"One to four wheeler-dealers pick drilling sites. A surveyor's report gives the chances of striking oil. Watch out for dry holes! Hit a gusher and you're in the money - for a while, anyway. Production soon decreases, and taxes and drilling fees start to mount. Earn the highest profits in 10 rounds to win"
An entire planet becomes your laboratory in this large-scale simulation game. Players help foster new life and promote its evolution into life forms of higher intelligence. Guide civilization along the path of evolution until it can achieve Exodus, the ultimate goal of settling on another planet. The basic challenge of the game is to maintain a comfortable environment for the life forms by adjusting atmospheric and geological parameters. Small organisms called Prokaryote and Trichordate will grow and evolve into a multitude of life forms. Making a drastic change is a recipe for disaster.
The objective in Tanjou Debut is to train three idols belonging to a small, struggling production company into top stars. The game introduces "rivals," a new feature that adds depth to the gameplay, which was not present in "Sotsugyou".
The three heroines form a unit within the game, but depending on the outcome of the Idol Grand Prix, they might go solo, transition to acting, or even marry the manager and pursue a different path.
There are nine types of parameters and lessons for each girl. If their parameters drop significantly, they may become ill or turn delinquent. The player must not only understand how to raise the correct stats but also maintain the girls’ trust in the manager to prevent them from skipping lessons.
As far as Vectrex games go, the holy grail for many collectors and gamers is the unreleased flight simulator, Mail Plane. This quirky take on the tried and tested genre made use of the obscure light-pen accessory to control the airborne vehicle tasking you with delivering letters. Unfortunately nobody got to experience this unique offering back in the day following the games cancellation.
Having said that, the moment many of these deprived gamers had been waiting for finally arrived in November - a Mail Plane prototype cartridge surfaced on eBay in Pennsylvania, United States. Selling for a massive $877, one lucky bidder had finally secured the chance to experience this oddity once and for all, however, they had bigger plans for this title.
Understanding the demand for this long lost title, AtariAge user Vectrexer - the new owner of this Mail Plane prototype - decided to generously create a ROM image of the game cartridge and release it online for free to the masses.
As of today we can all finally experience Mai
The highly appraised sequel to Tiger Hunt with over 50 new missions! Roll over a decimated Europe during WWII with your american armored division. Fight everything in the German arsenal including the most notorious and lethal tanks such as Tigers and Panthers. Battle through over 50 brand new missions in a fast paced arcade-style shooter. Drive and fight rival tanks, destroy enemy positions and engage in ferocious firefights.
Storm the continent of europe during WWII! You break out of normandy into artillery pounding action, menacing mines and a maelstrom of machine gun fire. Your maneuverable M-4 Sherman tank leads the hard-fought hunt for the enemy. Fearsome armor piercing German tanks tread the virtual villages, beaches and farm fields eager to knock your lights out. It takes a tanker like you with courage and cunning to go face to face with the enemy aces and the terrifying tiger tank.
In this driving game, players control an independent Japanese truck driver responsible for delivering cargo and earning payment upon successful completion. Strategic management is key as players select contracts, aim for timely deliveries to avoid commission deductions, and navigate challenges such as fines for overloading, speeding, or running red lights. Expenses for fuel and repairs add to the game's complexity.
The Cockpit is a Simulation game, developed and published by Taito Corporation, which was released in Japan in 1988. Though the game is limited to simulating runway landings only. After a successful touchdown you can progress to other airports around the country, each with increasing difficulty in the way of wind interference. The graphics and controls are quite basic, but the game still aims to provide immersion during each short landing sequence. The later versions on X68000 and PC-98 feature control tower speech and higher resolutions which add further realism to the simulation.
Based on the British TV series of the same name, you play dodgy businessman Arthur Daley and your aim is to amass as much money as possible in two weeks by buying and selling merchandise of dubious provenance. Assisting you is your bodyguard/minder Terry McCann, while the policeman Sgt. Chisholm is ready to fine you if he catches you with stolen goods.
Climb into the pilot's seat of your Nakajima Tenzan torpedo/bomber airplane and head for the skies! You are assigned to fly front-line air support over enemy territory in preparation for a major assault by your forces. Your mission: torpedo the enemy's ships, bomb his airbases, and use your machine guns to shoot down enemy aircraft. Complete ten different combat missions and you will be awarded the Silver Star medal for outstanding heroism under fire!
The Franco family used to be one of the influential houses of Portugal. That is until the head of the family sailed out of a disastrous voyage to find the kingdom of Prester John. The disarray that followed brought about an end to the nobility of the Franco name. 100 years have passed and Portugal has prospered through it's sailing and trading empires. Young Leon Fanco wishes to restore his family's good name and make a name for himself as a sailor. At the heart of his ambition is the fair lady, Christiana, who is desired by the likely heir to the kingdom. Towards that end, Leon has been working hard to secure finances for his first ship. With the first step of his dream complete, Franco sails out with his father's good friend as first mate, you're off to find fame, adventure and fortunes out on the sea and in uncharted waters.
Uncharted Waters is a sailing and trading simulation. Your goal is initially to sail between ports and trade goods between them to make a profit. Along the way, you may be called upon by me
Type & Tell! lets the player type in a word or a message and then have the words spoken back to them by utilizing the Odyssey 2's voice module.
The instruction manual suggests the following games that can be played:
Garble! - Players take turns typing in one letter at a time, The idea is to form sentences by just using the sounds the individual letters make.
Sound Waves! - Players type in random letters trying to create sounds that sound like something that could be heard in real life.
Super Star! - Players can use the sounds or dialogue the game makes in their own home movie or radio show.
War of Words! - This game requires at least two players. Player take turns typing in words until a sentence is created by one of the players adding a period. Players then take turns inserting words into the sentence, while trying to keep it grammatically correct. The first player to extend the sentence exactly to the end of the available typing space is the winner. If a player extends the sentence beyond the end o
An instructional program for learning how to knit by hand for the Famicom Disk System. It was developed by Royal Kougyou and follows their earlier educational software I Am a Teacher: Super Mario no Sweater.
I Am a Teacher: Teami no Kiso (roughly "I Am a Teacher: The Basics of Hand-Knitting") is an instructional tool to help would-be knitters create their own garments. The user can input the amount, length and type of wool they have and the size and type of the item of clothing they wish to create and the program will put together a guide to help them achieve this goal. The user can save their progress at any time and pick up from where they left off.
Unlike Super Mario no Sweater, its predecessor in the I Am A Teacher series, there are no Nintendo characters present in Teami no Kiso. Rather, Teami no Kiso is a guide for teaching the fundamentals of knitting to novices, with Super Mario no Sweater intended for those who already have some experience who wish to try new Mario-themed designs.
As with Super Mario no
In the distant future, to improve the quality of their war-robots, a star civilization decides to organize special tournaments. Those "metal combats" are held in arenas where two robots fight against each other in a death match. A vast list of components can be edited and customized from the start and the game counts seven different types of robots.
You are in charge of a Tokyo defense team of military experts who find ways of repelling kaiju. Find a way to hurt the monsters and deploy vehicles such as tanks and jets that are able to shoot them down before they destroy any critical buildings. When danger is near and all seems lost, call for Ultraman!
A version of Little Computer People for Nintendo's Family Computer Disk System version, published in Japan by DOG (a subsidiary of Square). Based on the original game by Activision.
Unlike previous versions of Little Computer People, the playable character is a girl wearing a pink dress and bow in her hair. The rooms of the house are also in a different configuration, featuring an outdoor balcony on the top floor. When the game is first played, a name for the character is chosen at random from a preprogrammed list. There are no winning conditions on this game you basically watch and interact with the girl in various ways. However, Apple Town Story lacks many of the features found in other versions of Little Computer People.