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Games by Year of Release: 1988

Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio amiga

Santa Paravia and Fiumaccio is an early managerial simulation created by George Blank for the TSR-80 in 1978. The game's source code (written in BASIC) was published in SoftSide magazine.

Year: 1988 Genre: Strategy

basic language business simulation fantasy history hotseat management medieval multiplayer political strategy

Questron II amiga

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

c64 original game multi-directional rpg sword and sorcery top-down wanderer wizards and witches

Backlash amiga

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

3d first-person polygons science fiction shooter vector graphics

Driller amiga

Driller, also known as Space Station Oblivion, is a 3D strategy/puzzler created by Incentive Software. It was initially released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC.

Year: 1988 Genre: Puzzler

3d first-person polygons puzzler science fiction vector graphics virtual world zx spectrum

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels dos

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels is an interactive fiction written by Bob Bates and published by Infocom. It was released for MS-DOS, Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, and Amiga in 1988.

Year: 1988 Genre: Adventure

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Virus amiga

Virus (known as Zarch when initially created for the Acorn Archimedes) is a 3d shooter designed by David Braben. It is one of the first real 3D games ever made. Initially program...

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

3d birds-eye view science fiction shooter

The Black Onyx nes

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

dungeon crawler fantasy first-person japan party-based rpg turn-based rpg

Starglider II amiga

Starglider 2 a 3D space combat simulator developed by Argonaut Software initially for the Amiga and published in 1988 by Rainbird. It was also released on the Atari ST. Later, the ...

Year: 1988 Genre: Simulation

3d aliens first-person science fiction shooter simulation space combat sim space flight

Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine amiga

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

flip-screen science fiction shooter zx spectrum

Impossible Mission II amiga

Impossible Mission II is the sequel to the first Impossible Mission game. It was developed by Novatrade Software and published by Epyx in 1988 for the Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, and others.

Year: 1988 Genre: Puzzler

platformer puzzle platformer puzzler science fiction

Captain Fizz Meets The Blaster-Trons amiga

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.

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

2 players aliens bbc micro co-op maze shooter split-screen top-down

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi amiga

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is an arcade game created by Atari in 1984 and despite the title of the third movie, it's the sequel to the first Star Wars game (the third game, The Empire Strikes Back, was released one year later).

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

arcade coin-op conversion licensed movies science fiction shooter star wars

Obliterator amiga

Obliterator is an arcade adventure game developed and published by Psygnosis in 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and Atari. It was ported to DOS, ZX Spectrum, and MSX the following year.

Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer

aliens platform-shooter platformer science fiction

Knight Rider nes

Knight Rider is a game based on the 1982 television series starring KITT, the hi-tech supercar, and David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight. The game was created by Pack-In-Video and published by Acclaim in 1988 for the NES only.

Year: 1988 Genre: Racing

combat racing crime & punishment driving first-person licensed nes original game