The top-down view is one of the most enduring and recognizable perspectives in the history of computer and console games.
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The top-down view is one of the most enduring and recognizable perspectives in the history of computer and console games.
Arcade Pool is a pool simulation/arcade game developed by Antitesi and published by Team 17 in 1994 for Amiga and MS-DOS. Ofter considered the best pool game ever created for the A...
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Gauntlet II is the sequel to the popular hack and slash fantasy arcade created by Atari Games. Released in 1986, one year after the original game, Gauntlet II was ported to the Ami...
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The Faery Tale Adventure is an action RPG created by MicroIllusions originally for the Amiga and published in 1986. It was one of the earliest role-playing games published for Amiga.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Soldier Blade is a vertical shoot 'em up developed by Hudson Soft and published in 1992 for PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16. This title represents one of the pinnacles of the genre on NEC'...
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Dragonstone is an action-adventure/action RPG created by Core Design for the Amiga and released in 1994. It's considered a sequel to Darkmere: The Nightmare's Begun, although the two games are pretty different.
Year: 1994 Genre: Role Playing
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Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...
Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing
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Dimo's Quest is an arcade puzzler created by Infernal Bytes originally for the Amiga in 1993, then ported to MS-DOS and CD-i. The game, designed by Tobias Prinz and Thomas B. Schul...
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Alien Breed: Tower Assault is the third entry into the Alien Breed sci-fi shooter series and was developed and published by Team17 in 1994. It was released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, and DOS.
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Dragonflight is a fantasy RPG created by Thalion Software and released in 1990 for the Atari ST and Amiga, with a DOS conversion published in 1991. Erik Simon wrote the game concep...
Year: 1990 Genre: Role Playing
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King's Bounty is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing. The title was released in 1990 for MS-DOS, C64, and Apple II, while the Amiga, Genesis, and Macintosh versions arrived in 1991.
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SimLife: The Genetic Playground is a simulation game developed and published by Maxis in 1992. The game is part of the long list of "Sim" games created by Maxis, like SimAnt and ...
Year: 1992 Genre: Simulation
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Metal Gear is a stealth action-adventure designed by Hideo Kojima and originally released in 1987 by Konami for the MSX2. It was later ported to the NES, Commodore 64, and DOS. Not...
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Overdrive is a top-down racer developed by Psionic originally for the Amiga and published by Team17 in 1993. Not the best game of this genre, but it features a fantastic soundtrack...
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