Exile

Exile is a single-player action-adventure video game originally published for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro in 1988 by Superior Software and later ported to the Commodore 64, Amiga, CD32 and Atari ST, all published by Audiogenic. The game was designed and programmed by Peter Irvin (author of Starship Command) and Jeremy Smith (author of … Read more

Insector X

Insector X (インセクターX, Insekuta X) is a side-scrolling shooter by Taito, released in 1989.

Atomic Robo-Kid

Atomic Robo-Kid (アトミック・ロボキッド) is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up arcade game released by UPL in 1988.

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

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.

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

Dark Castle

Dark Castle may also refer to the metal band Dark Castle or the movie production house Dark Castle Entertainment. Dark Castle is a 1986 computer game for the Macintosh published by Silicon Beach Software, later ported to various platforms, where it was published by Three-Sixty Pacific. It was designed and illustrated by Mark Pierce and … Read more