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.
Battle Isle '93 - The Moon of Chromos is an expansion of the sci-fi wargame created by Blue Byte for Amiga and MS-DOS. The first Battle Isle was released in 1991, and it was a hu...
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Roadkill is a violent racing sim with a top-down view created by Vision and released by Acid Software in 1994 for the Amiga CD32 and Amiga 1200. The game, written in blitz basic, a...
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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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Blazing Lazers (also known as Gunhed) is a sci-fi vertical scrolling shooter created by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16. The game, released in 1989, is considered one of the best...
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Castle of the Winds is a roguelike fantasy RPG developed by Rick Saada for Windows 3.1 and released by Epic MegaGames in 1993. It's the first episode of a quite famous series and o...
Year: 1993 Genre: Role Playing
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Airborne Ranger is an action game created by MicroProse initially in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was later ported to MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. The Amiga and ST versio...
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Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat is an arcade racing game that was developed and published by Leland Corporation in 1991. It was later ported to home platforms, including Amiga, NES, Commodore 64.
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MUSHA, also known as Musha Aleste, is a vertically scrolling shooter created by Compile for the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive and released in 1990. The full title is M.U.S.H.A.: Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor.
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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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Phantasie is a role-playing game designed by Winston Douglas Wood and published by Strategic Simulations Inc. It was released initially in 1985 for Apple II and other 8-bit platforms.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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Prophecy: the Fall of Trinadon is a single-player action RPG designed by Richard L. Seaborne and published by Activision in 1989 for the MS-DOS. Wars and rebellions are commonplace in a world dominated by a tyrant named Krellane.
Year: 1989 Genre: Role Playing
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Aleste, released outside Japan as "Power Strike", is a popular shoot-em-up developed by Compile. It was released initially for the SEGA Master System in 1988. Later, it was published for MSX2.
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NHL Hockey, also known as EA Hockey in Europe, was released in 1991 for the SEGA Mega Drive and marked the beginning of the EA NHL series. It would become one of the most iconic sports game franchises of all time.
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Captain Fizz Meets The Blaster-Trons, also known as Mission Icarus, is a sci-fi shooter for two players released by Psygnosis in 1988. It was released for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum.
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