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.
Projectyle is a futuristic sports game created by the two founders of Eldritch the Cat, Steve Wetherill, and Marc Dawson. The game was developed initially for the Atari ST and was published in 1990 for ST and Amiga.
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Hill Street Blues is the official videogame of the critically acclaimed TV series with the same name, which aired on NBC from 1981 to 1987. The game was created by Krisalis and rel...
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Dino Dini's Goal (also known as Goal!) is a soccer game created by the famous British game designer and programmer Dino Dini. Dini was also the author of Kick Off and Kick Off 2.
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Universal Warrior is a sci-fi shooter created by Zeppelin Games for the Amiga, released in 1993. Later it was ported to MS-DOS. The game designed and programmed by Mark Gornall and...
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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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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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Wayne Gretzky Hockey is an ice hockey simulation created by Bethesda Softworks for Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS and released in 1988. There were also Macintosh and NES versions, while the C-64/128 version was never completed.
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TV Sports: Football is the first game of the TV Sports series created by Cinemaware initially for the Amiga. It was published in 1988, while the C64 and DOS versions followed later.
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Wembley International Soccer is a sports sim officially sponsored by the Wembley Stadium. It was developed by Audiogenic and released in 1994 exclusively for Amiga and Amiga CD32. ...
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Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus is the third chapter of the RPG series designed by Winston Douglas Wood for the SSI. Strangely, the second game was never ported to the Amiga, so after the first one, we go directly to the third.
Year: 1987 Genre: Role Playing
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The Master of Magic is a top-down action-adventure/RPG, published by Mastertronic's Added Dimension originally for the Commodore 64 in 1985. The game was developed by Richard Darli...
Year: 1985 Genre: Role Playing
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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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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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