Master of Monsters

Master of Monsters is a turn-based strategy game developed by SystemSoft for the MSX and NEC PC8801. It was later ported to a variety of consoles and PCs including the PC Engine, NEC PC9801, Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), Sega Saturn and PlayStation. While it never garnered the same success as its SystemSoft stablemate Daisenryaku, the … Read more

Final Blow

Final Blow is a boxing arcade game created in 1988 by Taito. The name would remain the same for all ported platforms, except for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis versions, which Sega released outside Japan as James ‘Buster’ Douglas Knockout Boxing featuring Buster Douglas himself in 1990 immediately after his victory over Mike Tyson.

Cyberball (1988)

Cyberball (サイバーボール, Saibābōru) is an Atari Games arcade game of 7-man American football, using robotic avatars of different speeds, sizes, and skill sets set in the year 2022. The game replaced the standard downs system with an explosive ball that progresses from “cool” to “warm”, “hot”, and “critical” status as it is used. Players can … Read more

Madden NFL

Madden NFL (originally known as John Madden Football until 1993) is an American football video game series developed by EA Tiburon for EA Sports. It is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, and has sold more than 120 million copies, and influenced many players and coaches of the physical sport. Among the … Read more

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One

Jordan vs. Bird: One on One is a 1988 basketball video game developed by Electronic Arts. It is available for the Mega Drive/Genesis, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Commodore 64, Game Boy and the PC. It was also available as a Tiger Handheld Electronic Game. It is the sequel to One on One: Dr. J … Read more

R.B.I. Baseball

R.B.I. Baseball (known as Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium in Japan) is a baseball video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The original version, developed by Namco, was released in Japan in 1986. R.B.I. spawned two sequels on the Nintendo Entertainment System as well as numerous ports to home computers and consoles. R.B.I. is an … Read more

Abrams Battle Tank

Abrams Battle Tank, a.k.a. M-1 Abrams Battle Tank for the Sega version, is a computer game developed by Dynamix and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for MS-DOS.

688 Attack Sub

688 Attack Sub is a simulation game developed by Electronic Arts and John W. Ratcliff. It was originally released in 1988. It was published by Electronic Arts. Most rawgers rated the game as “Recommended”. 688 Attack Sub is available on Commodore / Amiga, Genesis and PC. Rob Hubbard scored the game.

Bubsy

Bubsy is a series of platforming video games created by Michael Berlyn and developed and published by Accolade. The games star an anthropomorphic bobcat called Bubsy, a character that takes inspiration from Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog. The games were originally released for the Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Jaguar, the PC and PlayStation … Read more

RoadBlasters

RoadBlasters is an arcade game released by Atari Games in 1987. In RoadBlasters, the player must navigate a sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel.

After Burner II

After Burner II is an arcade-style flight game released by Sega in 1987. It is the second game in the After Burner series. In the game, players fly a F-14 Tomcat jet fighter, gunning down enemies while avoiding incoming fire. After Burner II came both a standard arcade cabinet and a servo actuated, sit-down version … Read more

Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Rainbow Islands (レインボーアイランド) is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The arcade version was licensed to Romstar for North American manufacturing and distribution. The game is subtitled “The Story of Bubble Bobble 2” and is the sequel to Taito’s hit game Bubble Bobble from the previous year. It is the second of … Read more