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Harald Hardtand
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Colgate-Palmolive GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, Colgate-Palmolive A cute little platform game commissioned by toothpaste giant Colgate-Palmolive to promote its Colgate brand, Harald Hardtand stars a tooth (yes, tooth) superhero as he ventures into a certain unhealthy mouth to rid its owner of green germs…
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Jetstrike
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Rasputin GAME PUBLISHER:Rasputin Copyright 1993, Rasputin One of the most unknown underdogs ever, Jetstrike is a great side-scrolling flying game in the spirit of classic Choplifter, but with many more options and gameplay features. Aside from attractive VGA graphics and a wide variety of…
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McDonald Land
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Julian Scott GAME DEVELOPER:Virgin Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, Virgin Interactive McDonald Land is a fun little platform game created by Virgin Interactive to promote McDonald, one of the world’s most recognizable franchise back when Happy Meals were all the rage. The game stars you, the…
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Cool Spot
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Perry GAME DEVELOPER:Virgin Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1994, Virgin Interactive Cool Spot is a fun, colorful platform game featuring the 7-up mascot as the hero. The game’s objective is fairly simple: you have to collect enough number of bonuses throughout each level in order…
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Austerlitz
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Datasoft GAME PUBLISHER:Datasoft Copyright 1990, Datasoft The Napoleonic Battle of Three Emperors, Austerlitz was a logical successor to Datasoft’s earlier Napoleonic wargames Waterloo and Borodino: 1812. Although the game sports some incremental improvements over earlier releases, they are not enough to disguise the fact…
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PowerDolls
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:MegaTech Software GAME PUBLISHER:MegaTech Software Copyright 1995, MegaTech Software The last MegaTech game, and curiously enough the only one that does not feature semi-nude females in Manga (i.e. Japanese cartoon) style, PowerDolls is a fun, but shallow turn-based, squad-level tactical strategy game set in…
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Mechwarrior
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Paul Bowman & Damon Slye GAME DEVELOPER:Dynamix GAME PUBLISHER:Activision Copyright 1989, Dynamix Probably the very first giant robot game that can proudly claim to be a simulation than a straightforward action shooter, Mechwarrior is a great game set in FASA’s famous BattleTech world of giant robots.…
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Oscar
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Flair GAME PUBLISHER:MicroValue Copyright 1993, MicroValue A great platform game that was more successful on the Amiga, Oscar casts you in the role of Oscar, a cutesy chipmunk whose task is to find little clones of himself in various movie backdrops. Gameplay is conventional…
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Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Elite Systems GAME PUBLISHER:New World Computing Copyright 1991, Elite Systems A great conversion from the hit arcade game of the same name, Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja is a fun platform game starring to bumbling cavemen, Joe and Mac. After their cave-babes were kidnapped…
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Pirates of The Barbary Coast
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Scott Adams GAME DEVELOPER:StarSoft Development GAME PUBLISHER:Keypunch Copyright 1987, Keypunch Pirates of the Barbary Coast is an ambitious but flawed strategy/action game set in the Barbary Coast region, during the high piracy era of the 17th century. One of the (few) best things about the game…
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Mind Castle: Spell of The Word Wizard
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Lawrence Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Lawrence Productions Copyright 1993, Lawrence Productions Mind Castle: Spell of The Word Wizard is a fun educational game with a neat fantasy plot, which goes as follows: nearly seven years ago, a young man named Smith disappeared while exploring an ancient…
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Sabre Team
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Krisalis GAME PUBLISHER:Micro League Copyright 1994, Krisalis One of the best squad-level turn-based games ever made, Sabre Team was a minor hit on the Amiga for Krisalis, but failed to make any impact in the PC market, no doubt due to the (well-deserve) success…
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NFL Football
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Konami GAME PUBLISHER:Konami Copyright 1992, Konami A faithful translation of a fun arcade sports game (a rare event in itself) by Konami, NFL Football is a fun football game that offers a good balance between coaching and action without taking itself too seriously. As…
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Trolls
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Flair GAME PUBLISHER:Capstone Copyright 1992, Flair A fun platform game from Flair Software, Trolls features great graphics, smooth-as-silk animations, and very good level design that characterizes all Flair releases. You control a Troll of the title, who’s not the ugly lumber monster from AD&D…
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Crunchling Adventure
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1997, General Mills Commercialized marketing tie-in games usually do not get a mention in gaming magazines, and for good reason: they are typically awful. Cap’n Crunch’s Crunchling Adventure, however, is an exceptionally well-designed game that is a lot more fun…
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Avoid The Noid
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:BlueSky Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1987, Dominoes Pizza Avoid the Noid is an advertisement ploy for Domino’s Pizza that is a surprisingly playable game. In one of the earliest advertising tie-ins ever made for PC, you play a pizza delivery boy who must deliver…
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Power Struggle
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:PSS GAME PUBLISHER:PSS Copyright 1989, PSS A primitive but interesting abstract wargame from the designers of Fire Zone, Power Struggle is essentially a poor man’s Empire— similar concepts and idea, but much inferior implementation and questionable computer AI. Choose to play as either “West”…
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Chex Quest
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Caf? GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Digital Caf? Undoubtedly the strangest and most complete conversion of all DOOM engine licensees, Chex Quest was a free CD-ROM action game released by General Mills on a CD stuffed free into boxes of Chex Cereals. This promotion…
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Kutar
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Giga-Rensya GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Giga-Rensya This download includes 15 fun mini-games starring cute Japanese cat *kutar* (asterisks are phonetically correct), created by Giga-Rensya, a promising Japanese freeware site. Although the games are in Japanese, there is not much text to read since they…
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Oden Todo Fish
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Itochu GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Itochu One of the most unique and fun little games you’ll ever come across, Oden Todo Fish is a fast-paced fishing game like none other. Forget realism or the drill of arduously charting your course to a fishing spot–here…
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Dragonball Z
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Aprompt GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1998, Aprompt Perhaps the first fanmade Dragon Ball Z game for PC in existence today, this version of Dragonball Z is a playable beta version of a never-released PC game based on the immensely popular Japanese anime/manga of the same…
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OJ Volleyball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Keniti Makamura GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Keniti Makamura A small but amazingly addictive little game of volleyball, OJ Volleyball lets you control only one player, and your goal is simply to serve, return the ball, and smash it into the opponent’s corner to score…
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Gundam War 4
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1999, Anonymous A fun freeware fighting game based on the popular Japanese cartoons Gundam, Gundam Wars 4 is a fast-paced little game similar to Little Fighters, in which you try to defeat your opponent. What makes this game different is…
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Chex Quest 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Caf? GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1997, Digital Caf? A great sequel to one of the best marketing gimmicks of all time, Chex Quest 2 is more of an “add-on” to the original Chex Quest than a true sequel, because it requires that the original…
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Bunni-Flip
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Wing GAME DEVELOPER:BunniSoft GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, BunniSoft In this small but surprisingly fun card game with a unique twist, the goal in Bunni-Flip is very simple: turn all the bunnies from gray to white by turning cards. That’s it. What makes it very addictive (aside…
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Z
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Eric Matthews GAME DEVELOPER:Bitmap Brothers GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1996, Infogrames A Command & Conquer clone that was much less successful than it deserved, Z is as notable for being the only real-time strategy game from action game masters at Bitmap Brothers as being a very…
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Gender Wars
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:The 8th Day GAME PUBLISHER:GT Interactive Copyright 1996, GT Interactive A fun isometric squad-level strategy game à la X-COM but with a unique premise, Gender Wars was unfortunately largely neglected when it was first released. Games Domain’s Chris McMullen says it all in his…
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Comix Zone
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:SEGA GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1995, SEGA One of the most underrated platform conversions of all time and one of the least known SEGA games, Comix Zone is an innovative platform game that turns the typical side-scrolling format into a cool interactive comic book, where…
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Deadlock
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Russell Shiffer GAME DEVELOPER:Accolade GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1996, Accolade An innovative cross between SimCity and Master of Orion that was never successful in stores, Deadlock is a strategic-level turn-based game that tries to marry the “4X” genre with the micromanagement aspects of SimCity. The result is…
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Wizkid
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sensible Software GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1992, OCEAN A much-improved sequel to Commodore 64 platform classic Wizball, Wizkid deviates from the original in many ways. The screen no longer scrolls around a level, and Wizkid cannot bounce around like his predecessor. The basic action premise…
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Wizball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Shaun Ridings GAME DEVELOPER:Sensible Software GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1987, OCEAN One of the most original games ever. The C64 version of Wizball is definitely an all-time classic. Sadly the PC version is nearly unplayable on modern computers, even with a slowdown utility. The premise is as…
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Netherworld
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chris Wood GAME DEVELOPER:Hewson GAME PUBLISHER:Hewson Copyright 1989, Hewson One of the best action/puzzle hybrids ever made for the Amiga, Hewson’s Netherworld translates onto the PC screen quite well, with minor losses (the wonderful Amiga music is gone, for instance) but with all the addictive gameplay…
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Nebulus
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:John Phillips GAME DEVELOPER:Hewson GAME PUBLISHER:Hewson Copyright 1987, Hewson One of the best (and cutest) platform games ever made for any computer, Nebulus is a fantastically original and addictive gem from Hewson, British developer of several solid action gems that are virtually unknown on the PC…
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Stormlord
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Nick Jones GAME DEVELOPER:Hewson GAME PUBLISHER:Hewson Copyright 1989, Hewson Stormlord is an excellent tongue-in-cheek arcade/adventure casting you in the role of Stormlord the hard man, in his quest to rescue fairydom and the rest of the inhabitants of his land from the evil witch. Under this…
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Elf
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:OCEAN GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1991, OCEAN Fantasy jump’n run well-suited for fans of the genre. Also features some simple adventuring elements such as picking up objects and “using” them on characters that come by your way. Technically very nice, enjoyable gameplay and overall Elf…
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Pinball Magic
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:D. Arnaud & N. Massonnat GAME DEVELOPER:Loriciel GAME PUBLISHER:Loriciel Copyright 1990, Loriciel Pinball Magic is an early pinball game by French company Loriciel. In a nice twist to regular pinball tables, here you have to clear tables by activating all letters, which opens the exit to…
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Deathbringer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kevin Ayre & John G. Wood GAME DEVELOPER:Empire Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Empire Interactive Copyright 1991, Empire Interactive This looked so promising, like what Conan should have been. A nicely drawn, well-storied game with lots of hacking and slashing. It didn’t pan out in the end. The story…
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Kick Off 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dino Dini & Steve Screech GAME DEVELOPER:Anco Software GAME PUBLISHER:Anco Software Copyright 1990, Anco Software One of the very best (if not THE best) soccer games ever made, Dino Dini’s seminal classic Kick Off 2 was a huge success on the Atari ST and Amiga, although,…
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European Champions
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Audiogenic GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1994, OCEAN European Champions is a fairly mediocre soccer game developed by Audiogenic covering most of Europe’s top leagues. The game features two display modes, which can be changed during gameplay: An overhead view, similar to the one found in…
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Untouchables, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Woods & John Meegan GAME DEVELOPER:OCEAN GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1989, OCEAN The Untouchables is a horrible platform action in six different episodes, based on Brian DePalma’s movie of the same name. You are cast as one of The Untoucables, Elliot Ness, who is going after…
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Nightbreed
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Impact GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1990, OCEAN First in a slated trilogy of games based on a cult classic movie of the same name, Nightbreed is a first-person action game that stars you as Boone, the hapless hero in the movie. Although the game is…
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Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Impact GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1990, OCEAN Nightbreed: The Interactive Movie is the second game in OCEAN’s planned trilogy of games based on Clive Barker’s movie of the same name. This one is an action/adventure hybrid, and much worse than the first game in the…
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Bob Winner
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:B. Aure GAME DEVELOPER:Loriciel GAME PUBLISHER:Loriciel Copyright 1986, Loriciel Bob Winner is an early action game with some adventure elements by Loriciel, set in the US’ wild, wild West. Bob Winner is on a quest to find a lost civilisation, and has to collect three keys…