Commodore 64

Hop on your bike for a free-wheeling ride up the avenues of not-so-typical suburbia. There are papers to be delivered, robbers to be foiled, and fame and fortune to be won as you brave the mean streets. Avoid motorcycles, tricycles, traffic, tires, gratings, curbs, dogs, skateboarders, breakdancers, bad guys, and other hazards as you deliver to you...

Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up video game produced by Capcom. Originally released as an arcade game in 1989, it was the seventh title released for the CP System hardware. Set in the fictional Metro City, the player controls one of three characters: former pro wrestler and mayor Mike Haggar, his daughter's boyfriend Cody, and Cody's bes...

To Zak McKracken, it's just another day at the office. He's the roving reporter who's scoffed at by his peers. Dreaded by his creditors. And relished by readers of his tabloid sleaze. But one night in bed, Zak McKracken uncovers evidence of an extraterrestrial plot. And unlike all the other "alien conspiracies" his tabloid churns out with regularit...

Retrace the steps of Dick Tracy, the world famous comic strip detective, in this superb computer conversion of the blockbuster movie. Grab that famous hat and coat and hit the streets in search of Big Boy Caprice and his gang. Big Boy, Flattop, Pruneface and The Brow are at the Ritz planning their next assault on the city. Dick Tracy arrives at the...

Your pulse quickens. Beams, boxes, zig-zags and "L" shaped building blocks drop relentlessly down a narrow passage. You quickly spin, shift, and align the shapes then slide them in for a perfect fit. It's challenging and the pace is demanding. But satisfaction comes as you position each block neatly into place.

Pac-Mania is an arcade video game in the Pac-Man series, released by Namco in 1987. It is a pseudo-3D interpretation of the classic maze game genre using an oblique view and features many of the elements from the original 1980 Pac-Man arcade game, as well as several new features. As in Pac-Man, the objective of Pac-Mania is to score as many poin...

Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and licensed to Sega for European release. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game Tempest from the same year. The 1981 Atari 2600 port of Missile Command by Rob Fulop sold over 2.5 million copies and became the third most popular ca...

Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game from the Golden Age. It was produced by Illinois-based Midway Manufacturing corporation, the North American publisher of Pac-Man. Ms. Pac-Man was released in North America in July 1981, and is one of the most popular arcade video games of all time. This popularity led to its adoption as an official title by Namco...

An insidious invasion of multiplying insects (centipedes, jumping spiders, poisonous spiders, and frenzied fleas) pose different perils to the mushroom patch. You must repeatedly blast enraged creepers and stubborn obstacles or lose your enchanted fungus. Remember to listen for the distinctive sounds of the attacking bugs; and watch out for blasted...

Action Biker (also known as "KP Skips Action Biker with Clumsy Colin" in the UK) is a 1985 game for 8-bit home computers released by Mastertronic. The game was a tie-in with snack food KP Skips, whose mascot was "Clumsy Colin" who featured in television adverts for Skips at around the time the game was published. Although marketed under the same...

Salamander, retitled Life Force in North America and known as Life Force: Salamander in Europe , is a scrolling shooter arcade game by Konami. Released in 1986 as a spin-off of Gradius, Salamander introduced a simplified power-up system, two-player cooperative gameplay and both horizontally and vertically scrolling stages. You've saved the innoc...

The game is a typical side-scrolling shooter, going against the trend of other Capcom shooters, such as 1942, and 1943: The Battle of Midway, which are vertically scrolling shooters. However, like other Capcom shooters, the player has an energy bar that is consumed over the course of a single life as the player sustains damage. This trait is highly...

19 Part One: Boot Camp is a multi-load computer game created by Cascade Games in 1988. It appeared on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The inspiration for the game came in two parts - the arcade game Combat School and the Paul Hardcastle song 19, which was itself about the Vietnam War. The player controls a soldier through several training even...

Darkman was developed by Ocean Software (Painting By Numbers on the NES version) and published by Ocean Software in 1991. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, NES, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It was also ported to the Game Boy and Atari ST. The game's plot is loosely based on the film of the same name. In this side-scrolling platformer, the pl...

Introducing the hardest hitting hockey action you'll face... unless you're drafted by the pros! Finally, speed, guts, instinct and raw physical talent are the deciding factors in a game designed to simulate all pro championship caliber hockey. It's a game you can master so long as you have one fundamental talent - and extraordinary will to win....

The arcade hit featuring the family that plays together. But will they stay together? Make room in your house for America's most animated family. The Simpsons sensational action arcade game is here for the home computer. With Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa racing to reunite the family after Maggie's nabbed during a jewel heist. So choose a Simpsons...

As you enter the sunken structure that is the ancient tomb of the Pharaohs, you realize the sheer immensity of this mausoleum: Over 200 labyrinthine rooms, each filled with wondrous treasures - beautiful golden ankhs suspended from the ceilings. They are yours for the taking if you can make good use of the limited supply of ladders... and if you ca...

Rainbow Islands - Taito's Island-Hop coin-op! From the Island of Doh to Monster Island you will encounter Doh himself, stinging insects, hideous toy creatures, lethal combat machines, mechanical assailants, the formidable beings of legend and folklore and finally you will enter the world of darkness and its inhabitants! Sequel to Bubble Bobble,...

1943 is the second game in the 194X series, following the successful 1942. The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll. The goal is to attack the Japanese Air Fleet that bombed the players' American aircraft carrier, pursue all Japanese Air and Sea forces, fly through the 16 levels of play, make thei...

As Amity Island's Police Chief Brodie, it is your responsibility to stop the lethal shark Jaws from killing the residents and tourists. The Mayor is keeping an eye on you, and wants the job done as quickly and cheaply as possible. Unfortunately, the main weapon which must be used to finally kill Jaws has been broken into four pieces, which are l...

Hop on and hang ten as you crash around corners, swerve on sidewalks, and leap over the locals at Skate City, a skateboarder's fantasy world where virtually every surface is skateable. Flip and twist around the street fighters, Frisbee throwers, hard bodies and killer bees that jam city streets. Polish your skills and take your act to the skate p...

World War II rages across Europe. Castle Wolfenstein is occupied by the army of the Reich and converted into battlefront headquarters. You have been captured and brought to the Castle for interrogation by the dreaded SS. From a hiding place behind the stones of the dungeon, a dying cellmate produces a Mauser M-98 pistol fully loaded with ten bulle...

Behind enemy lines, guerilla warfare is your tactics as you battle your way through the jungles, rivers, ruins, and opposing entrenchments in this arcade hit. Picking up an array of weaponry - machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, and even a tank! - you must battle your way to survival and conquest. Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling...

His ambition was to rule the world... one teenager at a time. Suddenly you're in the middle of a madcap adventure surrounding a meteor that crashed to the earth some 20 years ago. Ever since it landed in the back of the yard of Dr. Fred and Nurse Edna's Victorian mansion, bizarre things have been happening. First their mutant son, Weird Ed, dr...

The refinements of dot chomping lead to high scores as hungry Pac-Man avoids ambush by voracious goblins. When Pac-Man gulps an energy dot he can turn the tables and eat everything in sight... that includes yummy bonus nuggets, sending scores into the thousands. But goblins won't allow themselves to be gobbled for long; and soon become their old se...