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Team Yankee
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steven Green GAME DEVELOPER:Empire Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Empire Interactive Copyright 1990, Empire Interactive Based on the book of the same name (that was included with the game), Team Yankee is a decent 3D tank simulation based on an alternate history premise that the Soviet army has decided…
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War in The Gulf
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Stephen W. Green & Kevin Ayre GAME DEVELOPER:Empire Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Empire Interactive Copyright 1993, Empire Interactive The final and best game in the trilogy that encompasses Team Yankee and Pacific Islands centers on the The Gulf War of 1992. The similarity between this and the previous…
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Pacific Islands
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steven Green & Kevin Clyre GAME DEVELOPER:Empire Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Empire Interactive Copyright 1992, Empire Interactive Pacific Islands is the follow-up to Team Yankee and as its name suggests is set in the Pacific Islands, where conflicts demand the intervention of the USA and you, as a…
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Epic
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Martin Kenwright GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Image Design (DID) GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1992, Digital Image Design (DID) Nowadays, DID is famous for having developed ground-breaking flight sims like TFX, EF2000 and F-22. But before that there was Epic, a 3D space combat simulator. Back then in 1992, this…
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If It Moves, Shoot It!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Emerald Software GAME PUBLISHER:Brderbund Copyright 1989, Emerald Software If It Moves, Shoot It! is a classic top-down shooter by Emerald Software. The graphics in general are very well drawn, especially the detailed level backgrounds. One of the few classic shoot-em ups on the PC.…
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Godfather, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:US Gold GAME PUBLISHER:US Gold Copyright 1991, US Gold Fairly poor action game based on the “Mafia” movie series of the same name. Yet again another typical movie-licensed title – as seen so often from U.S. Gold. Features five scenes or levels loosely related…
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Bad Cat
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Thomas Hertzler GAME DEVELOPER:Rainbow Arts GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1988, Rainbow Arts Nice little cat sports(?!) game with various fun stages, designed by Thomas Hertzler, nowadays president of Blue Byte. The controls are not really intiutive – so be sure to also download the manual below.…
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Circus Attractions
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Golden Goblins GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1989, Rainbow Arts Fun mini-games collection comparable to Epyx’s sports series, but set in an unusual scenario of a circus. Circus Attractions was published by a company called Golden Goblins. I only heard very few from them back…
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Lollypop
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Brain Bug GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1994, Rainbow Arts Lollypop is a good jump’n run game (there aren’t that many good ones for the IBM-PC) by Brain Bug. One of the later games Rainbow Arts released. Very cute! The in-game graphics are excellent and…
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Masterblazer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Rainbow Arts GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1991, Rainbow Arts Masterblazer is Rainbow Arts’ follow-up to Lucasfilm’s classic futuristic sports game Ballblazer from the early 80’s (that was unfortunately never made for the PC). Besides the Ballblazer game mode there’s also a race and very…
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Rock ‘n Roll
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Frank Prasse & Martin Gaksch GAME DEVELOPER:Palladix GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1990, Rainbow Arts Rock ‘n Roll is a cool action/puzzle game by Rainbow Arts that adds a lot of nice touches to the roll-the-ball-to-the-exit norm of action/puzzle games. The Amiga game just rocks and is…
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Turrican II
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Manfred Trenz GAME DEVELOPER:Sun-Project GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1990, Rainbow Arts Ok, let’s face it: Factor 5’s Turrican II was one of the best games to see its light on the Amiga and is probably the best action game ever produced on any platform. 4 years(!)…
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Blasteroids
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Image Works GAME PUBLISHER:Mirrorsoft Copyright 1990, Mirrorsoft Less-than-average conversion of Atari’s arcade game Blasteroids, which hit the arcades in 1987. Ok, compared to the excellent arcade game this PC version looks and plays like a bad joke. 😉 The object of the game is…
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Front Page Sports: Football
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Patrick Cook GAME DEVELOPER:Dynamix GAME PUBLISHER:Dynamix Copyright 1993, Dynamix One of the best sports games ever made, period, Front Page Sports Football is the first game in Dynamix’ long-running and popular Front Page Sports games series. With its stunning graphics, realistic replays, and incredible, intriguing season…
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Tunnel B1
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Neon Studios GAME PUBLISHER:OCEAN Copyright 1996, Neon Studios A solid PC conversion of Neon’s PlayStation 3D action shooter Tunnel B1. You glide around with your B1 hovercraft through dark futuristic tunnels shooting everything that moves. Overall, this is a nice action shooter with decent…
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H2O
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Webfoot Technologies GAME PUBLISHER:Webfoot Technologies Copyright 1996, Webfoot Technologies H2O is a fun action/puzzle game that adds nice twists to the tried-and-true Tetris clones. As the name suggests, H2O is about water– lots of it. Drops of water fall from the top of a…
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Volleyball Simulator
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Arnd Nolte & Ralph Finke GAME DEVELOPER:Time Warp GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts Copyright 1989, Rainbow Arts Old but good volleyball game by Time Warp. There are not that many other computer volleyball games I remember, except the great Beach Volley by OCEAN for the Amiga and Kings…
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Fighter Bomber
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Activision GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1989, Accolade Fighter Bomber (or Strike Aces in the US) is a fun but very challenging “recreational” flight-sim set in a bombing competition inspired by Gen. Curtis LeMay’s training events. You can fly 6 of the world’s most popular aircrafts…
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Precision Approach
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Amtex GAME PUBLISHER:Amtex Copyright 1995, Amtex Precision Approach, as the name implies, is a very detailed simulation of aircraft landing– in this case, a space shuttle. Despite this razor-thin focus, the game is surprisingly replayable for its random “reset points” (i.e. the starting point…
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Snoopy’s Game Club
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michael Berlyn & Gene Smith GAME DEVELOPER:Accolade GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1992, Accolade One of the most underrated preschool edutainment titles ever made, Snoopy’s Game Club is a great collection of educational games for kids ages 3-8 designed to foster basic skills such as pattern and spatial…
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Steg
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Spicer GAME DEVELOPER:Codemasters GAME PUBLISHER:Codemasters Copyright 1993, Codemasters A cute little platform game starring you as Steg, the slug (yes, slug) whose objective is to rescue little larvae (slud kiddies) from imprisonment. Similar to Lemmings, you are given the specific number of slugs you must…
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Apollo 18
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Chris G. Granger GAME DEVELOPER:Artech GAME PUBLISHER:Accolade Copyright 1988, Artech Apollo 18 is an early space mission simulation by Artech, converted from the C64 to the IBM-PC by Ted Gruber Software. Problems might occur on fast computers. Try a slow-down util. Also don’t forget to download…
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Atlas
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:ArtDink GAME PUBLISHER:Sunflowers Copyright 1995, ArtDink Atlas is a historical business/discovery game by Japanese developer ArtDink, famous for A-Train railroad simulation series. The German version was published by Sunflowers. The game is set in the 15th century: you are a ship captain who just…
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Aufschwung Ost
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Martin Kokkelink & Frank Ester GAME DEVELOPER:Sunflowers GAME PUBLISHER:Sunflowers Copyright 1993, Sunflowers Sunflowers’ first game, Aufschwung Ost is a nice political business simulation/strategy game with a touch of SimCity. The game takes place in Eastern Germany after the reunification. You must define and enact diplomatic, economic,…
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Big Sea
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Cyberdyne Systems GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1994, Starbyte Big Sea is a mediocre management simulation about production, trading and conquest set in a fantasy world with dragons and wizards – quite an unusual scenario for this kind of game. Not much more to say about…
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Death or Glory
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:First Step GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1994, Software 2000 Decent conversion of First Step/Software 2000’s Amiga game. Death or Glory is a round-based strategy game with fantasy role-playing elements. Some of the in-game art (intro, character faces) look fairly nice – very well drawn,…
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Die Kathedrale
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Weltenschmiede GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1991, Software 2000 German text adventures are rare, good ones even rarer. Die Kathedrale by Weltenschmiede is one of those few good ones – together with Hexuma, Soul Crystal and a couple more lesser known games. The game offers…
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Eishockey Manager
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Werner Krahe & Jens Onnen GAME DEVELOPER:KRON GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1993, Software 2000 The ice-hockey counterpart to the popular soccer management game Bundesliga Manager Professional. It was done by the same people (KRON), and it shows as layout and design is very similar to the…
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Future Dimension
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Crew242 GAME PUBLISHER:Lifetimes Copyright 1995, Lifetimes Future Dimension is a very cool arcade quality shoot’em up by Crew242 and Lifetimes. The game features great fast graphics and nice in-game MOD music. There are 3D levels as well as the classic vertical and horizontal scrolling…
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Hanse
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ralf Glau & Thomas Heimen GAME DEVELOPER:Ariolasoft GAME PUBLISHER:Ariolasoft Copyright 1988, Ariolasoft Hanse is a classic trading sim based around the trading association Hanse set in the 14th century. I remember playing this one for many hours on the C64. Some computer magazines trashed the game…
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Hanse: Die Expedition
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ralf Glau & Renate Langenk?mper GAME DEVELOPER:Ascaron GAME PUBLISHER:Ascaron Copyright 1994, Ascaron Six years after the release of Hanse, Ralf Glau released an enhanced version of his classic game. The game principle stayed the same, it’s a historical trading simulation based on the trading association Hanse.…
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Hexuma
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Weltenschmiede GAME PUBLISHER:Software 2000 Copyright 1992, Software 2000 Hexuma is one of the best German text adventures ever made. The third game in Weltenschmiede’s adventure series following Das Stundenglas and Die Kathedrale. Don’t miss this one if you are a fan of German text…
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Invest
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Starbyte GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1990, Starbyte As the name suggests, Invest is a decent stock market simulation by… Starbyte (surprise! surprise!) for up to 4 players. As usual in this type of game, your aim is to make as much money as possible by…
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Kaiser
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Linel GAME PUBLISHER:Linel Copyright 1991, Linel PC conversion – or better said – remake of the good old C64 classic of the same name by Ariolasoft. Well, the C64 game from 1984 was one of the first games of its kind followed by games…
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Pole Position
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Cyberdyne Systems GAME PUBLISHER:Ascaron Copyright 1995, Ascaron Pole Position (a.k.a. Team F1 outside Germany) is a great, atmospheric formula one management simulation, complex with many details and overall much nicer presentation than Edcom’s Grand Prix Manager. The game is arguably less realistic than MicroProse’s…
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Scenario
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Starbyte GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1992, Starbyte Scenario is a fairly simple and simplistic strategy game for one to four players, playing in a fictional World War I scenario. Your aim: conquer Europe. The game requires a mouse, but doesn’t work with all mouse drivers…
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Soul Crystal
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Starbyte GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1992, Starbyte Soul Crystal is one of the better German text adventures, with a fun and interesting story, a fairly good parser, and a mouse-driven interface. The plot sounds as if it were inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland:…
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Space MAX
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andreas Seebeck GAME DEVELOPER:Starbyte GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1992, Andreas Seebeck Manage the build-up and operation of a space station in this management/business simulation. Space MAX is one of the more interesting games of this genre, which flooded the German market in the late 80’s and early…
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Transworld
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Starbyte GAME PUBLISHER:Starbyte Copyright 1990, Starbyte A game from Germany, from Starbyte, from 1990. What could it be? Yes! You’re right, another management simulation… of course *yawn* – although puzzle game could have been another good option to think of. This time in Transworld,…
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Das Stundenglas
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Weltenschmiede GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1990, Weltenschmiede Das Stundenglas was the first game by little German Bavarian-based company Weltenschmiede. It’s an illustrated text adventure, all in German, in the style of the Magnetic Scrolls games, combining the story with many graphic stills. At the start…
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Yuppi’s Revenge
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ralf Glau GAME DEVELOPER:Ariolasoft GAME PUBLISHER:Ariolasoft Copyright 1988, Ariolasoft The third game in Ralf Glau’s series of management simulations, following Hanse and Vermeer. All game texts are in German. This time the game is set in the 60s, in the world of drilling rigs, oil fields…
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Vermeer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ralf Glau GAME DEVELOPER:Ariolasoft GAME PUBLISHER:Ariolasoft Copyright 1988, Ariolasoft Ralf Glau’s second game following Hanse, Vermeer is an interesting trading oldie for up to four players. All texts in the game are in German. Set in the year 1918, the world is at war, the economy…
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Archon
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Freeman & Paul Reiche III GAME DEVELOPER:Free Fall Associates GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1984, Free Fall Associates Introduction from the manual: “Archon is a contest of action and strategy between opposing forces wrought from myth and legend. The Light Side and the Dark Side are…
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Archon Ultra
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jon Freeman & Paul Reiche III GAME DEVELOPER:Free Fall Associates GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1994, Free Fall Associates Archon Ultra is a significantly enhanced version of the original classic Archon by Electronic Arts. In it, two-players battle each other in a game that resembles…
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Alien Breed
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andreas Tadic & Peter Tuleby GAME DEVELOPER:Team 17 GAME PUBLISHER:Team 17 Copyright 1993, Team 17 Excellent conversion of Team 17’s big 1991 Amiga hit. Alien Breed is a top-down science fiction shooter somewhat inspired by the movie Alien in terms of plot and atmosphere. Gameplay, though,…
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Alien Breed Tower Assault
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Team 17 GAME PUBLISHER:Team 17 Copyright 1994, Team 17 Fairly good conversion of the third game in Team 17’s popular Alien Breed series for the Amiga. Tower Assault the only other game after to the first one that made it from the Amiga to…
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Body Blows
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Cedric Mullillan Jr. GAME DEVELOPER:Team 17 GAME PUBLISHER:Team 17 Copyright 1993, Team 17 Body Blows is dead average conversion of Team 17’s Amiga beat’em up classic. Features the usual arcade, a tournament and a two player game mode. Nice and easy controls. Nothing fancy here definitely…