The Black Onyx is a Japanese RPG created by Bullet-Proof Software originally in 1984 for the NEC-PC 8801. It was the first role-playing game developed in Japan, taking inspiration from big western hits such as Wizardry and Ultima.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing Updated: 2018-03-22Tags: dungeon crawler fantasy first-person japan turn-based
Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio is an early managerial simulation created initially by George Blank for the TSR-80 in 1978. The source code of the game (written in BASIC) was published in SoftSide magazine.
Year: 1988 Genre: Strategy Updated: 2019-07-08Tags: business simulation fantasy history management medieval turn-based
2400 A.D. is a post-apocalyptic top-down role-playing game by Origin Systems, the creators of the Ultima series.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing Updated: 2019-10-22Tags: post-apocalyptic real-time science fiction
Backlash is a 3D shooter created by the British studio Novagen for the Atari ST in 1987 and ported to Amiga in 1988. The game was programmed by Paul Woakes and designed by Bruce Jordan, the founders of the company.
Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter Updated: 2019-07-17Tags: 3d first-person polygons science fiction shoot em up vector graphics
Armalyte is one of the best shooters ever created for the Commodore 64. This horizontally scrolling sci-fi shoot 'em up was developed by Cyberdyne Systems and published by Thalamus in 1988.
Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter Updated: 2019-08-23Tags: commodore 64 science fiction shoot em up side-scrolling space flight
Black Lamp is a fantasy platformer published by Firebird for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST and Amiga in 1988, then ported in 1989 to Atari 8-bit. It's a game with a dark atm...
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer Updated: 2019-07-17Tags: arcade fantasy platform
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest is a platformer action-adventure created by Konami in 1987 for the Famicom and released in North America for the NES in 1988. This is the second game...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing Updated: 2018-04-26Tags: europe fantasy horror metroidvania nes original game non-linear platform
Star Command is a space RPG/strategy video game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1988 where you select your crew and start exploring the galaxy..
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing Updated: 2020-02-19Tags: aliens science fiction space exploration squad management text-based turn-based
Football Manager II is the sequel to the original Football Manager created by Kevin Toms with Addictive Games in 1985. This sequel arrived in 1988, and it was released for Commodor...
Year: 1988 Genre: Sports Updated: 2020-05-13Tags: business simulation football sport management
Questron 2 is the sequel to Questron, a fantasy RPG created by Strategic Simulations Inc in 1984 for the Commodore 64, Apple II, and Atari 8-bit. Four years later, the sequel was ...
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing Updated: 2020-06-12Tags: multi-directional sword and sorcery top-down wanderer wizards and witches
Time Bandit is an action/adventure arcade written originally for the TRS-80 the ported in 1985 to Atari ST and Amiga by MichTron. The gameplay is similar to the popular Gauntlet, t...
Year: 1988 Genre: Arcade Updated: 2020-02-06Tags: arcade interactive fiction multiplayer science fiction split-screen text adventure
Katakis is a sci-fi shooter inspired to R-Type, developed by Factor 5 and released in 1988 for the Commodore 64 and Amiga. The C64 version was created by Manfred Trenz and Andreas ...
Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter Updated: 2019-07-17Tags: commodore 64 freeware science fiction shoot em up side-scrolling space flight
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine is a sci-fi shoot 'em up created by Raffaele Cecco for Hewson Consultants and published in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum. It was then ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, and Amiga.
Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter Updated: 2019-07-17Tags: arcade science fiction shoot em up zx spectrum
Vyper is a sci-fi shoot 'em up, clearly inspired to Galaga, created by TopDown Development for the Amiga and released in 1988..
Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter Updated: 2019-10-20
