40 - We Love the Eighties

Borrowed Time

Borrowed Time is a 1985 point-and-click adventure game. The storyline is about a detective, who tries to rescue his kidnapped wife. The game was developed by Interplay and published by Activision.

KnockOut! is a boxing game where your aim is to become World Heavyweight Champion of the world by first becoming European Champion. You have to beat the computer fighters three times to become European Champion before beating the computer three times to become World Champion. Before the fights you can choose the stamina of your … Read more

Breakdance

Breakdance is game based on the dance craze from the early 80s and consists of three different games, a chance to compete in the three games together or just choreograph your own dance routine. One or two players can play with each player taking it turns to dance. The games you can play are: Hot … Read more

Border Zone

Border Zone is an interactive fiction video game written by Marc Blank and published by Infocom in 1987. It was released for MS-DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and Macintosh. Unlike most other purely text-based games, Border Zone incorporates real-time aspects of gameplay. It is also Infocom’s thirtieth game.[citation needed] Its tagline is … Read more

Black Crystal

Darkness has descended on the kingdom of Beroth. The evil Tobias has summoned the Black Crystal in an attempt to get revenge on the Brotherhood of Wizards for refusing him entrance. With the Black Crystal in his grasp, he is able to bring down the kingdom. It is up to the player to venture through … Read more

Alf

Alf’s best buddies from Melmac have crash-landed their spaceship on Earth! The dreaded Dog Catcher was alerted and he is on his way to nab Alf’s friends! Guide Alf through the maze-like neighborhood, as he collects all that was lost from the spaceship. Join him in the race against time and the Dog Catcher as … Read more

Sherlock

Be the world’s greatest sleuth – in the most advanced and challenging game ever. For the first time ever, an adventure game in which you can talk with intelligent characters, ask them questions and argue with their conclusions – all In everyday English sentences.

Project Firestart

In the future (2066) a genetic experiment (Project Firestart) onboard the Prometheus to get strong durable miners went wrong. Your job is to go onboard the Prometheus (which has been out of radio contact) and find out what happened. You will end up fighting monsters, gathering information on what really happened, and have a chance … Read more

Ballyhoo

Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O’Neill and published by Infocom in 1985. It was released for ten different 8 and 16-bit platforms, including MS-DOS, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It is Infocom’s nineteenth game. With a circus-themed plot, the game’s tagline was “Big-time suspense under the Big Top!” The player’s … Read more

IK+

Call it a sequel… And you’ll land up flat on your back. They called International Karate ‘the greatest Karate beat ‘em up yet’ (Commodore User). And who are we to argue? But ARCHER MACLEAN has come up with a stunner: A third fighter. An amazing animated background. New moves (including double head-kick and a spectaclular … Read more