Operation C

Platforms:GameBoy Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:5

You play a Rambo-esque character that goes around shooting everything in sight, collecting weapon upgrades and bonuses.
Keys: s - jump, a - fire, arrows - move, enter - start

Aero Star

Platforms:GameBoy Category:Arcade game Language:English Raiting:2

No storyline is provided.
Keys: s - jump, a - fire, arrows - move, enter - start

Jurassic Park 2

Platforms:GameBoy Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:3

One year after the events of the Jurassic Park, John Hammond wants to bring Jurassic Park back and he sends Dr. Alan Grant to aid a team of heavy armed men down to the former park to restore order. Meanwhile, Biosyn Corp has sent men down the former park so the company can gain control of the park for themselves.
Keys: s - jump, a - fire, arrows - move, enter - start

Jurassic Park

Platforms:GameBoy Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:4

Playing as Dr. Alan Grant, the player must work through six levels by completing certain objectives including rescuing the kids Tim and Lex, restoring power, destroying Raptor nests and finally getting off the dinosaur-infested island. To advance in a level, a number of dinosaur eggs scattered over the area must be collected or destroyed. This will reveal a passcard used to gain entry to buildings, or some other items necessary to complete the assignment. The park's computer terminals can be used to request hints on where to go next.
Keys: s - jump, a - fire, arrows - move, enter - start

Battletoads&Double Dragon

Platforms:GameBoy Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:5

Earth is under fire by Colossus, a battleship the size of a city. Using powerful laser cannons, it has destroyed most of Earth's defence forces, while its many troops clean up the rest of the planet. All expect for 5 warriors.
The Battletoads, who are well aware of evil forces in the galaxy, join forces with Billy and Jimmy Lee from Double Dragon to defend Earth from the deadly ship and its troops. Using a range of special moves you must fight your way through the streets into the heart of the ship and destroy it.

You must then proceed through seven stages, kicking and punching each enemy that comes onscreen. A boss is included at the end of each stage, challenging the player before they can progress to a higher level of the game.

Ghostbusters 2

Platforms:GameBoy Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:5

When something's goin' on in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! That's right the Ghostbusters have come to the Game Boy. They have to fight their way through 16 levels filled with ghosts and other creatures. At the end of each level, they'll have to face a gigantic boss ghost. All this action comes to life with the best graphics ever created for the Game Boy and the best tunes from the movie. If ghosts are getting you down, get even with GHOSTBUSTERS II.

Dizzy 6

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action-adventure game Language:English Raiting:5

Rockwart the Troll has cast a spell on Daisy, leaving her asleep for 100 years. Dizzy sets off to put this right in a compact and concise arcade adventure following the conventions of the Dizzy series. You start the game trapped underground, thanks to the results of an errant spell, but can find your way out to explore the castle and find Daisy. There are stars to collect along the way, as well as food to replenish energy lost in contact with the many hazards. Succeed and you and Daisy will ride off into the sunset together.

Controls: z - left, x - right, space - jump

 

Dizzy 5

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action-adventure game Language:English Raiting:5

Spellbound Dizzy is a continuation of the adventures of the egg and his friends, this time containing over 100 screens with individual names. Dizzy has trapped himself in a strange world whilst experimenting with a spell book, and must find his way out. Gameplay is mostly similar to the previous games, combining puzzle-solving and object manipulation with arcade-style jumps and hazard-dodging. Lateral thinking is required to decipher the riddles found on scrolls. There are also extra arcade sections on a runaway mine-cart and for a spot of scuba-diving.

Controls: z - left, x - right, space - jump

 

Dizzy 4

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action-adventure game Language:English Raiting:5

Dizzy, the egg protagonist, is back in his fourth installment: Magicland Dizzy. The land has been corrupted by an evil wizard, and it's Dizzy's job to set everything right. To do this, he must walk, jump and flip through a large number of screens, pick up and use various items, and talk to people.

Controls: z - left, x - right, space - jump

 

Dizzy 3

    

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action-adventure game Language:English Raiting:5

Dizzy's third adventure sees the introduction of the Yolkfolk, including Daisy, who has got lost in the fantasy world of the title. Dizzy sets off to rescue her, braving dragons, rats and alligators along the way. The lands are littered with coins, and as well as completing the main task you should aim to collect as many of these as possible. There are puzzles on most screens, involving collecting objects such as keys, food and water buckets, and using them on doors, flames and such. Unlike the first two game, dialogue boxes between Dizzy and various other characters are included, giving the game a sense of character and humor as well as guiding you through the puzzles somewhat.

Controls: z - left, x - right, space - jump

Dizzy 2

    

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action-adventure game Language:English Raiting:5

This is Dizzy's second adventure. Dizzy is a cute little egg character who must explore the strange magic kingdom that is Treasure Island, solving problems and puzzles, and end the terror of the evil Pirates that rule the island.

Controls: z - left, x - right, space - jump

Pacmania

    

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:4

You need to guide Pac-Man around a maze and eat all of the dots on the board in order to proceed on to the next round. Numerous, multi-colored ghosts also roam the maze trying to stop you. If you eat one of the power pellets in the maze, the ghosts will temporarily turn blue and run from you. Pac-man can earn bonus points by eating the ghosts when they are in this state. The maze is now in 3-D and is larger than screen which will scroll to follow the action. To help get out of tight spots, Pac-Man now has the ability to jump. But be careful, because some of the ghosts have learned this trick as well and you could end up in a mid air collision!


Controls: z - left, l - x, o - up, k - down, space - jump

Lode Runner

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:4

The Bungeling Empire has stolen a huge cache of gold from its rightful owners, and your mission is to infiltrate its treasury and recapture it. This entails progressing through 150 screens of platforms, ladders and ropes.

The Empire has sent robotic guards down to protect the gold, and contact with any of these will cost you a life. Your method of escaping them is to press fire to dig a hole in their line of movement, thus causing them to fall in briefly, allowing you to move across the gap safely. Once all the gold has been collected, a ladder allowing you to move onto the next screen is added. Completing these screens often requires forward planning and precision.

This was one of the earliest games to include a level editor, allowing the creation of new level designs with no programming skill.


Controls: i - left, p - right, q - up, z - dpwn, n- drill

 

Exalon

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:5

This action game combines shoot'em up and platform elements, as you control a flying man who can gain an exoskeletal suit for extra protection (hence the name). Your task is to progress from left to right in each level, either along the ground or by using the arrangement of platforms. Most of the baddies can be avoided rather than shot, and this is often easier, especially as you can duck or jump to avoid them. As well as a standard gun (activated by tapping fire) you also have a limited number of missiles to take out installations (activated by holding down fire, which makes autofire facilities useless). The scrolling is flick-screen, perhaps as the game was designed for the C64, and the Amiga version was identical to the ST's.

Controls: q - down, a - jump ,o - left, p - right, space - fire

 

Batty

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Sports game Language:English Raiting:4

Batty is influenced by Arkanoid's method of reviving the Breakout phenomenon. You control a paddle at the bottom of the screen, with the top half of the screen containing an arrangement of bricks, most of which can be destroyed. You must move the paddle left and right so as to make contact with a ball, and thus deflect it (using the walls at the sides strategically) into the bricks, some of which require multiple hits to destroy. Wipe the destructible bricks out, and you move on to the next level; fail to keep the ball in play and you lose one of your 5 lives.

Some destroyed bricks release power-up tokens, which must be 'caught' with the bat as they fall. Functions include multi-ball, a larger paddle, and the ability to 'catch' and relaunch the ball each time, which makes it a lot easier to gain access to precise bricks or areas.

Batty also has enemies flying around and dropping bombs towards you - the bombs cause your bat to stick for a second, perhaps costing a life. Many levels contain magnets at the top of the screen, which make the ball's path harder to predict. The two player mode gives each player access to half the playfield, so co-operation is required.


Controls: k - left, l - right, space - use

 

Barbarian

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Action game Language:English Raiting:3

In this game you play the role of a barbarian who must navigate his way through dangerous dungeons. The game is played from a third person side scrolling perspective and also has platform jumping parts to it. The barbarian is controlled by using left and right on the joystick to move and up and down is used to scroll through the various commands at the bottom of the screen. When a command is highlighted pressing fire will perform that action thus saving on extra buttons being needed to play. There are two weapons at your disposal. A sword which you start the game with and later a bow which is handy for long range attacks. There are many traps to avoid and various monsters who have different attack patterns.

Controls: q - left, w - right, o - menu left, p - menu right, space - use

 

Locomotion

    

Platforms:ZX Spectrum Category:Puzzle games Language:English Raiting:3

Based on the old sliding block puzzles. Move the blocks around to complete the rail track.


Controls: 5 - left, 8 - right, down - 7, up 6

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