PLATFORMS
Over fifteen hundred years ago, the dwarves built the mines and the city above them, Dejenol. After centuries of digging, a floor gave way deep in the mines, and monsters began to pour out, killing the miners. The mines were eventually sealed, and remained so for over a thousand years. Now, the city elders have … Continue reading “Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Windows 3.x
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
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
A rogue navy ship, Jeremiah Obrian, threatens to start a war. A virus has wiped out its crew, but the threat of it firing its Iron Helix doomsday weapon is still there. You must remotely pilot an unarmed science robot to explore the ship and work out how to shut the weapon down. The game uses interactive quarter-screen … Continue reading “Iron Helix”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Macintosh, SEGA CD, Windows 3.x
Genre: Action, Strategy / tactics
Theme: Quick Time Events (QTEs)
Dragon’s Eye is an installment in the tile-matching game series initiated by Activision. Players try to remove mahjong tiles in pairs from a set pattern. Different versions of the game have up to eight different tile sets, twelve patterns based on the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and a layout editor for creating patterns. In … Continue reading “Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Apple IIgs, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, MSX, Macintosh, PC-98, SNES, Sharp X68000, Wii, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Puzzle
Theme: Cards / tiles
PGA Tour Golf introduced many of the conventions commonly seen in the genre since. The three-click control method (the first to start the swing, the second setting power and over-swing, the third setting draw or fade) allowed for a multitude of different shots, and required a sense of timing. Four courses are included, one of them … Continue reading “PGA Tour Golf”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, DOS, Game Gear, Genesis, Macintosh, SEGA Master System, SNES, Windows 3.x
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
An unexpected hero emerges on the city’s darkest night. You’re Babyface, a former member of the criminal underworld lured back into “the life” by a mysterious AI drone. Your mission against impossible odds: Fight your way across the city before sunrise, and prevent a citywide criminal takeover together. Engage in a brutal and hyper-kinetic brawling … Continue reading “Midnight Fight Express”
Year: 2022
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows 3.x, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Action
Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler, Shooter
When the ancient Calamity re-awakens, who can save the world? Nobody! (That’s you, you’re Nobody.) Master the art of transformation to become a Slug, Ghost, Dragon, and more in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee! Complete quests to discover and swap between 15+ varied and distinct Forms. Mix and match abilities … Continue reading “Nobody Saves the World”
Year: 2022
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Windows 3.x, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Playstation 5
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Action RPG, Hack and slash
A follow-up to the original Math Blaster! games, Math Blaster: In Search of Spot is an educational title with arcade elements designed to help students learn maths while having fun. The game allows students to practice basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills in addition to fractions, decimals, percents, estimation, and number patterns. The subjects … Continue reading “Math Blaster: Episode One – In Search of Spot”
Year: 1993
Platforms: DOS, Genesis, Macintosh, SNES, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Educational
Theme: Mini-games
Travel through time along with Ecco the dolphin, in the only game that could call itself a “dolphin simulator”. Indeed, you can do pretty much everything a typical dolphin does, including eating fish, surfacing in order to breathe, using your biological sonar and of course, jumping out of the water to amaze your friends. The … Continue reading “Ecco the Dolphin”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Game Gear, Genesis, Linux, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, SEGA CD, SEGA Master System, Wii, Windows, Windows 3.x, Xbox 360, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
Disney’s Donald Duck takes the starring role in this sidescrolling platform game. As the detective Maui Mallard, he’s on the trail of a long lost Idol, which has recently vanished. Early on, Maui can also switch between his normal self and Ninja Maui, and with all the creepy voodoo enemies he’ll encounter throughout his adventure, … Continue reading “Donald in Maui Mallard”
Year: 1995
Platforms: Game Boy, Genesis, SNES, Windows, Windows 3.x
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform