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| x Badlands |
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Badlands is a 1989 arcade game published by Atari Games. It was later ported by Domark under the Tengen label to a number of home computers. It is set in the aftermath of a nuclear war and races around abandoned wastelands with many hazards. Three...
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| x Double Dragon |
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Double Dragon (ダブルドラゴン) is a 1987 beat 'em up developed by Technos Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito Corporation. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun ...
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| x Pitfall II: Lost Caverns |
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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1984. It is the sequel to the popular Pitfall!. Both games were designed and written by David Crane and published by Activision. The...
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| x Pole Position |
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Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. It was published by Namco in Japan and by Atari, Inc. in the United States. The game popularized the use of sprite-based, pseudo-3D graphics with its "rear-view racer format"—where the...
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| x Street Fighter II |
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Street Fighter II (ストリートファイターⅡ) is a Japanese series in Capcom's Street Fighter saga of head-to-head fighting games, originally released as coin-operated arcade games. The Street Fighter II series started with the Street Fighter II game itself,...
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| x Legend of Kage |
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The Legend of Kage (影の伝説; Kage no Densetsu) is a 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary home computer systems in 1986.
The NES version was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console in Japan on December 19, 2006, and in...
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| x Tau Ceti |
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Tau Ceti is a science fiction themed computer game first published in 1985 by CRL for the ZX Spectrum and later converted to several other platforms. It was designed and programmed by Pete Cooke. It was groundbreaking at the time for its extensive...
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| x Donkey Kong |
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Donkey Kong (ドンキーコング) is an arcade game developed by Nintendo, released in 1981. It is an early example of the platform genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging obstacles. In it,...
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| x California Games |
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California Games is a 1987 Epyx sports video game for many home computers and video game consoles. Branching from their popular Summer Games and Winter Games series, this game consisted of some sports purportedly popular in California including...
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| x Potty Painter |
Potty Painter is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum and released by Rabbit Software in 1983. The game had a Maze format to it with bonus games in between levels.
The player control character is a monkey. The goal of the game is to join the dotted...
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| x Cookie |
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Cookie is a ZX Spectrum video game written by Chris and Tim Stamper and published by Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. It was one of four 16K games by Ultimate that were available on ROM format for use with the ZX Interface 2. A version was also...
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| x Hacker |
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Hacker is a 1985 computer game by Activision. It was designed by Steve Cartwright, produced by Brad Fregger and was released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari XL/XE, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, MS-DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum. The game...
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| x Yie Ar Kung-Fu |
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Yie Ar Kung-Fu (イー・アル・カンフー, Ī Aru Kanfū) is a 1985 fighting arcade game developed and published by Konami. It was considered by many gamers in Japan to be the basis for modern-fighting games..
Oolong (written 烏龍/Wūlóng, and ウーロン/Ūron in Japanese),...
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| x Nebulus |
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Nebulus, also known as Castelian, Kyorochan Land, Subline and Tower Toppler, is a computer game published by Hewson in the late 1980s for various home computer systems. The US version, which was published by U.S. Gold, was released under the title...
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| x Rebelstar |
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The Rebelstar games are a series of turn-based tactics video games programmed by Julian Gollop. Rebelstar Raiders, written mostly in BASIC, was published in 1984 by Red Shift for the ZX Spectrum. It was reworked in machine code as Rebelstar,...
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| x Pud Pud in Weird World |
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Pud Pud in Weird World (also known simply as Pud Pud) is a computer game published by Ocean Software in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum. It was written by Jonathan Smith.
Pud Pud is trapped in Weird World and needs to escape. He must explore Weird World...
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| x Knight Lore |
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Knight Lore is a computer game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the third in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf and Underwurlde. Unlike the earlier games in the series it used...
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| x Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal |
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Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal is a 1987 computer game for the Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the Amiga based on the comic strip Garfield.
The game is an arcade adventure with platform elements, starring Garfield, who has to...
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| x Skate or Die! |
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Skate or Die! is a skateboarding game released by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Amstrad CPC, and IBM Compatibles running MS-DOS. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) by...
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| x Dizzy Down the Rapids |
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Dizzy Down the Rapids is an arcade style action video game that was published in 1991 by Codemasters for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, DOS, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and Amiga.
The game involves Dizzy riding barrels down a river avoiding obstacles and...
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| x Alien Syndrome |
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Alien Syndrome is a run and gun arcade game developed by Sega in 1987.
Two players control two soldiers named Ricky and Mary, who must fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels rescuing their comrades who are being held by aliens....
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| x Don't Buy This |
Don't Buy This is a ZX Spectrum compilation. As described on the box, it contains five of the poorest games submitted to Firebird. Each compilation was sold for only £2.50.
Your Spectrum wrote "The games aren't that bad as do-it-yourself games but,...
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| x Split Personalities |
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Split Personalities (first released as Splitting Images) is a sliding square puzzle game that involves piecing together the faces of famous personalities and politicians.
The game presents the player with a blank screen to play with. The player...
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| x Super Hang-On |
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Super Hang-On (also known as Hang-On 2) is a 1987 motorcycle racing arcade game from Sega, and the sequel to the acclaimed Hang-On. A version of this game, in the full simulated-motorcycle cabinet used by the original Hang-On was released in 1991 as...
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| x Shadow Dancer |
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Shadow Dancer (シャドー・ダンサー) is an arcade game, developed and published by Sega in 1989. It is the arcade sequel to the original Shinobi.
A heavily altered Genesis version of the game was released, titled Shadow Dancer: The Secret of the Shinobi (シャドー...
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| x Tir Na Nog |
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Tir Na Nog is a video game published in 1984 by Gargoyle Games for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It was ported to the Commodore 64 in 1985. It is loosely based on Celtic mythology.
The game was widely positively received by the gaming media. The...
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| x Rasterscan |
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Rasterscan is a computer game published in 1987 by Mastertronic for several 8-bit formats. It was written by Binary Design Ltd based in Parsonage Gardens, Manchester with the C64 version programmed by Phillip Allsopp (aka Sarge).
The Rasterscan, a...
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| x Chase H.Q. |
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Chase H.Q. (チェイスH.Q., "Chase Headquarters") is an arcade racing game, released in 1988 by Taito. In the game the player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gibson in a black Porsche 928 chasing after a fleeing criminal. Along with his...
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| x Potty Pigeon |
Percy The Potty Pigeon is a 1984 computer game developed by Antony Crowther and released by Gremlin Graphics for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The goal was to fly around and collect sticks to build your nest. You could also poop on the cars that...
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| x The Incredible Shrinking Fireman |
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The Incredible Shrinking Fireman is a computer game released by Mastertronic in 1986. The game was written by Andy Mitchell and David Kidd.
Whilst beating back the flames of a blazing fire in a vast shrinking plant, Shuffling Sid fell into the jaws...
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| x Super Robin Hood |
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Super Robin Hood is an platform action video game featuring Robin Hood released in November 1985 by Codemasters. The game was developed by the Oliver twins on the Amstrad CPC at the age of 17 and was their first title published by Codemasters.
The...
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| x Colony |
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Colony is an arcade adventure and strategy computer game released in 1987 for several 8-bit computer formats by Mastertronic on their Bulldog label.
Owing to overpopulation, humanity has found it necessary to grow food in colonies on other planets....
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| x Mikie |
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Mikie is a 1984 arcade game by Konami where the player must guide a student called "Mikie" around the school, classroom, and locker room to collect hearts which make up a letter from his girlfriend Mandy while being chased by various members of the...
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| x Impossible Mission |
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Impossible Mission is a platform computer game for several home computers. The original version for the Commodore 64 was programmed by Dennis Caswell and published by Epyx in 1984.
Impossible Mission has the user play a secret agent - attempting to...
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| x Karateka |
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Karateka is a 1984 computer game by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Karateka was Mechner's first hit game, and was designed while he was attending Yale University. The game was renowned at the time for its realistic animations. In...
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| x Tapper |
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Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.
Tapper puts the player in the shoes of a bartender. The player must serve eager, thirsty...
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| x Spellbound |
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Spellbound is a computer game that was designed and programmed by David Jones with music by Rob Hubbard and released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC (also with Ed Hickman) home computers. Versions for the Commodore 64 (with Richard...
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| x Silent Service |
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Silent Service is a 1985 submarine simulator computer game. It was designed by Sid Meier and published by MicroProse for various 8-bit home computers, and in 1987 for 16-bit systems like the Commodore Amiga. The follow up game Silent Service II was...
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| x Techno Cop |
Techno Cop is a video game released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, MS-DOS and Atari ST. It was subsequently ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990. The gameplay combines pseudo-3d driving in the graphical...
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| x Pirates Cove |
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Pirate Adventure or Pirate Cove was a text-based adventure program written by Scott Adams.
Published by Adventure International and the second game of the series, after Adventureland, this text-based adventure game was one of many adventure games...
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| x Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure |
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Dizzy, or Dizzy - The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure, was the first video game featuring the character Dizzy, an anthropomorphic egg. The game was designed by two British brothers, Philip and Andrew Oliver, frequently referred to as the Oliver twins....
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| x Jet Set Willy II |
Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier was a platform game released in 1985 by Software Projects for a variety of 8-bit home computers. It was the only official sequel to Jet Set Willy, one of the most successful and popular home computer games ever...
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| x Dynamite Dan II |
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Dynamite Dan II: Dr Blitzen and the Islands of Arcanum is the sequel to the highly rated original Dynamite Dan. It was written by Rob Bowkett and published by Mirrorsoft for the ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC 1986.
Reviews were positive, with CRASH...
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| x Final Fight |
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Final Fight (ファイナルファイト) is a fighting action game produced by Capcom originally released in 1989 as a coin-operated arcade game. The arcade version was planned by game designer Akira Nishitani (Nin-Nin) and character designer Akira Yasuda (Akiman),...
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| x Rodland |
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Rod Land, known in Japan as Yousei Monogatari Rod Land (妖精物語ロッドランド, lit. ""Rod Land: A Fairy Tale"") is a 1990 arcade game originally developed and published by Jaleco.
The player(s) control one or two fairies called Tam and Rit armed with a magic...
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| x Brian Bloodaxe |
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Brian Bloodaxe is a British platform game written by Charles Bystram and released by The Edge Software in 1985. It was published for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 (converted by Trevor Inns) and Amstrad CPC 464 (also converted by Trevor Inns).
In...
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| x Great Giana Sisters |
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The Great Giana Sisters is a platform game developed by Time Warp Productions for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Commodore 64. It was released in 1987 and published by Rainbow Arts. The Commodore 64 version was programmed by Armin Gessert....
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| x Hard Drivin' |
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Hard Drivin' is an arcade game that invites players to test drive a high-powered sports car on stunt and speed courses. The game featured the first 3D polygon driving environment via a simulator cabinet, rendered with a custom architecture. The...
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| x Rush'n Attack |
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Green Beret (グリーンベレー), retitled Rush'n Attack (a play on "Russian Attack") in North America, is an action/platform arcade game released by Konami in 1985.
Green Beret is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using a...
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| x Elite |
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Elite is a seminal space trading computer game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights...
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| x Gradius |
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Gradius (グラディウス) is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up released by Konami in 1985 for video arcades. The original arcade game was released outside Japan as Nemesis, although most of the home versions released worldwide used the original title....
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| x Blasteroids |
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Blasteroids is one of the sequels to the original 1979 shoot 'em up video game Asteroids. It was developed by Atari Games (which later became Midway Games West) and published in 1987 by Image Works for: arcade cabinet, in 1989 for: Amiga, Amstrad...
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| x Night Shift |
Night Shift is a computer game developed and published in 1990 by Lucasfilm Games, now known as LucasArts. It is a unique action game where the hero is a worker in a factory owned by Industrial Might and Logic (a parody of Industrial Light and Magic...
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| x Sanxion |
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Sanxion is a 1986 side-scrolling shoot 'em up by Thalamus Ltd., developed by Stavros Fasoulas, along with Delta, another shoot 'em up, and Quedex.
Sanxion is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up, the goal to traverse each level from left to right avoiding...
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| x Spy Hunter |
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Spy Hunter is a 1983 arcade game developed and released by Bally Midway. It was incredibly successful initially, and it has remained popular for many years. The game's novel gameplay and popular theme music are largely responsible for its success....
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| x Sabre Wulf |
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Sabre Wulf is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1984. The game is the first in the Sabreman series. It was written originally by Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper, and later ported to many other computer...
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| x Crystal Kingdom Dizzy |
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Crystal Kingdom Dizzy is an adventure video game featuring the character Dizzy released in December 1992 by Codemasters. The series was originally developed by the Oliver twins who had little involvement with this title.
The game is considered the...
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| x Twin Kingdom Valley |
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Twin Kingdom Valley was a text adventure game with animated pictures (on most formats) for the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Commodore 16 and ZX Spectrum. It was released in 1983 by Bug-Byte Software.
The game was inspired by the original...
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| x X-Out |
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X-Out is a video game released by Rainbow Arts in 1989 for the Commodore 64 and in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with eight levels and an underwater setting.
Betweem levels,...
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| x Waxworks |
Waxworks is a text adventure game by Brian Howarth and Cliff J. Ogden. It was originally published by Digital Fantasia in 1983 for the Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro.
The story is about a waxworks in which the protagonist...
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