You are Mario, and that big old gorilla, Donkey Kong, has run off with your girlfriend. It’s up to you to struggle up those ladders and balance on those beams to rescue your lady fair. She’s held captive at the very top. But Donkey Kong is not ready to give her up so easily. He’s … Read more
Hot Chase is an arcade game released in 1988 by Konami.[1] In the game, players drive a white Porsche out of an enemy country to the Border crossing of a friendly one. The car has a bomb attached to it that explodes in a set time. If the bomb explodes, players must restart. There are … Read more
This is a top down vertically scrolling shooter, in which you start off as a motorbike. You are quite vulnerable to attack at first, but power ups come in the form of a Sega van which you have to dock with. The first time you dock you get double fire, the second time gives you … Read more
LOOK OUT COBRA, ACTION FORCE ARE BACK! In the run down slums of the city, COBRA backed terrorists are holding innocent citizens hostage. Action Force have vowed to rescue as many hostages as possible from the clutches of the evil COBRA enemy. Two of their best men have been assigned to the job. QUICK KICK, … Read more
Fast Food (sometimes referred to as Fast Food Dizzy[1]) is an arcade style video game in the design of Pac-Man featuring the video game character, Dizzy the anthropomorphic egg designed by the British born Oliver twins. The game was originally released in December, 1987 and published by Codemasters. This was the third game to feature … Read more
“FAST FOOD – FINGER LICKIN’ FUN! Help Dizzy eat the pepperoni pizza, spicy chicken and big juicy burger, then CATCH dessert – a milkshake, ketshup and relish! But watch out for BONZO, FIDO, WIZZA and PIPPA ‘cos they’re after YOU! – Over 30 maze scenes – Multi level music – Munch Mania!”
Dizzy’s first arcade title with a Pacman theme
Federation of Free Traders is a space simulation/exploration game that is quite similar to an earlier title, Elite. The player is able to zoom around in space while trading goods, undertake missions, or simply explore the galaxy (which consists of over 8 million planets). There is a significant amount of playable options in FOFT and … Read more
Chase H.Q. is a 1988 arcade vehicular combat racing video game developed by Taito and released by Taito America in the USA on November 1, 1988. It is a spiritual successor of Taito’s Full Throttle (1987). The player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gibson, member of the “Chase Special Investigation Department.” … Read more
As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the … Read more