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GAME DEVELOPER:Mirage
GAME PUBLISHER:Mirage
Copyright 1996, Mirage
Theater of Pain is a pretty bad 2D fighting game. Not as bad as Rise of the Robot, but bad enough to make you notice the obvious emphasis of form (i.e. graphics) over content (i.e. gameplay). Your task is to punch, kick, and [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Flair
GAME PUBLISHER:Flair
Copyright 1996, Flair
One of the last games produced by Flair, Race Mania is a fun offroad racing game that plays like a cross between Micro Machines and Flair’s own Rally Championship, except it is not as fun as either game. The game lets you choose [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Fred Gitelman
GAME DEVELOPER:Bridge Base
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1999, Bridge Base
Learn to Play Bridge is a solid Windows-based tutorial that teaches the basics of bridge to beginners withwell-designed presentations and clear instructions. Although it’s not a “game” in a sense that you cannot play bridge against anyone, LTPB often asks [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:David Lovelock
GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1994, David Lovelock
Logical Games and Puzzles is a great collection of math puzzles coded by David Lovelock, math professor at University of Arizona. The package includes such classroom classics as Factor Game, Hurkle, and Coin Swap, but also other interesting math puzzles and [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Atlevcah
GAME PUBLISHER:Atlevcah
Copyright 2001, Atlevcah
WinHanafuda is an excellent Windows version of Hanafuda, a traditional Japanese card game. Hanafuda cards are often known as ‘flower cards’, because each suit is depicted by a different flower. There are many rule variations for Hana-fuda, but this game (fortunately) follows a [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Sculptured Software
GAME PUBLISHER:Acclaim Entertainment
Copyright 1996, Sculptured Software
One of the best wrestling games ever made, WWF in Your House is an excellent game developed by Sculptured Software that, for once, offers much greater depth and variety than lackluster ports of Acclaim’s arcade games that preceded it. The [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Intermark
GAME PUBLISHER:Intermark
Copyright 1996, Intermark
Touchdown Football is an average American football game from Intermark that unfortunately was ignored by the vast majority of gamers. It’s not surprising, though: the game doesn’t really offer anything that sets it apart from the competitors. The player animations are crisp and [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 2001, Unknown
Warning: This game contains some racial slurs and other potentially offensive scenes. Although I recognize that the authors probably meant to be funny, they didn’t really handle the nuances so well, so a lot of it comes across like “bad” jokes that may [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1984, Konami
Sky Jaguar is an early classic vertical shooter from Konami, released only on some non-PC systems, including the short-lived MSX computer. The game is quite primitive by modern standards, with few level designs, types of enemies, and weapons to blast them with. However, [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1985, Konami
Ping Pong is a fun ping pong (more formally known as table tennis) game from Konami, released for the MSX computer in 1985 as well as for Commodore 64, Spectrum, and other 8-bit computers. A faithful translation of Konami?s arcade game of the [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1984, Konami
Antarctic Adventure is a very cute and funny game from Konami starring Pentarou the Penguin (who later appears in Konami’s Parodius) who must journey across the Antarctic to deliver his fianc?. The game is played from pseudo 3D, a behind-the-Penguin perspective, as you [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1985, Konami
Kings Valley is a fun platform/maze game from Konami, released for the MSX computer and many other 8-bit console systems except the PC in 1985. The game plays like a more updated version of Montezumas Revenge, except it takes place in [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1986, Konami
The Goonies is a great multi-level platformer game based on movie of the same name. Rob Strongman says it all in his review of the NES version for Classicgaming.com about what makes this game a classic:
“The Goonies controls a lot like The Goonies [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1985, Konami
Road Fighter is a fun, early top-down racer from Konami based on the hit arcade game of the same name. The game’s simplicity belies its addictiveness: drive your car as fast as you can along devious tracks, passing other cars and avoiding accidents [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Friends
GAME DEVELOPER:Konami
GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware
Copyright 1985, Konami
Yie Ar Kung-Fu II is a superior sequel to Yie Ar Kung-Fu, one of the first really addictive beat ‘em up games. In this second game, Konami adds plenty of new enemies, levels, and attack moves. Although the game is decidedly much more [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Mirror Images
GAME PUBLISHER:Mirror Images
Copyright 1983, Mirror Images
Freddy Fish, Fleet Sweep, and Spyder are three arcade oldies by Mirror Images Software, no doubt one of the most obscure game developers ever. Similar to Windmill Software, Mirror Images produced games that were “inspired” (to put it mildly) by [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Jake Richter
GAME DEVELOPER:Mirror Images
GAME PUBLISHER:Mirror Images
Copyright 1983, Mirror Images
Freddy Fish, Fleet Sweep, and Spyder are three arcade oldies by Mirror Images Software, no doubt one of the most obscure game developers ever. Similar to Windmill Software, Mirror Images produced games that were “inspired” (to put it mildly) [...]
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GAME DESIGNER:Ed Weed
GAME DEVELOPER:Mirror Images
GAME PUBLISHER:Mirror Images
Copyright 1983, Mirror Images
Freddy Fish, Fleet Sweep, and Spyder are three arcade oldies by Mirror Images Software, no doubt one of the most obscure game developers ever. Similar to Windmill Software, Mirror Images produced games that were “inspired” (to put it mildly) [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Nihon Falcom
GAME PUBLISHER:Infocom
Copyright 1989, Infocom
The only game Infocom published on the console system, Tombs and Treasure is a lackluster adventure/RPG game set in the ancient ruins of Central America. Although the game looks like a typical console-style RPG when you are walking on the world map [...]
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GAME DEVELOPER:Hudson Soft
GAME PUBLISHER:Hudson Soft
Copyright 1988, Hudson Soft
One of the most overlooked games ever on the NES console, Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom is a fun, quirky, and wholly original adventure/RPG game that should appeal to anyone who likes unique, logical, and thoroughly entertaining adventure games. [...]