Frank Bruno's Boxing Elite Systems, 1985 The sport of boxing is probably the most fearsome contact sport practiced today. It holds a strange, almost sadistic fascination with sports fans around the world. Boxing has been the subject of films, documentaries, and controversy. If combines physical skills such as stamina, strength, courage and endurance to produce […]

W.A.R. Martech Games, 1986 Imagine a Mechanical World. An enormous chain of cylinders, each rotating to produce the required centripedal force which acts like gravity against the inside. Viewed from a distance, the world appears like a giant caterpillar moving through space. From a little closer the fine detail on the inner surface of each […]

Archon Electronic Arts, 1989 The game is superficially similar to chess, in that it takes place on a board with alternating black and white squares; however, instead of fixed rules when landing on another player's piece, an arcade-style fight takes place to determine the victor, and each piece has different combat abilities. These abilities are […]

Operation Thunderbolt Ocean Software, 1989 The Hi-jack report came from a DC10 leaving Paris for Boston - Arab Guerillas were in control of flight 102 and had turned the aircraft towards Africa... The plane lands in hostile territory and the terrorists begin their demands A rescue operation is called for and there is only one […]

Rainbow Islands Ocean Software, 1990 Bub and Bob, the heroes from Bubble Bobble, are back! This time negotiating the hazards of the Rainbow Islands. Myriad creatures conspire to impede your progress at every fun-filled level until you face the "Guardian", the ultimate test of advancement... Good Luck!

Penetrator The player flies a ship which can shoot forwards and drop bombs beneath the ship. The first level is on open air, with just mountains to dodge, missiles which try to hit the ship, and animated radars. From the second level onwards, the game is inside increasingly complex caverns, so the ceiling is also […]