The is the sequel to the arcade smash 1942. Once again, you must fight through the clouds during the second world war. The battle takes place just off the coast of the Midway islands.
New features include an energy bar that can be run down by being hit from incoming fire or using a special weapon. The energy bar can be replenished by picking up power-ups. Special weapons include lightning, cyclones and waves.
Name:
1943
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Action
The is the sequel to the arcade smash 1942. Once again, you must fight through the clouds during the second world war. The battle takes place just off the coast of the Midway islands.
New features include an energy bar that can be run down by being hit from incoming fire or using a special weapon. The energy bar can be replenished by picking up power-ups. Special weapons include lightning, cyclones and waves.
Name:
221 B Baker St.
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Adventure
221 B Baker St. pits up to four players against each other in a race to solve mysteries set in Victorian London. Pick your character as Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Irene Adler or Inspector Lestrade.
Name:
688 Attack Sub
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Simulation
You command American and Soviet attack submarines. Numerous stations are at your disposal including sonar, weapons, navigation, helm, radio and periscope. Graphics were impressive for the day featuring with digitized images of surface ships and crew.
Name:
A-Train
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Simulation
You are the head of a railroad company with the aim of creating your own railroad empire and providing a successful mass transit system.
There are a number of different places to set up business, each with different layouts and existing houses and businesses.
Passenger trains earn the most revenue. Schedule your trains according to the busiest times of the day. You will also need to schedule trains that carry important resources used to build houses and other buildings, which also has the advantage of helping you increase readership.
As the city develops, new businesses will spring up such as stadiums, high rise office blocks and ski resorts. You can also build your own businesses. The stock market is also another way of making money.
Name:
Action Fighter
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Fighting
You start your challenge as a motorbike. At first, you are easily vulnerable until the Sega van comes by to provide power ups. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you a rocket, the third gives a rear force field and the fourth invulnerablility.
There are also letters A-F which you can collect. Collecting A through to D allows you change into a sportscar which is less vunerable to attack, but not as nimble. Collect all of them and you are automatically transformed into a sportscar.
Extra lives are awarded every 10,000. Eventually, as you level-up, you will transform into a high tech plane.
Name:
Action Fighter
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Flight
You start your challenge as a motorbike. At first, you are easily vulnerable until the Sega van comes by to provide power ups. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you a rocket, the third gives a rear force field and the fourth invulnerablility.
There are also letters A-F which you can collect. Collecting A through to D allows you change into a sportscar which is less vunerable to attack, but not as nimble. Collect all of them and you are automatically transformed into a sportscar.
Extra lives are awarded every 10,000. Eventually, as you level-up, you will transform into a high tech plane.
Name:
After Burner
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Flight
Afterburner was a very popular Arcade game that was quickly release to multiple game consoles and home computers of the late 1980s.
Name:
After Burner
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Flight
Afterburner was a very popular Arcade game that was quickly release to multiple game consoles and home computers of the late 1980s.
Name:
After Burner II
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Flight
Get on the F-14 Tomcat and fly mission after mission of shooting planes out of the sky. At your disposal is a vulcan fire and a limited number of missiles.
Faithful arcade to genesis conversion.
Name:
After Burner II
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Flight
Get on the F-14 Tomcat and fly mission after mission of shooting planes out of the sky. At your disposal is a vulcan fire and a limited number of missiles.
Faithful arcade to genesis conversion.
Name:
Akira
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Racing
In the first few levels you have to guide the main character Kaneda through an obstruction filled road on your motorcycle.
Obstacles come from roadblocks, holes in the road that must be jumped with the use of a ramp and a variety of characters on the road who throw bombs at you. Clear the roadblocks using your grenades that you pick up by knocking over traffic cones.
If you run our of fuel before the level ends, the game ends and you must try again.
After the motorcycle levels there are five platform levels: you must kill everyone you come in contact with. Each kill adding to a meter that you have to fill to complete the level.
Name:
Alfred Chicken
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Action-Adventure
As Alfred the chicken, you must rescue your friends and his bird Floella from the Meka Chickens. The result is a platform game across differently-themed levels that are finished by either climbing to the top of the level or killing a boss.
Alfred cannot fly, but he can use ramps to jump up and hit enemies with his bionic beak, which kills them, but any other contact will hurt Alfred. Watch out for spiked snails and other enemies include whales armed with guns and stray bombs.
Name:
Alien Breed
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Action
Team 17 were famed for pushing the Amiga to its limits with a string of hits stretching back to 1991.
The first major hit was Alien Breed, a Gauntlet-style shoot 'em up which spawned three sequels, including a budget-priced special edition.
This release was in a similar vein but set into a 3D context, making for the Amiga's first big Doom-style game. The 3D engine uses fairly small screen graphics but these include full floors and ceilings with detailed shading, doors, vertical position variations, lifts and transporters.
The CD version includes extra atmospheric sound, while fast processors and extra FastRAM are also supported.
Name:
Alien Breed Tower Assult
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Action
A scientific outpost on a far off planet has been attacked. As nothing is known about the attackers, a team of marines is dispatched to investigate and destroy the unknown invaders.
As their dropships enter the atmosphere and approach the base, the defence lasers, damaged in the onslaught, move into action. They launch wild bursts of laser fire at the approaching marines, who are not prepared and take heavy losses. Rookies Nash and Jordan crash-land, and must fight off the alien force.
As with the previous Alien Breed, the game play is viewed from above. Shoot your way through the levels, collecting keys, ammunition and credits along the way. Computers can be logged into to buy new weapons.
Name:
Alien Storm
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Flight
Aliens are invading Earth. It is up to you and the Alien Busters to wipe them out and destroy their creator. The Busters consist of Karla, Gordon, and Scooter. Each one of them have their own weapons and special attacks.
When you start the game, select one of these characters. There are six missions to complete with several stages and each mission has you blasting aliens all the way to the end. Each mission has an objective such as rescuing people destroying an UFO.
You will also have to fight alien bosses at the end of some missions. Fail to destroy them and you will not complete the game and then game will end.
You can play Alien Storm by yourself, or with another person.
Name:
Alien Storm
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Flight
Aliens are invading Earth. It is up to you and the Alien Busters to wipe them out and destroy their creator. The Busters consist of Karla, Gordon, and Scooter. Each one of them have their own weapons and special attacks.
When you start the game, select one of these characters. There are six missions to complete with several stages and each mission has you blasting aliens all the way to the end. Each mission has an objective such as rescuing people destroying an UFO.
You will also have to fight alien bosses at the end of some missions. Fail to destroy them and you will not complete the game and then game will end.
You can play Alien Storm by yourself, or with another person.
Name:
Alien Syndrome
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Action
You must rescue all the captives and make it to the escape hatch before the time bomb explodes. Then face the mother alien at the end of the level.
You can play single player or two people at the same time.
Name:
Alien Syndrome
Console Type:
Atari ST
Game Type:
Action
You must rescue all the captives and make it to the escape hatch before the time bomb explodes. Then face the mother alien at the end of the level.
You can play single player or two people at the same time.
Name:
Altered Beast
Console Type:
Amiga
Game Type:
Action
You have been raised from the dead by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena. You have to fight hordes of demons, with a boss at the end of each level until you meet the god Neff who holds the girl captive.
Use your shapeshifting abilities to defeat your foes. In order to shapshift, collect spirit balls by defeating two-headed wolves, allowing you to mutate into different beasts such as a werewolf, a dragon, a tiger, a bear and others depending on the version. Each form comes with special abilities such as flight and powerful attacks.
The game can be played in singleplayer mode, or in same-screen multiplayer co-op mode.
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