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180
180 is a darts video game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit and MSX.
The player competes in 501 darts against other darts players waiting in a championship tournament with normal darts rules applying, subtracting...
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- 1986
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1942
1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. It was the first game in the 19XX series. It was followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway.
1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. The...
Initial release date:
- 1984
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1943: The Battle of Midway
1943: The Battle of Midway, known in Japan as 1943: Midway Kaisen (1943: ミッドウェイ海戦), is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game released by Capcom in June 1987.
The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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10th Frame
10th Frame is a ten-pin bowling simulation game created by Access Software in 1986, as a follow-up to the hugely successful Leaderboard golf game. Up to eight players could take part in open bowling or a tournament. There was a choice of 3 different...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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3D Construction Kit
3D Construction Kit (US, Canada & Israel release title: Virtual Reality Studio), also known as 3D Virtual Studio, is a utility for creating 3D worlds in Freescape. Developed by Incentive Software and published by Domark, it was released in 1991 on...
Initial release date:
- Jun 1, 1991
4x4 Off-Road Racing
4x4 Off-Road Racing is a video game of the racing genre released in 1988 by Epyx and developed by Odan MicroDesign. The four maps consist of Mud, Ice, Desert and Mountains.
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- 1988
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500cc Grand Prix
500cc Grand Prix was one of the first French-made games for the Atari ST. It was developed by Microïds in 1987. The graphics and animation were not well developed in this motorcycle Racing game but on the other hand the fact that the game has a...
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- 1987
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720°
720 Degrees, or 720°, is a 1986 arcade game by Atari Games. 720°, a skateboarding game, is notable in that along with BMX Simulator, it is one of the first extreme sports video games, and has a unique timed structure that requires the player score...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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750cc Grand Prix
750cc Grand Prix is a video game originally developed by Ken Murfitt of Scope Soft and published by Codemasters in 1989 for the Amstrad CPC. It was later ported for ZX Spectrum in 1991 by WASP (Lyndon Sharp, Chris Graham and Damon Redmond)....
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- 1991
A.P.B.
A.P.B. ("All Points Bulletin") is a 1987 arcade video game by Atari Games. In the game, the player assumes the role of "Officer Bob," a rookie police officer.
The object of the game is to meet (or exceed) the daily quota of citing or arresting...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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A.T.F.
ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) is a computer game released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC by Digital Integration.
The player takes control of Lockheed's YF-22A Advanced Tactical Fighter (the craft which later became the F...
Initial release date:
- 1988
A Question of Sport
A Question of Sport is a 1988 computer game based on the BBC quiz show of the same name. As in the show, the player has to answer questions about sports. The game uses the same engine as Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz.
Initial release date:
- 1988
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AAARGH!
Aaargh! is a fighting video game released in 1987 in which the player controls a giant monster, either an ogre or a lizard, with the goal of crushing and destroying everything in its path across different lands and periods of history.
The goal is to...
Initial release date:
- 1988
Academy
Academy is an action/simulation computer game for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Amiga It was released in 1987 by CRL. It achieved critical success in the year it was released.
It is the sequel to Tau Ceti and written by the...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Ace of Aces
Ace of Aces is a computer game flight simulator developed by Artech Digital Entertainment in 1986. The game takes place during World War II and the player flies a RAF Mosquito long range fighter-bomber equipped with rockets, bombs and a cannon....
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Acrojet
Acrojet is a 1985 flight simulator video game by MicroProse. It was originally developed for the Commodore 64 (C64), but then ported to other systems. It emphasized aerial acrobatic flying and maneuverability.
In the game, the player flies a BD5J, a...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Action Fighter
Action Fighter is an overhead vehicular combat game released by Sega in 1986.
It mimics the style of other games such as Spy Hunter and Traverse USA. The player begins the game riding a superbike. In subsequent levels a sports car, jetski,...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Addams Family
The Addams Family is a platform game based on the 1991 movie of the same name. Two different versions of the game were released. The first was in 1991 by ICOM Simulations for the TurboGrafx-CD. In 1992 Ocean Software released a different version for...
Initial release date:
- 1992
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Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance is a video game released in 1988 for various home computer systems and consoles. The game is based on the first Dragonlance campaign module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game,...
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- 1988
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Adventure Quest
Initial release date:
- 1983
After Burner
After Burner (アフターバーナー) is a 1987 Japanese combat flight simulator arcade game by Sega. It is one of the first games designed by Yu Suzuki. The player flew an F-14 using a specialized joystick (with moving seat, in some installations), and the game...
Initial release date:
- Nov 1987
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After Burner II
After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, you fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. Like Out Run, another Sega...
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- 1987
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After the War
After The War is a video game in which the player controls a character through a post-apocalyptic city, probably after a nuclear war. Released and unreleased artworks by Luis Royo and Alfonso Azpiri reveals that the city should be a post-nuclear...
Initial release date:
- 1989
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Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back
Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back is a computer game released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It is the follow-up to the ZX Spectrum game Agent X.
The player takes control of the eponymous Agent X in a multi-load game made...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Airborne Ranger
Airborne Ranger is a video game developed and released by MicroProse in 1987. The game is a relatively (for its era) realistic action game in which a sole U.S. Army Ranger is sent to infiltrate the enemy territory to complete various objectives.
The...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Ajax
Ajax, known as A-JAX in Japan, is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Konami in 1987. The game was also released on the home computer systems ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 in 1988 by Imagine Software under the...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Alien
Alien is a game produced by Argonaut Software in 1984 and released by Argus Press - it is based on the sci-fi movie of the same name directed by Ridley Scott. The game uses very simple black and green graphics, with a little extra color for some...
Initial release date:
- 1984
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Alien 8
Alien 8 is a ZX Spectrum video game. It was written by Tim Stamper and Chris Stamper of Ultimate Play The Game, and was released by the company in 1985. The game was also ported to the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC and MSX platforms. It is the follow-up to...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Alien Highway
Alien Highway: Encounter 2 is an isometric 3D arcade adventure game released by Vortex in 1986 for the Sinclair Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. It was programmed by Mark Haigh-Hutchinson and is the sequel to Highway Encounter.
Gameplay is similar to...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Alien Storm
Alien Storm (エイリアンストーム) is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game by Sega, later ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master System. The Sega Mega Drive version was also released on Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. The game appeared in Sega Mega...
Initial release date:
- 1991
Alien Syndrome
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....
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Aliens: The Computer Game
Aliens: The Computer Game is a first-person shooter video game released in 1987 and based on the second film in the Alien film series. A game developed by Activision is also called Aliens: The Computer Game. While the Activision game consists of six...
Initial release date:
- Dec 31, 1986
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Aliens: The Computer Game
Aliens: The Computer Game is an action game released in 1986 and based on the second film in the Alien film series. A game developed by Software Studios is also called Aliens: The Computer Game. While the Software Studios game is based solely on...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Altered Beast
Altered Beast (獣王記 Jūōki, literally "Beast King's Chronicle", in Japan) is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece, and follows a centurion who is resurrected by Zeus to rescue his...
Initial release date:
- 1988
Amaurote
Amaurote is a British video game for 8-bit computer systems that was released in 1987 by Mastertronic on their Mastertronic Added Dimension label. The music for the game was written by David Whittaker.
From the game's instructions:
The player...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Ancient Art of War
The Ancient Art of War is a computer game developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund in 1984. In retrospect, it is generally recognized as one of the first real-time strategy or real-time tactics games.
A battlefield simulation, the game's...
Initial release date:
- 1984
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Android 2
Android 2 is a shoot 'em up maze video game written by Costa Panayi and published by Vortex Software in 1983 for the ZX Spectrum and in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC.
It is the sequel to Android 1: The Reactor Run, released earlier in 1983.
The aim of...
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Initial release date:
- 1983
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Annals of Rome
Annals of Rome is a turn-based strategy game from now-defunct Personal Software Services. It was first released in 1986.
Annals of Rome begins in 273 BC with the player in control of the Roman state. Unlike other war-strategy games, the aim is not...
Initial release date:
- 1986
Arabian
Arabian (アラビアン) is a platform arcade game created in 1983 by Sun Electronics and published by Atari Inc. The player assumes the role of an adventurous Arabian prince whose goal is to rescue the princess from her palace. During his quest, the prince...
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- 1983
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Arachnophobia
Arachnophobia is a video game based on the film Arachnophobia. It was developed by BlueSky Software and Disney for the MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and Amiga platforms.
The player assumes the role of Delbert McClintock, a bug-exterminator and...
Archon: The Light and the Dark
Archon: The Light and the Dark is a video game developed by Free Fall Associates and distributed by Electronic Arts. It was originally developed for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983, but was later ported to several other systems of the day, including...
Initial release date:
- 1983
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Archon II: Adept
Archon II: Adept is a 1984 computer game developed by Jon Freeman, Paul Reiche III and Anne Westfall, and distributed by Electronic Arts (and Ariolasoft in Europe) for various platforms.
Adept is a hybrid of a tactical board game and action. It's...
Initial release date:
- 1984
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Arkanoid
Arkanoid (アルカノイド, Arukanoido) is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It is based upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the player's ship, the Vaus, escapes.
Much like the game Breakout,...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh
Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh (a.k.a. Arkanoid 2) is an arcade game released by Taito in 1987 as a sequel to Arkanoid.
The mysterious enemy known as DOH has returned to seek vengeance on the Vaus space vessel. The player must once again take control of...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Army Moves
Army Moves is a scrolling shooter game developed by Dinamic Software for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum. It was first released in 1986 and published by Dinamic in Spain and by Imagine Software. Dinamic Software...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Arnhem
Arnhem: The 'Market Garden' Operation is a battle strategy game by SSI. It was released for MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC in 1985 and for the Commodore Amiga in 1991. In the U.K. it was published by CCS.
The player takes the role of either the...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Asterix and the Magic Cauldron
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a computer game for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home computers based on the popular French Asterix comic books. The game was released in 1986.
Asterix and the Magic Cauldron is a graphical...
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Initial release date:
- 1986
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Athena
Athena (アテナ, Atena) is a platform video game, produced and published in 1986 by SNK. It was later ported to the NES, developed by Micronics. Conversions were done also for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1987 by Ocean Software under...
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Initial release date:
- 1986
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a computer game released in 1986 for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX. It is based on the 1978 comedy film of the same name.
The player takes control of Wimp Plasbot, who works in a tomato puree plant, and...
Initial release date:
- 1988
ATV Simulator
ATV Simulator (also known as All Terrain Vehicle Simulation) is a computer game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC by Codemasters.
The goal of the game is to drive your ATV through various courses which you must complete...
Initial release date:
- 1987
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Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Auf Wiedersehen Monty (German for "Goodbye Monty") is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and MSX. Released in 1987, it is the fourth of the Monty series, following Monty is Innocent, Monty on the Run and the successful...
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Initial release date:
- 1987
B.A.T.
B.A.T. (expanded: Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters) is a futuristic point and click adventure game with some role-playing video game elements. It was released in 1990 and available on several home computer platforms. It was developed by Computer's...
Initial release date:
- 1990
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1989 video game produced by LJN Toys for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Electric Dreams Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The game is loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name. LJN was...
Initial release date:
- 1985
Back to the Future Part III
For other Back to the Future games, see List of Back to the Future video games
Back to the Future Part III (or Back to the Future III) is the title of a video game released for the Sega Genesis and is based on the film of the same name. The game is...
Initial release date:
- 1991
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes, and known in Japan simply as DragonNinja (ドラゴンニンジャ), is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. The game was followed by a 1991 spiritual successor Two...
Initial release date:
- 1988
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Badlands
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...
Initial release date:
- 1989
