Manhole was remade with an updated "Modern" version for Game & Watch Gallery. Toad, Donkey Kong Jr., and Mario are the pedestrians in this version, walking at different speeds, while Yoshi is the character the player controls. In this version, four manhole covers can stay up at once, unlike in the original. The manhole covers can drop from characters stepping on them, causing the next pedestrian to fall if Yoshi does not act quickly. Yoshi can also hold a manhole cover in place to keep it from falling. He holds up the upper manhole covers with his head and the lower ones with his tongue. At 200, 500, and 700 points, a Chubby comes out of the ground and throws a heart for Yoshi to catch to remove a miss. This version also features music, with the tempo changing depending on the speed of the game.
The second version of the original Tamagotchi, also known as the "New Species Discovered!! Tamagotchi" in Japan, was produced not long after featuring new characters and a new game. The two versions are differentiated officially as "Gen 1" and "Gen 2".
A choose your own adventure game based on the book of the same name. A short horror movie about a werewolf plays out with branching paths where you can choose how the next scene will play out, leading to one of multiple endings.
Magic: The Gathering: BattleMage is a real time strategy game published in January 1997 by Acclaim for both PCs and PlayStation. It was also in development for the Sega Saturn, but this version was cancelled in mid-1997. In addition to the real time strategy game, BattleMage has a head-to-head mode. It is set on the continent of Corondor, where a planeswalker named Ravidel forces the most powerful mages to fight each other, so that he can eventually destroy them and conquer the land. The game had a poor critical reception due to its unfair AI, unfriendly interface, and unbalanced gameplay.[citation needed]
Spectrum Holobyte filed a lawsuit after Acclaim published the PC version in January 1997, claiming Acclaim had violated an agreement the two companies made in November 1996 which established a release schedule for the game, with the two companies publishing it for different platforms. In October of 2018, the game's rights were acquired by Canadian production company Liquid Media Group along with other titles ori
Enjoy four different games from the classic Game & Watch Gallery series: Manhole, Fire, Octopus and Oil Panic. Original and revised versions of each game are included.
Magical Date: Sotsugyo Kokuhaku Daisakusen is a skill game and dating sim published by Taito in 1997, as an updated version of Magical Date: Dokidoki Kokuhaku Daisakusen. In this game, the player picks one of three possible girls to date and then starts off in a square as in a board game, proceeding to other squares which have different mini games. At junction points the player is asked questions about their date and has to pick the correct answer, or she will become upset
Released in February 1997 in Japan only. The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'Cruel Graduation Tactics'.
Dark Colony is a real-time strategy with heavy emphasis on the actual combat. Resource gathering, base construction and unit production have been made as simple and fast as possible, allowing the player to focus on decimating the enemy armies. Ancient artifacts, available in some of the missions, provide unique options for beating the odds, even when they seem to be against you (and they often will).
3-D Ultra Pinball: The Lost Continent have a Jurassic Park-like scenario. It followed a storyline, in which a plane falls on an island where an evil genius, Heckla, has created dinosaurs of other animals and the cavemen who live there. Professor Spector, his assistant Mary, and adventurer Rex Hunter try to escape back to the modern world, rescue Neeka (a tribal woman), and stop Heckla and his army of robots.
It has no challenges, but features 16 tables, divided in 3 "sectors": Jungle, Temple and Chambers (Heckla's Lab).
EF2000 v2.0 is a US-only compilation of an updated DOS version of EF2000 and the Windows 95 version Super EF2000. There are two DOS products included:
EF2000 (basic version)
EF2000 TACTCOM (add-on)
The DOS versions have optional 3D hardware accelerated support for 3Dfx Vodoo or Rendition Verite cards. The DOS versions also have a slightly different network functionality and cannot connect to the European version of EF2000/TACTCOM releases.
The Windows 95 version is similar to the basic DOS EF2000 game and has DirectX support with software rendering. This US Windows 95 version is network play compatible with the European version of Super EF2000.
Matthias Sammer Soccer is a soccer game made for Germany. The game features a field spread North to South where your player moves North and the opponent moves the ball South. The game was released in Germany in 1997.
Taz-Mania 2 is an Action game, developed by Beam Software and published by THQ, which was released in 1997. Join Taz in dust flurrying action to conquer the aboriginal enemies.
The update/sequel to the original Puzzle de Pon! It's a puzzle game similar in style to Puzzle Bobble. The goal is to clear the bubbles surrounding the drop token, rather than just clear the stage.
Assault Trooper is an isometric stealth shooter that sends you to perform fifty missions in many exotic locations, such as Libya, North Korea, Afghanistan, and so on. At the beginning of the game you get to choose from only a few different missions in each location, but completing them will open new ones. The objectives vary from, for example, assassinating enemy officers to stealing important documents or rescuing hostages.
The parole officer has just made you an offer you cannot refuse... "Shut down the reactor at the heart of the Atlantis resort and you can have your freedom". Your reply... "Where's my rocket launcher?" 20 levels of mindless blasting!!
In the beginning, you start off with only two tracks, six vehicles, and the Practice and Championship modes. By successfully clearing the game modes in specific ways, you can unlock more tracks, vehicles and additional game modes. There's also a two player mode which can be accessed using the PlayStation Link Cable.