Ice Climber is a 1985 NES platformer video game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on October 18, 1985. The first player controls Popo, a boy wearing a blue Eskimo parka, while the second player controls Nana, a girl wearing a pink Eskimo parka. The only tool they … Read more
Defender of the Crown puts the player in the role of one of four Saxon knights in medieval England, in a time where the land is in turmoil as the King is dead and his crown was stolen. The Saxons and the Normans blame each other and fight for control of England. After a short … Read more
Create with Garfield is a 1986 educational computer game based on Jim Davis’ Garfield comic strip, developed by Ahead Designs and published by Development Learning Materials. It was released for Apple II, Commodore 64 and IBM PC. A deluxe edition was released in 1987; it featured two disks (one containing additional character and prop sprites), … Read more
The Heartland has fallen under the rule of the ruthless tyrant Midan and his minions. To overthrow him, the final six pages of a magical book must be found and assembled. However, to confuse would-be adventurers Midan has created six evil pages; these must also be destroyed. The game is very similar to the earlier … Read more
Wizardry (also known as Spell of Destruction) is a graphical action adventure game with some action and role-playing elements, published by The Edge in 1985 for the Commodore 64. It was programmed by Steven T. Chapman (author of Quo Vadis) and the music was created by Mike Alsop.
In Yabba Dabba Doo the player has to help Fred win Wilma’s heart. To do this he must build a house by collecting rocks and putting them in the right place. There are obstacles to this, small rocks get in the way, turtles bite your ankles and pterodactyls drop rocks on you too. Also while … Read more
In Mad Nurse you take on the role of a midwife in a maternity hospital. In this hospital the babies run amok, leaving their cots to stick their fingers into electrical sockets, drink whatever medications they can get their hands on, fall down lift shafts and engage in other fatal activities. This makes it difficult … Read more
Painterboy is a game for Commodore 64. Released in 1986, it is one of the first advergames produced in Finland. The game is advertising paints from Finnish paint company Tikkurila. It is based on “Father and Son” characters from Tikkurila’s TV commercials of the time – though somewhat caricatured compared to the commercials, which had … Read more
Based upon the popular boardgame, Gulf Strike allows you to examine every aspect of the complex Persian Gulf region. Complete air, land and sea orders of battle for more than a dozen nations allows you to fight each conflict to its unpredictable conclusion. The game will end when one of the following occurs: After 25 … Read more
The player’s character is locked in an infernal house full of deadly traps. He must escape by collecting all the keys and by opening all the chests that are spread throughout the rooms. He must also find food in order to survive. The game features non-linear gameplay (you can go back and forth in the … Read more