Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo The game is a sideways-scrolling adventure, where Miyamoto Usagi has to defeat opponents in sword fights, and also have encounters with other characters, for example priests, who usually carry a cane and utter Zen Buddhist koans. Usagi is often attacked by bandits and enemy ninja. These opponents frequently […]

Game Over Dinamic Software, 1987 Far away in a different Galaxy, at a different time, control was exercised by an all-powerful woman - the Ruler, GREMLA. Her dictatorship was due in part to the devoted loyalty of her faithful lieutenant ARKOS - together they proved invinsible. But Gremla was flawed - as her power grew, […]

Gladiator Domark, 1986 As the Roman Legions campaigned through Europe, the spoils of their conquests included gold, precious stones, works of art - and slaves. A process of careful selection by the slaves' masters decided their fate. Some were sent to the galleys to row for eternity. The beautiful were passed for the pleasure of […]

Hyper Sports Imagine Software, 1985 Pit your skills and agility against the computer and the clock - in order to progress to the next event you must qualify.

The Train: Escape to Normandy Electronic Arts, 1988 August 1944. Occupied France is soon to be liberated by the advancing Allies. The German grip on Europe is crumbling and an evacuation of men, materials and plunder is underway. The prize and pride of France, its entire art collection, is to be expropriated and shipped by […]

Agent Orange My Great-Great-Grandfather was a Battle of Britain pilot, or so my father told me when I explained to him that I wanted to join the Intergalactic Agricultural Research Establishment. "Let's hope that some of his flying skills are still present in your genes!", were my father's only remarks when I was awarded a […]