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!!
Whack a Bubble is an arcade game in the “ball and paddle” subgenre, popularized by titles like Breakout and Arkanoid. In the arcades, these are typically played with a “spinner” style input, but the CD-i version works with whatever controller you happen to own, including a gamepad.
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.
The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun is based on the Belgian comic book of the same name. The basic plotline is the same: Professor Cuthbert Calculus gets kidnapped and the player, in the role of Tintin, needs to rescue him. The rest is more loosely adapted: in contrast to the comic, which is mostly based in Peru, this game offers many different locations all over the world.
The gameplay itself is a typical platforming action: Tintin walks through the levels while avoiding the enemies. Pretty much everyone, e.g. little girls and security guards, is out to hurt Tintin who has no means of defending himself. This means the most important aspect is learning enemy placements, their patterns and how to avoid them. But he has to hurry because of the time limit. Required for success is the usage of the two playing plains: from the player's perspective in the foreground and further towards the background. Tintin can switch between the two at any time.
BS F-Zero Grand Prix is a remixed version of the original F-Zero released only in Japan for the Satellaview attachment of the Super Famicom. It was released in four parts from late-1996 to early-1997, and was a SoundLink title where an announcer provided commentary during gameplay. As the original game was only three cups, a fourth cup called Ace League was added. Each cup had the courses in a slightly different order, and a new course not found in the original game served as the fifth track (with Mute City I being reused once at the beginning of the final week).
You take the role of an EWOK in this thrilling game based on scenes from RETURN OF THE JEDI. Now a member of the Rebel cause, you must hang glide over dangerous territory in order to reach the Imperial shield generator. Your mission: to blow it
apart! But as you swoop through the forest, IMPERIAL STORMTROOPERS, AT-ST's and BIKER SCOUTS will try to shoot you down. Hurl rocks at the enemy as you avoid their fire and close in on the shield generator.
Stagger 1 / Red Hawk is a 1997 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game created by Afega.
Stagger 1 / Red Hawk was Afega's big breakthrough. Even though its success was mostly expressed in the spreading of bootlegs in China, Afega still claimed to have exported more than 10,000 machines. In Korea, the game was originally published before the summer vacation of 1997, but called back for some reason, and not sold again until November the same year. At first sales were slow because of the low machine price of 250,000 Won (which lead arcade owners assume low quality), but after word-of-mouth had spread, the game became a hit in its home country, too6.
While it didn't bring anything new on the shmup table, Red Hawk's biggest strength was its bombastic arsenal, throwing together all kinds of weapon systems that are seen in the genre. Besides the highly upgradeable standard weapon, planes can charge for a devastating, screen filling special attack. Those don't replace smart bombs, though, as those are available, too.