Agent X must progress through a series of floors to retrieve a set of stolen plans and destroy Dr. Boom’s underground bomb factory. Avoid the explosives, bomb converters, forklifts, robot guards, acid pits, and death-ray shooting eyeballs. The game was featured in the motion picture of the same name.
Captain Silver is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Data East in 1987. In the game, the player control a young sailor named Jim Aykroyd who goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various perils along the way. Home versions were released for the Master System … Read more
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair is a side-scrolling action game developed by Westone Bit Entertainment that was originally released for the arcades by Sega in 1988. It is the third game in the Wonder Boy series and the last one released for the arcade. A console adaption was made by Hudson Soft, released in 1989 … Read more
Using your high-powered scope rifle, blast aliens and other bad guys who have invaded an apartment complex, but be careful not to shoot the tenants or get hit by return fire. In two-player mode, you shoot at your opponent’s building and he shoots at yours.
A sports quiz game.
APB is a 1987 arcade video game by Atari Games. In the game, the player takes on the role of policeman Bob as he navigates the streets in his patrol car in pursuit of lawbreakers. The object of the game is to meet (or preferably exceed) the daily quota of ‘busts’. Along the way, players … Read more
Xybots is a 3-Dimensional, 3rd-person perspective shoot-em-up for 1 or 2 players. Taking on the role of either ‘Major Rock Hardy’ or ‘Captain Ace Gunn’ (in the 2-player game), players must shoot their way through a huge, multi-level underground city – made up of a series of mazes – and destroy the evil ‘Xybot’ robot … Read more
Final Blow is a boxing arcade game created in 1988 by Taito. The name would remain the same for all ported platforms, except for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis versions, which Sega released outside of Japan as James ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing featuring Buster Douglas himself in 1990 immediately after his victory over Mike Tyson. The … Read more
The player drives a stock car that is being chased by the police. Avoid on-coming traffic, stay on the road to score more points and drive through gas stations to extend play time. The game ends when you run out of gas, finish the race, or receive three speeding tickets if that dip switch setting … Read more
The game starts in New York City, where President Ronnie has been kidnapped by the nefarious DragonNinja. The game’s intro begins with the following introduction: “Rampant ninja related crimes these days… Whitehouse is not the exception…”. As soon as that occurs, a Secret Service agent asks two street-smart brawlers, named Blade and Striker: “President Ronnie … Read more