Magicland Dizzy 1993 Arcade action
Yet another well made and simple game from Codemasters (also behind the Micro Machines series). You are this little round fellow (ball) and you have to collect diamonds and other important (not) stuff. Of course you have to avoid the evil ghosts who are out to catch you. There are many different levels each being a bit more difficult once you get further into the game. The the usual arcade style game mode where you go from one screen to another once you have have avoided all the traps on te current screen. Magicland Dizzy is a good game if you...
Fire Zone 1988 Strategy
A very little known game, Fire Zone is an ambitious tactical-level wargame that boasts PSS' usual top-notch AI, but unintuitive interface and questionable logistics. The game is similar to QQP's celebrated The Perfect General II in that it is a hypothetical wargame that's not grounded in any historical battle. You control either the "League" or "Combined" side in a fight to the death. Production is very simplistic, although the varied types of combat units you can deploy (e.g. the "leviathan" tanks) make for some interesting battles. Unit statistics are vastly simplified, though-- encounters are resolved simply by comparing the "attack"...
Lords of Doom 1990 Role playing
A potentially good horror RPG that unfortunately fumbled, Lords of Doom from Attic/StarByte looks, feels, and plays like a second-rate "B" horror movie than Alfred Hitchcock classic. You control a party of four characters-- two hapless citizens and two vampire hunters-- who are the last human survivors in the town of Vertic that has been overrun by evil minions of the hordes of darkness. Your job, naturally, is to fight hideous monsters, find the lairs of four unholy lords, and vanquish them from the land. Gameplay is standard first-person perspective, with party members displayed in four portraits at the bottom.of the...
One on One (Jordan vs. Bird) 1988 Sports
Two of the greatest icons of the Golden Age of the NBA match up in this game. On one side, the spectacular dunks of Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls; on the other, Larry Bird's incredible accuracy from the outside. While Bird feels right home at the three-point contest, where five racks with five balls each are placed around the three-point arc and the player must pick each ball and throw in the the best timing possible to get as many points as possible during the 60 second window, only Jordan has the air-time to perform on the slam dunk...
Entrepreneur 1997 Strategy
The success of Stardock's Galactic Civilizations taught it a valuable lesson in capitalism: monopolies are good. Stardock pretty much owned the OS/2 game market because, well, no one else wanted it. Since there were so few native OS/2 games, all those astigmatic LAN managers wearing "LUV A WOOKIE" pins and swearing that OS/2 was the Second Coming (even though it ruined every system I put it on) would buy any native games. They had to. It's in the geek manual. So Galactic Civ was a pretty strong seller and garnered a few awards along the way. Well, OS/2 has gone the...
Sentinel: Descendants in Time 2004 Adventure
The start of the game demonstrates a sense of uneven design. The opening of Sentinel is very abrupt and dumps you right into a scene with the bad guy, his henchman and a struggling girl. After being spoiled a bit by lush opening cinematics in so many games, this felt disorienting and oddly disengaging. A first-person game, there is an odd choice of camera angle from the player's view. The camera angles are so skewed that you look way down on the trio, although you appear to be standing in front of them. The lack of a contextual introduction and...
Heroes of Might and Magic 3 1999 Strategy
Fantasy-themed strategy games have two great series--Warlords and Heroes of Might & Magic--and one game that damn well should have been a great series--Master of Magic. While I've always thought Master of Magic was the best of the bunch, due to its rich magic system and more detailed, Civilization-style economy, the latest installment of the Heroes series comes close to changing my mind. Be advised, Heroes of Might & Magic has a lot of great gameplay in it. Like all great turn-based games, it has that addictive, up-all-night quality. It achieves this by making you worry about four or five things at...
Legend of Faerghail 1990 Role playing
Another great roleplay game. You start be creating your characters. You can choose between many different races, classes, skills and much more. But in this game you don't have to create characters until you can't have anymore in your party. Because you can have any - yes any - in your party as long as you can convince them to join your party. The game features many different ruins, dungeons and castles that you can explore. You can find many treasures, potions, spells and magic items. Not only does the game offer many things like equipment, but there are also many...
Championship Manager: Season 03/04 2003 Sports
Many many people in the world are passionate about the team they support and would die for the club if required to. So if someone comes along and says 'hey, we should make a game about this' then it had better be good. Everyone dreams of managing their team and leading them to glory, so when someone like SI Games slapped every football fan in the face with an otter-skinned glove and took up the challenge, we all knew something was up. Indeed, the way football fans and gamers thought about management would change forever, and with that Championship Manager...
Jumpman 1984 Arcade action
Jumpman is one of the best "ladder" games (e.g. climb various ladders to the exit) that were hugely popular in the early 1980s. Your goal is to collect all the bombs to advance through levels, while avoiding obstacless. There are some "extras" that make Jumpman better than most ladder games, such as menacing floating balls that will hit you if you don't move fast enough. Like most similar games, Jumpman is extremely easy to get into and enjoy. Overall, a nice little gem, although not as fun as Big Top or Lode Runner. If you like it, check out Apogee's...
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