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A Middle Eastern madman has begun launching rockets against innocent civilian population centers. The United Nations has deemed this behavior unacceptable and the secretary-general has ordered a surgical strike in an effort the curb these attacks. To that end, you are to pilot the most advanced war vehicle devised to date– a heavily armored and … Continue reading “Surgical Strike”
Year: 1995
Platforms: SEGA CD
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Supreme Warrior is a full-motion video fighting game. The game, or interactive movie, is set in China hundreds of years ago. You are tasked with protecting half of a magical mask. The wearer of the mask will be granted untold power. Unfortunately, the villainous Wang Tu has the other half of the mask and wants your … Continue reading “Supreme Warrior”
Year: 1994
Platforms: 3DO, DOS, Macintosh, SEGA 32X, SEGA CD, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
The dreaded Draxon race has been at it again, pushing the human race around, working to either enslave all 10 billion humans or wipe them out completely. As the last surviving pilot sent on a mission to thwart the Draxons’ plans, all hope rests on you. Invade each of the fortified moons orbiting the Draxons’ … Continue reading “Stellar Fire”
Year: 1993
Platforms: SEGA CD
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Star Wars: Rebel Assault is an arcade flight/shooting game based on the original Star Wars trilogy. Players control Rebel recruit Rookie One (who can be set to have either a male or female voice) in combat against the Empire. Story events (which don’t follow the films to the letter but instead offer their own interpretation and … Continue reading “Star Wars: Rebel Assault”
Year: 1993
Platforms: 3DO, DOS, Macintosh, SEGA CD
Genre: Action
Theme: Rail shooter
Star Wars Chess is a chess game where the pieces are characters from the Star Wars universe. When pieces are taken, an animated battle is shown, much like in Battle Chess.
Year: 1993
Platforms: DOS, SEGA CD, Windows 3.x
Genre: Strategy / tactics
Theme: Board game
Sitting in the gunner position of a “GeoSword” fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you’ll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you’ll … Continue reading “Starblade”
Year: 1991
Platforms: 3DO, Arcade, PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation, SEGA CD, Wii
Genre: Action
Theme: Rail shooter
The Space Adventure, known in Japan as Cobra II: Densetsu no Otoko, is the second game dedicated to the adventures of the renegade space pirate Cobra. The game is based on original manga and TV series by Buichi Terasawa. While waiting in a bar for his partner, Cobra encounters a beautiful bounty hunter named Jane. Very … Continue reading “The Space Adventure”
Year: 1991
Platforms: DoJa, SEGA CD, TurboGrafx CD
Genre: Adventure
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Following the successful gameplay of Dragon’s Lair, Don Bluth released this second conversion of his Laserdisc games series. You’re playing Dexter, a guy fighting the evil madman Borf who has kidnapped your girlfriend Kimberly and is now threatening the world with his dreaded weapon, the “Infanto Ray” which turns adults into small children. The game … Continue reading “Space Ace”
Year: 1983
Platforms: 3DO, Android, Arcade, Blu-ray Disc Player, CD-i, DOS, DVD Player, Jaguar, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, SEGA CD, Windows, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Full Motion Video
Soulstar for the Sega CD/Mega CD is a 3D shoot-’em up that combines several different types of gameplay into one game. Some levels in this game are on a fixed path, similar to Space Harrier or Star Fox. Other levels allow your space craft to hover freely around a 3D environment, and in other levels your … Continue reading “Soulstar”
Year: 1994
Platforms: SEGA CD
Genre: Action
Theme: Rail shooter
Snatcher is set in the futuristic Neo Kobe City, a city of madness and decadence. The year is 2047 (or 2042, according to the original Japanese version). Mankind is facing its gravest crisis. A mysterious bio-roid life form has appeared. Its true nature and purpose are unknown. Is it some country’s secret weapon, or an alien … Continue reading “Snatcher”
Year: 1988
Platforms: MSX, PC-88, PlayStation, SEGA CD, SEGA Saturn, TurboGrafx CD
Genre: Adventure