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Terminator: Future Shock, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Bethesda Softworks GAME PUBLISHER:Bethesda Softworks Copyright 1993, Bethesda Softworks Excerpted from GameSpot’s review: “To make a video game that continues the tradition of the hard-hitting, multi-million dollar Terminator movie series, you have to combine engaging action with mind-altering special effects, gratuitous violence, and a…
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Terminator: Rampage, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Bethesda Softworks GAME PUBLISHER:Bethesda Softworks Copyright 1992, Bethesda Softworks Terminator: Rampage is the third game in Bethesda’s “The Terminator” ™ series, in which you must travel to the past in order to protect the future. The plot is standard post-apocalyptic mumbo-jumbo: it’s the year…
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Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dorian Hart GAME DEVELOPER:Looking Glass Technologies GAME PUBLISHER:Looking Glass Technologies Copyright 1996, Looking Glass Technologies Terra Nova is Looking Glass’ forgotten classic that remains to this day one of the best squad-level first-person games ever made. Set in the far future of mankind where inter-planetary wars…
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Tetris
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Alexei Pajitnov GAME DEVELOPER:Spectrum Holobyte GAME PUBLISHER:Spectrum Holobyte Copyright 1986, Spectrum Holobyte Here is the culprit for the huge decline in global productivity for at least a few months, if not years 🙂 No description should be necessary here– let’s just say that if you really…
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Tetris Classic
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Alexei Pajitnov GAME DEVELOPER:Spectrum Holobyte GAME PUBLISHER:Spectrum Holobyte Copyright 1992, Spectrum Holobyte Although Tetris Classic is little more than a fancy-rewrite of the original blockbuster Tetris, it does have many added features that make it a good alternative to the original, especially the stunning VGA graphics…
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TFX: Tactical Fighter Experiment
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Martin Kenwright GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Image Design (DID) GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1993, Digital Image Design (DID) Ah the 3rd member of the 1994 ruling triumvirate of military flight sims (the other two being F-14 Flight Defender and Tornado, TFX sported the best graphics around at the time,…
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Theatre
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brendan Wyber GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1995, Brendan Wyber A good review from Baf’s Guide to the IF Archive: “A genuinely creepy game. Spend the night trapped in an abandoned theatre, accompanied by a variety of spooks and nameless horrors. Has an interesting two-layered plot:…
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Theatre of War
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bill Banks GAME DEVELOPER:Artech GAME PUBLISHER:Three-Sixty Pacific Copyright 1992, Artech One of the most unique boardgames ever released is a good example of a great game concept sunk by poor execution. Theatre of War‘s original mix of chess, wargame, and boardgame elements and the real-time component…
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Their Finest Hour: Battle of Britain
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Lawrence Holland & Noah Falstein GAME DEVELOPER:LucasFilm Games GAME PUBLISHER:LucasFilm Games Copyright 1989, LucasFilm Games Shortly after the release of Battlehawks 1942, Lucasarts released this game, which is essentially the same as Battlehawks, only this time the action happens in Europe, having the British and the…
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Thexder
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:S. Uesaka & H. Godai GAME DEVELOPER:Game Arts GAME PUBLISHER:Sierra On-Line Copyright 1987, Game Arts Thexder is a solid PC conversion of Game Arts’ hit in Japan, licensed to distribute in the US by Sierra. You control a robot (“mech”) that is capable of switching from…
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Thexder 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:S. Uesaka & H. Godai GAME DEVELOPER:Game Arts GAME PUBLISHER:Sierra On-Line Copyright 1990, Game Arts This sequel to Thexder has more of everything: enemies, power-ups, levels, and sports much-improved graphics and a rocking soundtrack. The aim of the platform shooter is still the same: kill everything…
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Third Reich
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Larry Butcher GAME DEVELOPER:Avalon Hill GAME PUBLISHER:Avalon Hill Copyright 1995, Avalon Hill “A faithful adaptation of the famous boardgame, this version was the best ever done; note that this does not mean it is really good, just that it is the best ever done. The main…
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Three Stooges, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:John Cutter GAME DEVELOPER:Cinemaware GAME PUBLISHER:Cinemaware Copyright 1988, Cinemaware In this funny adaptation of the TV series that isn’t as well-designed as Cinemaware’s classic games, you control Larry, Curly and Moe who must collect enough money through dubious means to prevent the bankers from forcing forclosure…
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Thud Ridge
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Three-Sixty Pacific GAME PUBLISHER:Three-Sixty Pacific Copyright 1987, Three-Sixty Pacific This is a flight simulation game with a good premise: You fly F-105’s over Vietnam, mainly in “Wild Weasel” missions – i.e. air defense suppresion. Unfortunately the game doesn’t manage to rise even to average…
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Thunder Strike
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brian Pollock & Tomy Beckwith GAME DEVELOPER:LIVE Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Millennium Copyright 1990, Millennium Thunder Strike is an above-average 3D shooter with a wacky plot. It’s the year 2238 and the TV networks and defense industries control the Earth. Whoever has the highest ratings rules the world.…
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Tiger in The Snow
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chuck Kroegel & David Landrey GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1981, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) SSI’s first game for the PC was “… an operational simulation of the Battle of the Bulge, its most serious problem was a user interface…
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Time and Magik Trilogy, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Level 9 Computing GAME PUBLISHER:Level 9 Computing Copyright 1988, Level 9 Computing Level 9’s answer to the Infocom’s Zork, this trilogy includes Lords of Time, Red Moon, and The Price of Magik, all of which center around wizards and spells. Despite the name “trilogy”…
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Time Riders in American History
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Learning Company, The GAME PUBLISHER:Learning Company, The Copyright 1992, Learning Company, The Another outstanding edutainment title from The Learning Company, Time Riders in American History teaches history of the United States in such a captivating way that kids will not realize that they’re learning…
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Time Quest
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bob Bates GAME DEVELOPER:Legend Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:Legend Entertainment Copyright 1990, Legend Entertainment This masterpiece by Bob Bates is almost flawless, except for the fact that the plot is outlined almost entirely in the documentation, and there is little plot development as the game progresses. As futuristic…
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Time Slaughter
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Bloodlust Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Bloodlust Software Time Slaughter is a gory fighting game similar to Mortal Kombat where two huge characters try to kill each other. It features fully animated multi-layered backgrounds, tons of special moves and loads of regular moves, slaughter…
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Time Warriors
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Silmarils GAME PUBLISHER:Silmarils Copyright 1998, Silmarils Silmarils inexplicably abandoned their strength in action/adventure and RPG genres to perhaps cash in on the 3D fighting games craze popularized by the arcade smash hit Virtua Fighter. Unfortunately, Time Warriors is a disappointing game– poor controls, sluggish…
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Tintin in Tibet
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Infogrames GAME PUBLISHER:Infogrames Copyright 1996, Georges Remi A fun platform game starring France’s answer to Indiana Jones, Tin Tin in Tibet follows on the heel of Infograme’s successful Asterix & Obelix, with the same excellent action-packed gameplay. Although the game will prove quite easy…
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Tintin: Prisoners of The Sun
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Infogrames GAME PUBLISHER:Infogrames Copyright 1997, Georges Remi Tintin: Prisoners of The Sun is the last and best of all Infogrames’ games based on the acclaimed comics series. Intrepid adventurer Tintin is back, and better than ever in this installation. The game starts in Professor…
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Title Bout Championship Boxing
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jim Trunzo GAME DEVELOPER:Comp-U-Sports GAME PUBLISHER:Out of the Park Developments Copyright 2004, Comp-U-Sports Title Bout Championship Boxing is the latest and greatest in Jim Trunzo’s long line of boxing simulations that began in late 1970s with his “Title Bout” board game published by Avalon Hill. Just…
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Tom Landry Strategy Football
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kerry Batts & Allen Mitchell GAME DEVELOPER:Merit Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Merit Studios Copyright 1994, Merit Studios If there ever was a football game that every one could like then Tom Landry fits the bill. This easy to understand and play game incorporates nearly every aspect of true-life…
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Tomahawk
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:C. Boswell & D. K. Marshall GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Integration GAME PUBLISHER:Datasoft Copyright 1987, Datasoft Digital Integration’s early helicopter sim already includes many excellent features that would become the company’s hallmarks: realistic flight model, authentic instrument panels, varied missions, and even weather effects. Even in CGA you’d…
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Tongue of The Fatman
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Activision GAME PUBLISHER:Activision Copyright 1989, Activision One of the weirdest side-scrolling game ever made, Tongue of Fatman’s gory and downright disgusting aliens put off many gamers, but underneath all that surface is an entertaining game that offers tongue-in-cheek humor as well as gore. Computer…
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Tornado
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Integration GAME PUBLISHER:Spectrum Holobyte Copyright 1993, Spectrum Holobyte The original member of the ruling triumvirate (the other two being TFX and F-14 Fleet Defender, also on this site), and a definite triumph of content over style. Ok boys and girls, this sim is…
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Total Eclipse
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ian Andrew & Paul Gregory GAME DEVELOPER:Incentive GAME PUBLISHER:Domark Copyright 1988, Domark After whisking the players to far-flung galaxies in the excellent Space Station Oblivion (a.k.a. Driller) and Dark Side, Incentive brought their revolutionary Freescape 3D engine to breath life into ancient Egypt. Legend has it…
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Tough Guy
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Panda Software GAME PUBLISHER:Panda Software Copyright 1995, Panda Software Although not as well-known as Sango Fighter games, Tough Guy has the same charm and excellent gameplay that makes Panda one of the most underrated fighting game companies of all time, let alone in Taiwan.…
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Tour 91
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Topo Soft GAME PUBLISHER:Topo Soft Copyright 1991, Topo Soft Tour 91 is a fun bicycle racing game from underrated Spanish developer Topo Soft. While it will never be considered the most realistic cycling game on the market– or even the most fun– it does…
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Tower
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:BAO Ltd. GAME PUBLISHER:BAO Ltd. Copyright 1996, BAO Ltd. Undoubtedly one of the best air traffic controller simulations ever made, Tower is an outstanding Windows 3.1 update of the venerable sim ATC (a.k.a. Tracon 2) by the master of flight simulators and longtime partner…
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Traffic Department 2192
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Safari Software GAME PUBLISHER:Epic Megagames Copyright 1993, Epic Megagames Traffic Department offers fast arcade action with a story that unfolds as you play. The setting is in a dark city of the future remniscent of Mad Max. As Lieutenant Velasquez, you must defend a…
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Train: Escape to Normandy, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Artech GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1988, Artech The Train: Escape to Normandy is a good 3D action game that is similar to Infiltrator in its crisp graphics style and success of the Commodore 64 version. The plot, which centers around turbulent Normandy during World War…
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Transarctica
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Silmarils GAME PUBLISHER:Silmarils Copyright 1992, Silmarils A unique strategy / adventure game set in a hypothesized future where Earth has lost is Sun and all is plunged in snow, Transarctica puts you in command of a 1,000-ton leviathan steam engine that houses thousands of…
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Transland
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Origin Systems GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Origin Systems One of Origin’s best-kept secrets, Transland is a fun and wacky 3D action / RPG designed by several Origin programmers in their spare time. The plot is made out of humorous stuff hardly seen in Origin’s…
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Transylvania
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Antonio Antiochia GAME DEVELOPER:Polarware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1985, Polarware The first in the Transylvania series is one of Polarware’s best known games. The plot is not very unique: as the name suggests, the story takes place in land of the vampires and involves the evil vampires,…
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Transylvania 2: The Crimson Crown
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Antonio Antiochia GAME DEVELOPER:Polarware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1986, Polarware The follow-up to Transylvania follows in its predecessor’s all-too-predictable plot: your nemesis the vampire is back, and you must prevent him from obtaining the Crimson Crown that signifies rulership of Transylvania. The puzzles are more interesting with…
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Transylvania 3: Vanquish The Night
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Antonio Antiochia & Veronika Slintak GAME DEVELOPER:Polarware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1989, Polarware The last game in the Transylvania series ends in a high note with improved graphics, much better plot and writing, and more difficult puzzles. This time you’re not just up against an evil vampire…
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Treasure Island
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ann Weil & Lee Jackson GAME DEVELOPER:Telarium GAME PUBLISHER:Telarium Copyright 1985, Telarium Louis Stevenson’s classic, Treasure Island, is probably the most famous pirate tale of all time. The protagonist, a boy named Jim Hawkins, acquires a map to an infamous pirate’s hoarded treasure, and he and…
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Treasure Trap
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Electronic Zoo GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Zoo Copyright 1991, Electronic Zoo A fun wreck-diving action game played from an attractive isometric view, Treasure Trap is short on innovation but long on imaginative gameplay. The goal is simple: find and collect gold in every room, then escape…
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TrianGO
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Logical Design Works GAME PUBLISHER:California Dreams Copyright 1988, California Dreams TrianGO is a solid computer version of the relatively unknown variation of Go, a popular Japanese boardgame. This excellent multiplayer game is played on a Chinese Checkers-style board. Each player has 14 “stones” and…
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Triazzle
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Berkeley Systems GAME PUBLISHER:Berkeley Systems Copyright 1995, Berkeley Systems A good PC version of classic puzzle game, Triazzle is a solid and pretty PC version that curiously was published with little fanfare. The goal, as with any good puzzle game, is simple: arrange tiles…