Zapper games for the NES. The German publication Power Play gave the game a 36 out of 100 when it rated it...
In gameplay similar to that of the 1985 Super Mario Bros., but resized for the smaller device's screen, the player advances Mario to the end of 12 levels by moving to the right and jumping across platforms to avoid enemies and pitfalls. It was the first portable version of Mario and the first to be made...
Twin Cobra, released in Japan as Kyukyoku Tiger , is a 1987 helicopter-themed shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan. The Genesis/Mega Drive version was developed by GRC, published by Treco in Japan and by Sega in North America.
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...
It is the third game in Technos' Kunio-kun series released for the console, preceded by Renegade and Super Dodge Ball. Remakes of the game have been released for the Sharp X68000, PC-Engine Super CD-ROM², and Game Boy Advance . The game is non-linear, allowing players to explore an open world, in...
Block Out is a Tetris variant with an added twist: it's in 3D. The player can rotate the blocks in 3D in order to fit them into the pit they are being guided into. Advanced users can play this game with odd three-dimensional pieces, or change the size of the pit, for depth of between 6 and 18 piles,...
