The game is notable for being one of the first ever console role-playing games (see the chronology of console role-playing games). The graphics and gameplay are extremely similar to and clearly heavily influenced by the blockbuster computer RPG of the tim (more...)
Get ready for the ride of your lifetime! With the HEAVY SHREDDIN' video game, you'll be traveling down slick, snow covered mountains on a single snowboard that's not much larger than a ski. To survive your runs, you'll have to master some (more...)
While Jaleco did hire famed baseball player Ryne Sandberg for an endorsement, this installment of the game did not feature real teams or players. More unpopular with players, however, was the somewhat bizarre premise that "playing a perfect game" (more...)
Become a renegade space rabbit in BUCKY O'HARE. It seems that the Toad Empire has captured Bucky and his crew. Become Bucky and bust the others out of jail. Once you get a crew member out of jail, you can use his or her special fighting skills to get (more...)
Instead of the statistics-oriented character creation process typical of early computer role-playing games, in Ultima 4, players choose their character type by answering a series of ethical dilemmas. These situations have no easy resolution; players must (more...)
The player controls the Skipper and is followed around by Gilligan, who is controlled by the computer. The game has four episodes where the player had to wander around the island, collecting various objects, speaking with the other castaways and solving v (more...)
The game is set in the Pacific during World War II, with the player assuming control of a United States submarine for various war patrols against Japanese shipping. Although hugely successful during the war (doing what the U-Boats largely failed to do in (more...)
The South Pacific contains some of the most beautiful islands in the world, and they have all been invaded by a terrorist organization called DAMED (Destructive Armed Militant Enemy Devotee). You must fly an experimental fighter jet called the Thrasher Ha (more...)
Super Pitfall is a 1987 Japanese game for the Famicom and NES developed by Micronics for Pony and Activision. It was the first game ever that Activision published for a system made by Nintendo and it was based upon Activision's earlier Pitfall series (more...)
Dragon Warrior is the first famous console RPG. You assume the role of a descendant of Erdrick, a brave warrior of the past. Once upon a time, Erdrick defeated the Dragonlord with the help of the Ball of Light. Now, Dragonlord stole the Ball of Light, and (more...)
Bo knows baseball and he proves it with BO JACKSON BASEBALL. You are in complete control of all the action on the field. Choose from one of 15 different pitches and take care of the fielding. When your team is at bat, you can choose the batting strategy i (more...)
