Gauntlet is a fantasy-themed arcade game port. A player may control either Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie or Questor the Elf. There is only one of each hero. Each hero has a unique specialty/advantage: The Warrior is strongest in ...
Donkey Kong Classics features both the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. on a single cartridge. In Donkey Kong, you need to guide Mario safely up the scaffolding to rescue his girlfriend, Pauline. In Donkey Kong Jr., the roles are reversed; you con...
Galaga is a sequel to Galaxian and has similar gameplay. The player controls a spaceship (which can move only right or left) and shoots at swarms of incoming insect-like aliens that fly in formation above him and occasionally swoop down to bomb him in a k...
The player sets up a ghost busting franchise in a city with a rising Psychokinetic (PK) Energy level and has the ability to purchase equipment such as traps, or to upgrade their vehicle. The player then negotiates a grid representing the city. They need t...
The player takes the role of a knight with a lance, mounted on an ostrich, battling waves of computer-controlled enemy knights. The enemy knights have three different speed and agility levels and are mounted on large, vulture-like creatures of their own. ...
The player controls an archer at the bottom of the screen. The player's objective is to destroy the millipede chain that begins at the top of the screen. There are mushrooms scattered around the playing field, which must be shot to be destroyed. When ...
Pac-Man (or Puck Man in Japan) is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the USA by Midway, first released in Japan in 1979. Immensely popular from its first release through today, Pac-Man is universally considered as one of th...
Join the feud between the Black Spy and the White Spy in SPY VS SPY. Pick a spy and set booby traps throughout the level to stop your nemesis. When he is incapacitated, try to grab the five items hidden throughout the stage. However, you must be careful a...
Born from a game called iChack'n Pop/i came Bubble Bobble, which evolved the series into an iconic phenomenon. Each level (or round) consists of one screen, with no scrolling or flipping. The dragons can move around the levels by walking on platforms, fal...
The basic plot of this game is that the players' girlfriend has been kidnapped, and they are racing to her rescue. The goal in this game is to drive from the beginning of a level to the end while bumping enemy vehicles into obstacles and jumping over vari...
The arcade game based on the second movie in the series. Indy "whips" his way through the levels solving tasks such as saving the children from Mola Ram. Jump gaps using your whip to swing across. Ride mine carts, choosing the right track and avoiding obs...
The paperboy begins his route at the start of the street (bottom of the screen) and progresses towards the end. The player can control the paperboy's speed: faster delivery earns a higher score. But the paperboy is in constant movement and cannot stop...
Two simultaneous players can control the monsters George (a King Kong-like gorilla) and Lizzie (a Godzilla-like dinosaur/lizard), created from humans who were mutated by various methods. They need to destroy all buildings in a high-rise city to advance to...
Robowarrior takes place on an alien planet named Altile. Players pilot a cyborg named ZED (an acronym for Z-type Earth Defence) as he raids Altile to fight the Xantho empire and destroy its leader, Xur. ZED uses bombs to hurt enemies, destroy his surround...
The general goal throughout the series is to complete the levels by strategically placing bombs in order to kill enemies and destroy obstacles. Exploding bombs can set off other bombs, kill or injure enemies and destroy obstacles. However, they can also k...
Designed with a nod to M. C. Escher, Q*bert's playing field is an isometric projection of a pyramid-like structure of tri-colored cubes. Q*bert's purpose is to hop around the tops of these cubes, changing every square to a specific color (e.g., fr...
Mappy-Land (a.k.a. Mappy 3) is a video game console-only sequel to the 1983 Namco/Midway arcade game Mappy. There are eight theme lands on each in this game. In this game, Mappy the Mouse was given an extended family, including his wife, "Mapico the ...
The Three Stooges come upon an old widow, her three daughters and their orphanage, which is in extreme disrepair. On top of that, an unscrupulous banker demands the mortgage payment of $5000 within thirty days. The trio immediately sets out to collect the...
Road Runner is an interesting variant of the platformer genre, based on the Road Runner cartoon. The gameplay is very simple: the player controls Road Runner, who is chased by Wile E. Coyote. In order to escape, Road Runner runs endlessly to the left whil...
The Tangent Empire are preparing to attack the earth with their convoy of tanks, and it is you who has been sent forward to destroy the 14 space stations which make up the potential invasion threat. There are 3 sub-levels on each station, which can be pla...