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Micro Machines

Micro Machines is the first game of the popular series of racing simulations featuring toy cars, developed by Codemasters and released initially for the NES in 1991. The Amiga, Gam...

Year: 1993 Genre: Racing

2 players arcade competitive multiplayer top-down toy cars transport

Arsenal Taste the Power

A.R.S.E.N.A.L Taste the Power is a real-time strategy game created by Tactical Software for MS-DOS and released as shareware in 1997. The game is clearly inspired by other RTS hits, especially Command & Conquer.

Year: 1997 Genre: Strategy

real-time rts shareware top-down

Warlords III: Reign of Heroes

Warlords III: Reign of Heroes is the third chapter of the saga of fantasy turn-based strategy games created by Strategic Studies Group. The game was released in 1997, exclusively for Windows.

Year: 1997 Genre: Strategy

rpg elements tactics top-down turn-based wargame

Frogger

Frogger is an arcade created by Konami and one of the most popular video games ever created. It was released for the first time in 1981, and it has been ported to almost all platforms since then.

Year: 1982 Genre: Arcade

coin-op conversion top-down

Alien Breed

Alien Breed is a sci-fi top-down shooter created by Team17 originally for the Amiga and released in 1991. The game, heavily inspired by the movie Aliens, is similar to the famous Atari arcade Gauntlet in terms of gameplay.

Year: 1991 Genre: Shooter

2 players aliens multi-directional multi-scrolling shooter science fiction top-down walkabout

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a side-scrolling beat-em-up created by Konami for the Nintendo NES and released in 1989 in the US. It was released in Europe one year later, togethe...

Year: 1989 Genre: Beat-'em-up

licensed nes original game ninja platform side-scrolling top-down

Jagged Alliance

Jagged Alliance is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by Sir-tech Software and released in 1994 for MS-DOS by Madlab Software. I remember watching my father play Jag...

Year: 1995 Genre: Role Playing

isometric squad management strategy-rpg tactical-rpg top-down turn-based

Commando

Commando is a 2D action shooter arcade created by Capcom in 1985. It was ported first to the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum. After its release, it was ported to multiple platforms, incl...

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

arcade shoot em up top-down vertical-scrolling walkabout war

Chip's Challenge

Chip's Challenge is an arcade puzzler created by Epyx, with a team lead by Chuck Sommerville, originally for the Atari Lynx console. The game released in 1989 was one of the launch titles.

Year: 1990 Genre: Puzzler

multi-directional sokoban top-down

Goal!

Dino Dini's Goal (also know as Goal!) is a soccer game created by the famous British game designer and programmer Dino Dini, author of Kick Off and Kick Off 2. The game was spo...

Year: 1993 Genre: Sports

2 players birds-eye view football multiplayer soccer top-down

Dogs of War

Dogs of War is a shooter created by Vectordean for the Atari ST and then ported to Amiga. It was published in 1989 by Elite. The game, for one or two players, is heavily inspired b...

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

2 players co-op jungle military multi-directional run and gun shoot em up top-down walkabout

Alien Breed 2

Alien Breed II: The Horror Continues is a sci-fi top-down shooter created by Team17 exclusively for the Amiga and released in 1993. It's the sequel to Alien Breed and Alien Breed: Special Edition 92.

Year: 1993 Genre: Shooter

2 players aga aliens amiga original game horror multi-directional multi-scrolling shooter shoot em up top-down

Knightmare Majyo Densetsu

Knightmare, known in Japanese as Majyo Densetsu, is a fantasy vertical shoot-em-up created by Konami for MSX computers in 1986. In this game, you are Popolon, and your task is to save Aphrodite from the Prince of Darkness.

Year: 1986 Genre: Shooter

2 players co-op fantasy msx top-down v-scrolling shoot-em up

1943: The Battle of Midway

1943: The Battle of Midway is a shoot 'em up developed and published by Capcom for arcade machines in 1987. Later on, the title was ported to several computers and consoles such as...

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

2d aviation coin-op conversion flight historical battle top-down v-scrolling shoot-em up vertical-scrolling war ww2