You palm sweats as you grip your Zapper™ light gun. The Outlaw’s eyes flash. He yells “Fire!” And suddenly you’re in the middle of a Wild West shootout! Get the Outlaw before he gets you, and you’ll win a reward! But watch out – the more you win the tougher it becomes, because this gunman … Read more
Donkey Kong is at it again! This time he’s loose in the greenhouse. And he’s got company: a swarm of very pesky bees! It’s up to you to get Donkey Kong out of the greenhouse and exterminate the bees… without hurting the flowers. But that’s easier said than done! Because Donkey Kong has plenty of … Read more
Despite being rather short on story and depth, this game was nevertheless fairly popular. The game flashes three “cardboard cut-outs” of a mixture of bad guys and innocent civilians. The player needs to react quickly and shoot the thugs while sparing the bystanders and other friendlies (such as police officers). The game gets more difficult … Read more
Gain Ground is a top down shooter that focuses on tactics. It was developed and published by Sega, and originally an arcade game before being ported to the Master System, Genesis, and Turbografx-16 CD.
The player controls a spaceship battling alien spacecraft. Like other early similar arcade games, it is controlled by four buttons: rotate left, rotate right, thrust and fire. The game was particularly unique in that the player could choose different upgrades for the first three levels. One upgrade would allow the player to shoot in a … Read more
Two players control two soldiers named Ricky and Mary, who must fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels rescuing their comrades who are being held by aliens. After they have rescued a certain number of hostages the exit opens and they can pass through it in order to fight the end-of-level guardian. If this … Read more
A platform shoot-em-up hybrid from Sega for one to four players, selected from either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue) and Edgar (green). The action takes place over a number of sideways scrolling levels, the bulk of which consist of straightforward platform action. On some levels, however, there are jet packs for the players to … Read more
The objective of Asteroids is to score as many points as possible by destroying asteroids and flying saucers. The player controls a triangular-shaped ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. As the ship moves, momentum is not conserved — the ship eventually comes to a stop again when … Read more
Wizard of Wor is an action game for one or two players. The game takes the form of several maze-like dungeons infested with monsters. The players’ characters, called Worriors, must kill all the monsters by shooting them. Player one has yellow Worriors, on the right, and player two has blue Worriors, on the left. In … Read more
The player takes the role of commando-like warriors named Ralf and Clark, who must try to reach the village of Ikari. Enemy units attempting to kill the player include tanks, enemy soldiers and helicopters. A number of power-ups along the way help the player to achieve victory.