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Armor Attack is a vector graphics multidirectional shooter designed by Tim Skelly and released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1980. In Armor Attack, the player controls a jeep in an overhead, maze-like view of a town. The buildings are not drawn in the game, but are an overlay that sits on top of the monitor. The overlay also tints the vectors green.... 1390

Berzerk is a multidirectional shooter arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. Berzerk places the player in a series of top-down, mazelike rooms containing armed robots. The player controls a green stick man. Using a joystick and a firing button that activates a laser-style weapon, the player navigates a simple maze filled with... 1152

Berzerk is a multidirectional shooter arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. Berzerk places the player in a series of top-down, mazelike rooms containing armed robots. The player controls a green stick man. Using a joystick and a firing button that activates a laser-style weapon, the player navigates a simple maze filled with... 1722

Mine Storm (MineStorm) is a multidirectional shooter similar to Atari, Inc.'s 1979 Asteroids arcade game. It was published in 1982 by General Consumer Electronics as the built-in game for the Vectrex system. Mine Storm was implemented by John Hall. The game begins with a large enemy ship dropping mines onto the field as an ominous jingle plays, and... 2857

Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. The game popularized the use of sprite-based, pseudo-3D graphics with its `rear-view racer format` where the player’s view is behind and above the vehicle, looking forward along the road with the horizon in sight, which would remain in use even after true 3D computer graphics became standard... 1073

Mystic Towers is an isometric action game with RPG elements from Australian developers Animation FX and published by Manaccom domestically and Apogee Software internationally. It is a sequel to Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure, a platform game in which Baron Baldric battled an evil sorcerous ancestor. The player as Baron Baldric must explore 6 grand... 94

Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure is an side-scrollig action platformer adventure, originally designed for the Amiga by a professional animator, Lindsay Whipp of Animation FX. It is considered very rare since the registered version was only sold in the Australian territory by Electronic Arts Australia. The story of Baron Baldric takes place under Castle... 88

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is an arcade train simulation game, based on the famous television and railway series (Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends). The game is designed for ages 3 and up, feature colorful graphics, user-friendly interface, and rather simplistic gameplay that kids can get the hang of very quickly.... 13538

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is an arcade train simulation game, based on the famous television and railway series (Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends). The game is designed for ages 3 and up, feature colorful graphics, user-friendly interface, and rather simplistic gameplay that kids can get the hang of very quickly.... 2299

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is an arcade train simulation game, based on the famous television and railway series (Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends). The game is designed for ages 3 and up, feature colorful graphics, user-friendly interface, and rather simplistic gameplay that kids can get the hang of very quickly.... 1299

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is an arcade train simulation game, based on the famous television and railway series (Shining Time Station and the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends). The game is designed for ages 3 and up, feature colorful graphics, user-friendly interface, and rather simplistic gameplay that kids can get the hang of very quickly.... 41059

Blackjack is a video game simulation of blackjack programmed by Bob Whitehead and published by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). The game was one of the nine launch titles available when the Atari 2600 went on sale in September 1977. The objective is identical to the card game: to beat the dealer's card total,... 197

Corporation (originally released for Amiga in 1990) is one of the earliest 3D first-person shooter games, predating ID Software's Wolfenstein 3D (1992). It was also the first of its kind to utilize dynamic lighting. Gameplay was very complex for its time, featuring role-playing, stealth and hacking elements, similar to the later System Shock and Deus... 160

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a computer role-playing game released by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1990, set in the Buck Rogers XXVC game setting. At the beginning of the game the player creates a party of six characters from a choice of five classes (Rocketjock, Warrior, Medic, Rogue, and Engineer) and six races (Human, Desert Runner, Tinker,... 248

Boulder Dash, aka Rockford, was originally created by Peter Liepa and Chris Gray. The hero of the game, whom the player controls, is the brave prospector "Rockford". He must dig through caves collecting gems and diamonds, while avoiding various types of dangerous creatures as well as obstacles like falling rocks and the constant danger of being crushed... 1747

Wizardry 5: Heart of the Maelstrom is the fifth scenario in the series, designed for Sir-Tech by David W. Bradley and released late in 1988 on the Apple II, the Commodore 64 and 128 and the IBM PC. It returns to a party of six and to first-person dungeon exploration, but for the first time the characters can be rolled in this game itself, and importing... 715

The Lost Vikings is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game, originally released for the SNES in 1992. The main characters are three Vikings, Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout. The goal is to guide all Vikings safely through each level. The game's originality is due to the fact that the player controls three different characters... 1289

Dungeon Master is considered to be the first 3D realtime action computer role-playing game. Dungeon Master introduced some novel control methods including the spell casting system, which involved learning sequences of runes which represented the form and function of a spell's effect. Many reviewers considered Dungeon Master as the best example of its... 352

Pushover is a platform puzzle game sponsored by Smiths' British snack Quavers, where the game plot revolved around the Quavers mascot 'Colin Curly' losing his Quavers packets down a giant ant hill. It is then up to the Pushover character 'G.I. Ant', a large soldier ant, to go inside the ant hill and recover the Quavers. The playing field consists of... 182

Ultima VI: The False Prophet is the sixth part in the computer role-playing game series of Ultima. It was the last in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy. It was one of the first major PC games directly targeted to PC systems equipped with VGA graphics and a mouse. In this conclusion to the Second Trilogy, you, the Avatar, are summoned back to save... 88