Splatch! is a Boulder Dash clone originally released as a type-in program in the Amstrad Computer User magazine. You control a rabbit who must navigate underground levels to find carrots to eat. Digging through the dirt can release rocks which will fall and can crush the rabbit. There are other obstacles such as mushrooms and on later levels moving opponents which are deadly to encounter.
Fix It is a puzzle game where the player assembles various machines out of a kit of spare parts. The machines are similar to Rube Goldberg devices and involve releasing a bolt from a wrench and then have it reach a box. For each machine the player has access to a toolbox with a certain amount of components of various kinds that have to be placed on the playing field to complete the machine. Most common are the elbows (l-shaped pipes) which change the direction of the bolt and the converters which change the property of the bolt. The bolt can be small and hollow, large and hollow, small and solid or large and solid and these properties have to match with the properties of the box and the parts. For example, to reflect a small and hollow bolt only an elbow with those properties will work. There is also the bouncer which rebounds the bolt in the opposite direction and the key which the bolt has to pass through to enter a locked box.
The game consists of 200 machines. The first 100 only uses regular parts while the la
Zero Target, known in Japan as Shooting Down King, is a shooter video game developed by Data East and released in 1985 for arcades.
In Zero Target the player controls a fighter plane, with the action seen from a first person view inside of the fighter's cockpit. The player can move the view in any direction, with a targeting reticule in the middle of the screen used to aim at enemy fighters.
Sir Fred is a platform game where the protagonist must infiltrate the great castle of Beni-Gómez to rescue his beloved princess. The player guides Sir Fred through different rooms of the castle to complete his mission. The protagonist must avoid the numerous dangers and use different objects that will help him reach his destination.
Rainy Day Games is 1 - 3 player series of 3 card games for children.
The player competes in card games against their opponent Ted Bear. There are three difficulty levels: beginner, smart, and genius. The three included games are: Concentration, where the player must memorize the location of a number of animated card, Old Maid, where the players choose matching cards from each other with the goal not to be the last holding the Joker, and Go Fish, where the players attempt to pick pairs from their opponent's hand.
Bomb Jack is an arcade platform game that was released in 1984 by Tehkan (known today as Tecmo). It was followed by two official sequels, the console and computer title Mighty Bomb Jack, and the arcade game Bomb Jack Twin and Bomb Jack II, which was licensed for home computers only. The highest known score was by Mr G Jones from London: 6 746 800. Bomb Jack is a hero who can perform high jumps and float in the air. His goal is to collect all red bombs on the screen. The game's antagonists are enemies such as birds and mummies which, once they drop in the bottom of the screen, can morph into things like flying saucers and orbs that float around the screen, making Jack lose a life if he touches them. Collecting bombs will increase the bonus meter at the top of the screen (collecting lit bombs increases it more). When the meter is completely filled up, a circular bouncing "P" appears, and when collected, it will turn all the enemies into bonus coins for a short period during which Jack may collect them. Other similar
The Dark Tower is a side-scrolling Apple II adventure. Guide the character via keyboard, solving puzzles, gathering items, and defeating the dragon to claim King Arthur's crown jewels, all while encountering Merlin and ghosts.
The North American version of Nemesis features a considerably increased difficulty compared to the Japanese and European version. To balance this, the game spawns a fleet of orange enemies when the player loses a life to provide as many power-up capsules as possible to recover as many upgrades as possible. Also the North American version presents a continue feature (but only for three times). The title screen was also updated, showing an in-game reproduction of the promotional artwork behind the logo.
A 3D vector graphics space shooter. To complete each sector of the Web you must initially destroy 20 aliens. The Web has 256 sectors to be cleared, and each will be marginally faster than the previous one.