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Eskimo Fishing Trip, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mikko Mononen GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Mikko Mononen Eskimo Fishing Trip is a neat PC implementation of the mechanical fishing toy, where you try to catch the fish with the fishing rod when their mouths are open. The fish go up and down at…
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Quadrax
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Durcak GAME DEVELOPER:Cauldron GAME PUBLISHER:JRC Interactive Copyright 1996, Cauldron Quadrax is an excellent logic game that was the best-selling title in Slovakia and Czech Republic in 1996, the year of its release, but was little known outside these countries. The game is actually a PC…
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Speculator
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Mark Bloom GAME DEVELOPER:Capstone Solutions GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1993, Capstone Solutions Speculator is a decent, tongue-in-cheek game of real estate acquisition. In this turn-based game, your goal is to end up with a higher asset value at the end of the game than your 3 competitors.…
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Hunter’s Law
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Grace GAME DEVELOPER:Gaping Wolf Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, David Grace Hunter’s Law is a unique and fun “simulation/adventure” that plays like what Wolf would have played like, had it been released in 1992. You play two characters in the game: one, a scientist stationed…
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Scorched Planet
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Criterion Studios GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1996, Criterion Studios Scorched Planet is a fun, marginally above-average 3D action shooter from Criterion Studios, published by Virgin Interactive. The clich? plot: save the human race on Dator 5 planet from the marauding Voraxian Hordes. The game…
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Gunstar Heroes
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Treasure GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1993, Treasure Released in 1993, Gunstar Heroes for the SEGA Genesis is an amazingly addictive and original platformer that ranks as one of the best games of its kind ever made for any system. Treasurefan’s excellent review for the sadly…
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Herzog Zwei
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:TechnoSoft GAME PUBLISHER:TechnoSoft Copyright 1989, TechnoSoft Ask anyone you know what the first real-time strategy game is, and 99% will probably say Dune 2. But not many people know that the honor actually lies with a SEGA Genesis game called Herzog Zwei, the 1989…
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Warsong
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Masaya GAME PUBLISHER:Treco Copyright 1990, Treco Warsong is an easy but fun turn-based strategy/RPG game – a popular genre on console systems that never took off on the PC (we see a lot of strategy and RPG games, but not often both genres in…
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Dynamite Headdy
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Treasure GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1994, Treasure Dynamite Headdy is an excellent and unique platformer for the SEGA Genesis console that has the same trademark zany sense of humor and creativity that characterize all Treasure games. In this one, you play a robotic ant who…
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General Chaos
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Brian Colin & Jeff Nauman GAME DEVELOPER:Game Refuge GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1993, Game Refuge One of the most underrated games for the SEGA Genesis console, General Chaos is a fun and funny arcade/strategy game. Think of crossing the zany action gameplay and humor of Cannon…
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Scorcher
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Zyrinx GAME PUBLISHER:Scavenger Copyright 1996, Zyrinx Scorcher is an innovative racer that combines elements of WipeOut and Marble Madness with mixed results. Although the game has many outstanding 3D race courses that are very imaginative and fun to drive on, it doesn’t offer enough…
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Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Andrew Sispoidis & Pete Sispoidis GAME DEVELOPER:Heliotrope Studios GAME PUBLISHER:THQ Copyright 1997, Heliotrope Studios Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain is a competent sequel to Pax Imperia, a classic 1993 Macintosh-only 4X space strategy game. Although the original Pax Imperia is an ambitious game that came very close…
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CyberDome
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Stephen Clarke-Willson GAME DEVELOPER:Above the Garage Productions GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Stephen Clarke-Willson CyberDome is a great 3D space shooter that sports a very complex 3D engine for its time, patented under the name SuperSet engine. In this fun game set in cyberspace, the gameplay is…
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Prototype
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Hannes Seifert GAME DEVELOPER:NEO Software GAME PUBLISHER:NEO Software Copyright 1995, NEO Software Prototype is a great-looking but little-known horizontal shooter from NEO Software. The game boasts excellent multi-parallax scrolling graphics with amazing illusion of depth. There are 8 levels and hundreds of enemies to attack. One…
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Gemstorm
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:GraphiX Zone GAME PUBLISHER:GraphiX Zone Copyright 1996, GraphiX Zone Gemstorm is one of the best Tetris variants I’ve ever seen. Rather than simply adding bells and whistles like better graphics or music like most Tetris clones, Gemstorm adds both cosmetic updates and gameplay improvements.…
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Thrust
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Ekberg GAME DEVELOPER:Firebird GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Peter Ekberg Thrust is a faithful fanmade remake of classic C64/Spectrum ZX game of the same name, which is in turn based on Gravitar, ATARI’s arcade classic. Your goal is to maneuver your spaceship through treacherous caves, fighting…
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Ant Attack PC
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Sandy White & Tyrone Cartwright GAME DEVELOPER:Quicksilva GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Sandy White & Tyrone Cartwright Ant Attack PC is a faithful recreation of Sandy White’s excellent Ant Attack, the world’s first isometric 3D game published by Quicksilva in 1983 for the Spectrum computer. The idea…
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A Whole New Ball Game
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Pete Cooke & Equin0x Tetrachloride GAME DEVELOPER:CRL Group GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2000, Pete Cooke & Equin0x Tetrachloride A Whole New Ball Game is a solid Windows remake of the Spectrum ZX game of the same name, designed by Pete Cook in 1988. The object of the…
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Agent USA
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Lothlorien GAME PUBLISHER:Anonymous Copyright 2001, Anonymous Agent USA is a good Windows remake of the original 8-bit classic game of the same name, released by Lothlorien in 1984. Designed for kids, the game is a fun action game with a bizarre premise. You are…
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Feud
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:John Pickford GAME DEVELOPER:Binary Design GAME PUBLISHER:Mastertronic Copyright 1988, Mastertronic Feud is a very rare PC version of a fun and highly underrated action/adventure game from Binary Design, published by Mastertronic. As the name suggests, the game is about a feud ? in this case, between…
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Pickaxe Pete!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Philips Media GAME PUBLISHER:Philips Media Copyright 1982, Philips Media Pickaxe Pete! from Philips is a very addictive Donkey Kong variety of 2D climbing games. Originally released for Philips own Videopac console system, the description from the manual says it all about this game: “As…
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Gremlins
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Atari Games GAME PUBLISHER:Atari Games Copyright 1984, Atari Games Gremlins is a fun and very rare PC version of ATARI’s action classic for on its 5200 console. Aside from being one of ATARI’s early classics, the game also deserves mention as one of the…
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Project Firestart
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Damon Slye GAME DEVELOPER:Dynamix GAME PUBLISHER:Electronic Arts Copyright 1989, Dynamix Project: Firestart is one of the earliest “cinematic action/adventure” games that successfully bring the thrill of an action movie to the computer screen. Designed by Damon Slye of Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts, it was…
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Hideo Kojima GAME DEVELOPER:Konami GAME PUBLISHER:Konami Copyright 1990, Konami Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake is a little-known release in Konamis popular Metal Gear series, because it was released only in Japan for Konamis MSX2 computer. Its not until the release of MSX2 emulator for PC and…
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Drol
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Aik Beng GAME DEVELOPER:Brderbund GAME PUBLISHER:Brderbund Copyright 1983, Brderbund Drol is a fun, light-hearted game from the early days of Apple II, the platform for which Br?derbund was a clear market leader with classics like Lode Runner. Compared to other Br?derbund classics, Drol is much less…
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Captain Goodnight and the Islands of Fear
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Brderbund GAME PUBLISHER:Brderbund Copyright 1985, Brderbund One of the most underrated Apple II games ever made, Captain Goodnight and the Islands of Fear is a very funny platformer that is both addictive and very frustrating due to the high difficulty level. The plot goes…
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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Box Office GAME PUBLISHER:Box Office Copyright 1988, Box Office Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is yet another awful action game from Box Office, this time based on a 1987 TV series of the same name. The plot of the TV series…
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Cocoron
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Takeru GAME PUBLISHER:Takeru Copyright 1991, Takeru Cocoron for the NES console is one of the most original and quirky games you’ll ever come across. The game was released only in Japan, but thanks to fan group Magic Destiny, we can now play the game…
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Colonial Conquest
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Dan Cermak GAME DEVELOPER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) GAME PUBLISHER:Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) Copyright 1987, Strategic Simulations Inc. (SSI) One of the earliest accessible wargames, Colonial Conquest from Dan Cermak/SSI is a fun strategic simulation of 19th Century Europe attempting to dominate the globe. Released for most…
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Montezuma’s Return
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Robert Jaeger GAME DEVELOPER:Utopia Technologies GAME PUBLISHER:Wizardworks Copyright 1998, Utopia Technologies Possible winner of the “longest time between a game and its sequel” award, Montezuma’s Return is an action/puzzle sequel to Parker Brother’s classic Montezuma’s Revenge. It took almost 15 years for a sequel to be…
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Popful Mail
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Nihon Falcom GAME PUBLISHER:Working Designs Copyright 1994, Nihon Falcom Somewhere, long ago, in one of those many alternate realities popular in RPGs and fantasy adventures, a war was fought amongst three dark warlords and the three races of the planet, the Elves, the Humans,…
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Miner 2049er
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bill Hogue GAME DEVELOPER:Big Five Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1983, Bill Hogue [The screenshot above is from the Apple II version] Miner 2049er is one of the best “climbing games” ever made (the genre popular in early 1980s), and a much better game than the better-known…
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Bounty Bob Strikes Back
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Bill Hogue GAME DEVELOPER:Big Five Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1985, Bill Hogue Bounty Bob Strikes Back is a great sequel to Bill Hogue’s classic Miner 2049er game. Although this is much better than the original, it wasn’t as commercially successful – perhaps due to poor marketing…
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Carmageddon
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Neil Branden & Patrick Buckland GAME DEVELOPER:Stainless Games GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1997, Stainless Games One of the best over-the-top action games ever made, Carmageddon is a revolutionary driving game that sets new standards in violent games, and is one of the truly timeless driving masterpieces. Steve…
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1602 A.D.
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Juergen Reusswig GAME DEVELOPER:Max Design GAME PUBLISHER:Sunflowers Copyright 1998, Sunflowers The German design firm Sunflowers, publisher of the earlier Holiday Island, strike gold (and ore for that matter) once again with 1602 A.D.. 1602 is presented in the trading sim style of earlier games such as…
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Wheel of Time
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Glen Dahlgren GAME DEVELOPER:Legend Entertainment GAME PUBLISHER:GT Interactive Copyright 1999, GT Interactive Robert Jordan’s best-selling novels are lovingly brought to life in Legend Entertainment’s Wheel of Time. For those not familiar with the books, your main character is an Aes Sedai, a keeper of the light.…
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Eternal Champions: Challenge From The Dark Side
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Hideki AIkeda GAME DEVELOPER:Deep Water GAME PUBLISHER:SEGA Copyright 1995, SEGA Eternal Champions: Challenge From The Dark Side is one of a small handful of one-on-one fighting games that came out for the Sega CD. Thankfully, its one of the best. Including 13 characters (and 12 hidden…
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Animated Bounce
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Ville Koskela GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Ville Koskela Animated Bounce is an excellent SVGA remake of Arcade Volleyball, a very popular freeware 2-player volleyball game that was easy to learn, but hard to master. The original game inspired a number of remakes, including the…
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Soldat
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Michal Marcinkowski GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Michal Marcinkowski One of the best multiplayer action games I’ve come across, Soldat is a great Worms-style game that takes the concept to a whole new level. The official description says it all: “Soldat is a unique side-view…