The player must navigate the main character (codenamed "Solid Snake") through various locations, while avoiding visual contact and direct confrontation with patrolling guards. If the player is seen, the game enters the "Alert Mode." In...

The game featured two ramp events, the freestyle ramp and the high jump, two downhill events, the downhill race (in a park setting) and the downhill jam (in a street setting), and the pool joust. The pool joust, downhill jam, and the downhill race (in two...

Gyruss is very similar to Galaga in it's basic concept. However, the game is presented in a forced 3D perspective akin to "Tempest". The player's ship faces into the center of the screen is able to move around the perimeter of an implici...

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...

The game begins with all four Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael, who can be rotated through at any time during gameplay. The turtles are practically identical except for their weapons, which differ in attack speed, range, and da...

The player assumes the role of a Saxon and tries to fight off the Norman hordes and wrestle for control of England. Eventually, the player must fight for control of all territories, even those controlled by other Saxons. The player must amass armies and f...

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 ...

Beach volleyball is hot in this one-off from Electronic Arts. Two on two competitions are what it's all about. You must quickly move your team about on the sand performing serves, thumps, and spikes to not only out-perform but also out-smart the oppos...

Snake's Revenge plays essentially like an updated version of the original Metal Gear. Aspects from the MSX Metal Gear that were missing from the first NES game (such as the ability to take food and ammo by punching enemies or the double exclamation ma...

The object of the IMF team is to solve a kidnapping case, as a terrorist group by the name of the Sinister Seven has kidnapped both a well-known scientist, and Sheila - one of your team members! The chase will take place through the canals of Venice to th...

RollerGames was a U.S. television show that presented a theatrical version of the sport of roller derby for a national audience, and featured a number of skaters who had been in the Roller Games league (1961-1975), as well as younger participants. It was ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1989. It is a scrolling beat 'em up based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series. It was ported to the NES and released in 1990. The player chooses...

Ski or Die is a winter-themed extreme sports game in which the player can competes in 5 different events: Downhill Blitz: Downhill skiing event in which the player can make large jumps over chasms and perform stunts in the moguls section. Innertube Tra...

There are four different types of robots in the game including the cyborg, tank, flybot and motorcycle. All of these robots are identical from the waist up, these classification differences refer to the area below the waist and consequently, their primary...

Pirates! is a single-player game. The player does not in fact take on the role of a pirate at the start of the game, but rather that of a privateer, in the service of Spain, The Netherlands, England, or France (though his loyalties may change over the cou...

The game takes place in an urban city called Metro City. As the story unfolds, the city's local superhero named Vortex is outnumbered by gangs and killed. With the city's protector murdered, the crime grows rapidly. Soon enough the city's crim...

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is a video game that was developed by Konami and published by Ultra Games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was later ported to the Game Boy under the name Star Trek. It begins as the Enterprise is approaching the...