Cursed by the gods, on the verge of death, the protagonist of the game is transferred to a different realm - a fantasy land ruled by sword and sorcery, in which humans are threatened by rampaging goblins, orcs, and a mysterious dragon. The hero must find a powerful artifact known as the Heart of Phantasm in order to return home.
Mugen no Shinzō is a role-playing game similar to early Ultima games. The player controls a lone character with basic attributes who roams the vast land, visiting towns and dungeons. Overworld navigation is done by scrolling with arrow keys, without an icon to represent the player character. Town locations have little to no graphics; along with the dungeons, they are displayed in small windows. The maze-like dungeons are represented by abstract pseudo-3D vector graphics. Combat is random; the protagonist fights enemies one-on-one in simple turn-based fashion.
A Defender like (right only) side scrolling shooter. You are equiped with a laser to shoot enemies and a few super bombs destroying all enemies.
While fighting of enemies you have to rescue prisoners on the ground by flying close to them (whatch for gravity pulling you down).
This "high-resoluation" game runs on a standard ZX81 with a 16K memory expansion module.
It's time to go down your local alley and have a game of bowling. The game is viewed from behind your bowler at a slight elevated angle. Before you bowl you can move your bowler left or right to get the perfect position. There is an option to choose which angle to bowl by pressing the + or - key and also which hand you want by pressing R or L. To bowl the ball when you are happy, you move the joystick forward and press the fire button to release the ball. You can't release the ball while not running. Don't go forward too far or it's a foul. The usual scoring is worked out by the computer. Here's to scoring 300.
All or Nothing is an action-adventure game for the ZX Spectrum. The mission in All or Nothing is to retrieve secret files from an enemy camp and escape, all within a time limit. The game has an isometric display that utilizes four cameras. If the character is obscured by an object, the camera will change automatically to keep the character in view.
A unique platformer with twist. While being chased by a giant blob you need to gather fuel and a rocket on the right platform. After this you can fly, over water, to the left platforms to gather jewels.
Given the capabilities of the ZX81 an wonderfull game in "high-res".
The player controls Harry the Ape who is attempting to climb a 150 floor tall office tower. The player can move up, left, and right, as the building scrolls vertically. The player must avoid closed windows, as they offer no handhold, and will cause your ape to fall. As the player ascends, they must avoid a zookeeper on a scaffold, falling bowling balls, earthquakes, and helicopters dropping nets. Occasionally a balloon will float up the left side of the building, and the player can hitch a ride on these to climb faster. The left side of the screen has a progress bar that shows how far the player has climbed the building. The player has one life to climb the building, and if they fall, they must restart.
You are Quick-lizard, a young Aztec coppersmith. You have woken from a strange dream to find that the sun has failed to rise. The only light is the dull glow from the volcano; Condor Mountain. Scared, you rush into the village to find that no one is there. Alone you must interpret your dream and begin your adventure. Where is the sun? Where are the people of the village? As your journey begins strange creatures will appear, sometimes evil and sometimes friendly, but never quite as they seem.
Gyropod is a one or two player shooter for the Commodore 64. The player controls a space ship, the Galaxy Ranger. The ship's mission is to locate and eradicate every planet in an alien system. These planets are defended by waves of fanatical defenders who must be overcome.
You are a private detective and you have been asked to rescue the daughter of a millionaire and your investigation has brought you to a complex of ten tower blocks. Gumshoe is a platform game where a small part of the block is shown and the screen scrolls when you move in all directions. You have to navigate the various floors of the block to find the girl using ladders, escalators which change direction every few seconds and elevators that move up and down various levels but can't be shot from. There are also rubbish chutes and when entered they transport you to another part of the block.
A text adventure with illustrations. Play as a Mafia hit man who was framed for the death of the mob boss's son. How will, you clean your name, how will you survive? Only with cunning and wits!
An illustrated text adventure for the ZX Spectrum. Hitler has obtained Excalibur from the Arthurian legend. Merlin the magician has sent you forward in time to the 20th century to recover Excalibur from Hitler's evil grasp.
There is a girl on the roof of a building and she is about to jump. Hurry to the top of the building by taking the the series of elevators with the right timing to get stop her in time!
Space Warp is a puzzle game in which you control a ship within four boxes that abstractly represent a three-dimensional cube. Your goal is to touch the letters in alphabetical order. There are 9 difficulty levels which adjusts the amount of time given to you to finish the level.
Ten of the best: Educational Programs is another compendium of games for BBC Micro. This compilation contains a bunch of educational games. The collection was released as both a tape and a disk with a copy of the Eletctron User magazine.
You have to save a wise man who is kept prisoner in a deep dungeon by a malevolent Ifreet and who is the only one who can rid the Golden City of said Ifreet.