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Greg Norman’s Shark Attack!
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Imagitec Design GAME PUBLISHER:Virgin Interactive Copyright 1989, Imagitec Design Greg Norman’s Shark Attack! is a good golf game that is surprisingly in-depth for its age (1989). Up to four human or computer players can participate in Strokeplay or Matchplay, with the option of playing…
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Catch ‘Em
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Prestige GAME PUBLISHER:Prestige Copyright 1992, Prestige Catch ‘Em is an interesting platform/action game from Prestige, much better known on the Amiga. Adrian Simpson gives a good description of the game in his review for the Amiga Games Database: “If you could only use one…
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Marble
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Balch GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Peter Balch Marble and Tristate are two excellent and unique brainteasers that play like a cross between three classic board games: Black Box, Mastermind, and Nonogram – all rolled into one. Your objective in Marble is to roll…
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Tristate
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Peter Balch GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1994, Peter Balch Marble and Tristate are two excellent and unique brainteasers that play like a cross between three classic board games: Black Box, Mastermind, and Nonogram – all rolled into one. Your objective in Marble is to roll…
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Tennis
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Imagic GAME PUBLISHER:Imagic Copyright 1985, Imagic Looking at game titles is one good way to tell the ‘pioneers’ in specific genres apart from the followers. So when a game is called simply Tennis, you can count on it being one of the oldest tennis…
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Quarterpole Plus
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Action Games GAME PUBLISHER:Wizard Games Copyright 2002, Action Games Arguably the best horse racing game ever made for PC, Quarterpole Plus from Action Games combines the best of the company’s earlier Quarterpole and Hooves of Thunder to create the ultimate horse racing simulation. Whether…
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Mysterious Worlds
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, AmigaFun & Playstone Design More of a historical curiosity than a classic game worth preserving, Mysterious Worlds is a rare DOS version of the Amiga game of the same name that was included on the coverdisk of an AmigaFun…
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Magic Johnson’s Basketball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Sculptured Software GAME PUBLISHER:Mastertronic Copyright 1989, Mastertronic Magic Johnson’s Basketball is a decent arcade-style basketball game starring LA Lakers’ superstar Magic Johnson, one of the most famous players of all time. It is a direct translation of the popular coin-op arcade game called Magic…
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Lombard RAC Rally
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Worrall GAME DEVELOPER:Red Rat GAME PUBLISHER:Mandarin Software Copyright 1989, Red Rat Lombard RAC Rally is a fun driving simulation of a real-world of the same name (now called Network Q RAC Rally which takes place every year in Britain. You get to drive all the…
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Turn ‘n Burn
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Flair GAME PUBLISHER:Flair Copyright 1990, Flair Turn ‘n Burn is a lackluster 2D top-down shoot ’em up from Flair. The gameplay is nothing you haven’t seen before: blast all the baddies on each level, then move on to the next. It’s a bit reminiscent…
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Battlemaster
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Arcadia GAME PUBLISHER:PSS Copyright 1991, PSS Battlemaster is a fun fantasy real-time strategy game – one of the first games of its kind for PC, although not one that many people recognize. The game was made by PSS, a company known for a number…
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Drain Storm
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Horner GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1997, David Horner Drain Storm is a fun puzzle game that is highly reminiscent of our Hall of Belated Fame entrant DROD, except its puzzle structure is much less rigid, meaning it won’t make you pull out your hair…
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Nigel Mansell’s World Championship
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Gremlin GAME PUBLISHER:Gremlin Copyright 1992, Gremlin Nigel Mansell’s World Championship is a disappointing racing game that starts out with a novel premise, then proceeds to ruin it by bad execution – same as what we have seen with countless other games. Endorsed by Nigel…
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Absolute Pinball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Unique Development Studios (UDS) GAME PUBLISHER:21st Century Entertainment Copyright 1996, 21st Century Entertainment After publishing a number of excellent pinball games that they developed in-house, 21st Century Entertainment decided to outsource the development to a third party company, in this case UDS of Sweden.…
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Total Soccer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Live Media GAME PUBLISHER:Live Media Copyright 1998, Live Media Total Soccer is a fun Sensible Soccer-style football game that is quite a lot of fun, even if it doesn’t introduce any new concepts that Sensible Soccer fans haven’t seen before. One of the best…
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Player Manager 2
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Steve Screech GAME DEVELOPER:Anco Software GAME PUBLISHER:Anco Software Copyright 1995, Anco Software Player Manager 2 by Anco is a decent football management sim that tries to entice fans of its classic Kick Off arcade-style football series, but without designer Dino Dini at the helm. As the…
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Block-O-Mania
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Kirath GAME DEVELOPER:Cassiopeia GAME PUBLISHER:Cassiopeia Copyright 1989, Cassiopeia Block-O-Mania is an excellent Soko-Ban-style game from Cassiopeia, a now-defunct shareware developer based in The Netherlands. The object of the game is to push all blocks onto the right storages: red blocks onto red storages, green on green,…
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Dr. Thorp’s Mini Blackjack
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Daniel Sejzer & Roger Pedersen GAME DEVELOPER:Villa Crespo GAME PUBLISHER:Villa Crespo Copyright 1992, Villa Crespo Dr. Thorp’s Mini Blackjack is another solid entry in Villa Crespo’s long line of casino games. One of the most accurate blackjack games ever released, DTMBM lets play blackjack with authentic…
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Dr. Wong’s Jacks+ Video Poker
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Roger Pedersen GAME DEVELOPER:Villa Crespo GAME PUBLISHER:Villa Crespo Copyright 1992, Roger Pedersen Dr. Wong’s Jacks+ Video Poker is a fun simulation of video poker: not the parlor poker game, but the popular high-stakes game played in most casinos. Like other casino games from Villa Crespo, DWJVP…
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Battle for Moscow
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Frank Chadwick & Bertrand Vauthier GAME DEVELOPER:Kamikaze Games Designers GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Kamikaze Games Designers Battle for Moscow is a great unofficial PC version of a tabletop wargame of the same name, which was created by Frank Chadwick for Games Designer Workshop, and published on…
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Tunnels of The Underworlds
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Hannu Kankaanp?? GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2002, Hannu Kankaanp?? Tunnels of the Underworlds is a fun multiplayer ‘caveflier’ game from the lands of cavefliers: Finland, of course 🙂 Developed by a small group who call themselves GigaMess, TOU boasts excellent, hi-res SVGA graphics, smooth animations,…
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Street Racer
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Vivid Image GAME PUBLISHER:UBI Soft Copyright 1996, Vivid Image Street Racer is a fun and very little known PC conversion of a Playstation game of the same name, which was in turn based on a 1994 game for the Super Nintendo. Street Racer is…
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Island Peril
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Atlantean Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Atlantean Interactive Copyright 1996, Atlantean Interactive One of the worst games I have ever played, Island Peril is a campy FPS that you shouldn’t ever play… unless you are curious about how bad a game can get. How bad is the…
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Superstar
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Piotr Ostiak GAME DEVELOPER:Daisy-Chain GAME PUBLISHER:Daisy-Chain Copyright 2002, Daisy-Chain “So you want to be a rock and roll star?” sang the Byrds, “Then listen now to what I say: Just get an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play…” (writing credits and…
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Eden Blues
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Patrick Dublanchet GAME DEVELOPER:ERE Informatique GAME PUBLISHER:ERE Informatique Copyright 1987, ERE Informatique Eden Blues is a neat action/adventure game from ERE, French developer known for making quirky titles. From MobyGames’ description: “In this real-time adventure you are a prisoner of jail guarded by droids. And you…
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Bedlam
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Beam International GAME PUBLISHER:Beam International Copyright 1987, Beam International Bedlam is a fun Space Invaders-style vertical shooter that packs a lot of gameplay variety in less than 200KB of space. Although the 4-color CGA graphics unfortunately looks too pale compared to the colorful Spectrum…
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PT Boat Simulator
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Gordon Walton GAME DEVELOPER:Digital Illusions Inc. GAME PUBLISHER:Digital Illusions Inc. Copyright 1994, Digital Illusions Inc. PT Boat Simulator is an excellent improved version of PT-109, an outstanding submarine sim published by Spectrum Holobyte in 1987. After developer Digital Illusions disappeared from the gaming industry for several…
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Endorfun
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Time Warner Interactive GAME PUBLISHER:Time Warner Interactive Copyright 1995, Time Warner Interactive Endorfun is a fun psychadelic puzzle game that plays like Tetris on acid. Well, not really – but you get the idea 🙂 The objective in the game is to maneuver a…
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Triple Triad Gold
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Qhimm GAME DEVELOPER:Squaresoft GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 2001, Qhimm Triple Triad Gold is an excellent fanmade clone of Triple Triad, a popular card game included as an optional mini-game in Squaresoft’s Final Fantasy VIII. The game is ideal for FFVIII fans who want to quickly play a…
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Super Ski Pro
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Microids GAME PUBLISHER:Mindscape Copyright 1996, Microids Super Ski Pro is the last game in Microid’s long line of winter sport games that never seemed to attract much attention – largely because they are not very good. Not for the lack of trying, though: Microids…
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International Tennis Open
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Infogrames GAME PUBLISHER:Philips Media Copyright 1996, Philips Media International Tennis Open is a good port of Philip’s CD-i game of the same name that sold relatively well on the CD-i but remains unknown on the PC. Billed as a “tennis simulation” (as opposed to…
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Ravage
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Tritone GAME DEVELOPER:Alpha Helix GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1996, Alpha Helix Ravage is an excellent shareware vertical shooter game from Alpha Helix, the maker of cult classic The Last Eichhof freeware shooter. While The Last Eichhof was humorous, wacky shooter, Ravage is a typical sci-fi shooter that…
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Pinball Wizard 2000
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Ikarion GAME PUBLISHER:Ikarion Copyright 1996, Ikarion Pinball Wizard 2000 is an excellent application that allows you to create and play your own pinball tables. Although the English version was never made, this German game is not difficult to understand and use, thanks to the…
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Epic Hoppers
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Twisted Pine GAME PUBLISHER:Epic Megagames Copyright 1995, Twisted Pine In 1995, Epic Megagames published a number of shareware computerized board games designed by Twisted Pine Software. Branded “Brainiacs” series after a movie of the same name, the games did not do well commercially, and…
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Epic Checkers
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Twisted Pine GAME PUBLISHER:Epic Megagames Copyright 1995, Twisted Pine In 1995, Epic Megagames published a number of shareware computerized board games designed by Twisted Pine Software. Branded “Brainiacs” series after a movie of the same name, the games did not do well commercially, and…
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Epic Connect
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Twisted Pine GAME PUBLISHER:Epic Megagames Copyright 1995, Twisted Pine In 1995, Epic Megagames published a number of shareware computerized board games designed by Twisted Pine Software. Branded “Brainiacs” series after a movie of the same name, the games did not do well commercially, and…
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Electronic Pinball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Spidersoft GAME PUBLISHER:21st Century Entertainment Copyright 1997, 21st Century Entertainment Electronic Pinball is the last pinball game from 21st Century Entertainment before quietly going out of business in 1998. As the company was going through financial troubles while developing the game, it is not…
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Pinball 3D-VCR
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Spidersoft GAME PUBLISHER:21st Century Entertainment Copyright 1997, 21st Century Entertainment Pinball 3D-VCR (released as Total Pinball 3D in the U.S.) is a decent pinball game from 21st Century. As one can expect from masters of the genre, the game looks good, plays well, and…
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Forzee
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Robert Roberds GAME DEVELOPER:BSX International GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1991, BSX International Forzee and Wowzee are a pair of innovative solitaire games from BSX International, a small shareware developer who was more famous for Madame Ching series of adult games that could be found on most BBS’s…
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Wowzee
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Robert Roberds GAME DEVELOPER:BSX International GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, BSX International Forzee and Wowzee are a pair of innovative solitaire games from BSX International, a small shareware developer who was more famous for Madame Ching series of adult games that could be found on most BBS’s…
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Rift, The
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Pop Software GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1992, Pop Software The Rift is a decent little vertical shooter in the same vein as Space Invaders. The game was never sold, but given as “free gift” to people who registered Pop Software’s shareware products. There isn’t much…
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Grid Poker
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jeff Anderson GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1994, Jeff Anderson Grid Poker is a fun poker solitaire game, with cards presented in ASCII characters. Your objective is to place cards on the grid such that they form poker hands, which are scored vertically, horizontially, and diagonally.…
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HoverTank
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Jeff Anderson GAME DEVELOPER:Freeware GAME PUBLISHER:Freeware Copyright 1994, Jeff Anderson HoverTank is a fun two-player split screen tank battle game, just like Atari’s classic Combat, but with better graphics and more power-ups. You start out at either a random or a predetermined location depending on the…
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PokerTris
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:Billy Huynh GAME DEVELOPER:Anonymous GAME PUBLISHER:Anonymous Copyright 1994, Billy Huynh PokerTris is a great remake of a never-released Nintendo game called Super Square Deal (see related link below to get that game). Actually, I am not sure whether it is a remake or not, since the…
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Tactical Manager
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER: GAME DEVELOPER:Talking Birds GAME PUBLISHER:Black Legend Copyright 1994, Talking Birds Tactical Manager is a decent football simulation game from Talking Birds, who would later release the sequel Tactical Manager 2 into public domain. The game is long on the number of clubs and statistics, but…
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Pro League Baseball
From the Database of Home of the Underdogs GAME DESIGNER:David Holt & Jeff Holt GAME DEVELOPER:Micro Sports GAME PUBLISHER:Interplay Copyright 1992, Micro Sports Pro League Baseball is an excellent text-based baseball simulation from Micro Sports. Officially endorsed by USA’s Major League Baseball, the game features full rosters for the 1991 season, as well as all…