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name	publisher(developer)	year	description	platform
A Tale in the Desert	eGenesis;Pluribus Games	2003	A monthly fee, free software, social MMORPG set in Ancient Egypt without combat. The focus of the game is activities such as fishing, growing crops, training animals, mining, and such whereby players advanced most efficiently when they cooperate. There are also personal and group challenges to perform. The game has a unique in game government where players themselves are elected and a legal system operated much by the players also. The legal system can ban players, redistrubute abandon property, or even allow or disallow rule altering actions such as individual requests to have a sex-change. The highest office is Demi-Pharaoh, a position that allows the player power to reassign property absolutely, change and influence rules of the game, and even effectively remove players from the game making a tyrannical regime with real-world powers a real possibility (so elections are taken seriously). The systems of the game require a tremendous amount of cooperation. Attempts at adding currency to the game have not been effective, the setting (like the real world example) just doesn't lend well to anything except bartering. New players enter the world at 'newbie island' where experienced players can gain advancement by visiting and helping new players to learn the basics of the game while they also advance. Tests, challenges and player development are divided into categories: Architecture, Art, Body (Health), Harmony (replaced and is a variant the Conflict category), Leadership, Thought, and Worship. There are 127 other 'lesser' categories that have not all been found. Details of the game are sometimes added by developers without announcement. It is up to a player to discover it the new features and tell others so that they can explore it together. Unique challenges have been presented to the players due to this games unusual format. Knightmare, Mafia, and another player attempt to force everyone to use the legal system more responsibly. As part of their effort, Mafia damaged a vital resource in the game (effectively detrimentally altering the entire game experience for all players). Players used the legal system to ban Mafia from the game. A player named Khepry overly-depleted resources and indirectly cause massive environmental catastrophe in the game. Some skills, called 'stranger skills' allow a player to take advantage of everyone else when they learn them. Effectively, it is possible to learn and then use anti-social skills in the game. A Character named Malaki traded worthless materials and advocated slavery for women (in addition to treating them as worthless to begin with). In one phase of the game, treasure chests contaminated with Lung Spore Disease began washing ashore. Players were offered the challenge of finding a cure. Getting the disease inhibited the victim making it more difficult to participate in finding a cure or efforts to stop the disease from spreading. The sick had to be treated. It was left entirely to players to solve the various secondary problems with only the cure itself being programmed into the game. 2014-04-29 ATitD operations were shifted to Pluribus Games	Linux
Aliens vs the Killer Bees	Georgia Tech University	2007	Pilot an alien flying saucer intent on world destruction. Use your beam to the destroy houses and trees below, but watch out for the killer bees, Earth's last hope for salvation.	Atari 2600
Antics	Bug-Byte (Choice Software)	1985		C64
Antics	Bug-Byte	1984		ZX Spectrum
Apidya	Kompart UK (Blue Byte)	1992	Revenge is sweet when it's the life of your lover at stake.... After the vile sorceror, Hexaa, has tortured your beloved partner to near-death, you awake the magic of your grandfather's talisman to summon the forces of light and help you defeat the sorceror and find a life-saving antidote. You are Ikuro and you are the only one who can commit the neccessary deeds - live off your wits, live off your instinct, but above all, life off your sacred love for Yuri. As the ancient talisman transforms you into a beautiful bee, such beauty is darkened by the burning passion to hurt, maim and destroy Hexaa and his evil army of insects and wildlife. Your insect bite is deadly.... but are you? FEATURES: Superb horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up Gameplay over 5 fantastic worlds Incredibly large end-of-level guardians Power up with missiles, bombs automated clones.... the list is almost endless! Simultaneous 2-player action! Apidya - A genuinely mind-blowing experience* [23]* [7]* [23]* [97]* [98]Budget version [22] [22]* [52]*** [37]	Amiga
Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2	Bally Midway (Midway;Digital Eclipse)	1998	PAPERBOY offers excitement and challenge as you deliver the morning paper while avoiding zany neighborhood characters and obstacles! GAUNTLET lets you and up to 3 friends combat waves of attacking monsters while competing for food, treasure and magic potions. It's futuristic warfare in ROADBLASTERS where YOU battle evil opponents in a high-performance armored racecar with unique special weapons! In MARBLE MADNESS, you control a marble and race against time and many challenging obstacles to reach the goal line at the bottom of the playfield!! The bugs are back! Play MILLIPEDE and you'll experience endless waves of creepy creatures that hound you relentlessly as you shoot them to pieces! Avoid monsters and collect your fortune in ruby gemstones! In CRYSTAL CASTLES the action takes place within a 3D super maze structure that offers 16 different playfields!* [32]*Paperboy (port) Road Blasters (port) Marble Madness (port, trackball compatible) Guantlet (port) Crystal Castles (trackball compatible) Millipede (trackball compatible) Disclaimer for emulation purests: Only Crystal Castles and Millipede are emulated. [Zerothis]	PS
Baby Jo in Going Home	Loriciel	1991	Now available on your screens! The Super Hero An explosion of humour and action in an irresistible arcade game!! A hilarious screenplay bristling with gags and traps!! An amazingly lively game-play!! For losing your sanity, there's just one answer The new must in arcade games!* [76]* [23]* [97]* [22]* [52]* [37]	Amiga
Banjo-Kazooie	Nintendo (Rare)	1998	[media=youtube]hoyxyQWZg6A[/media]* [100]* [12]*What are you supposed to think about a game that stars a big, goofy honey bear named Banjo who wears tight yellow shorts and carries around a raucous, red-crested breegull in his bright blue backpack? Sounds like a puzzling combination, right? Amazingly, the creative and kooky folks at Rare made all the pieces fit in Banjo-Kazooie, Rare's 3D prequel to Banjo-Tooie. The action starts when wicked witchy-poo Gruntilda nabs Banjo's cute kid sister, Tooty, to use as a test subject for her beauty-stealing invention. Banjo sets out immediately to the rescue with his inseparable companion Kazooie stashed in his backpack. The bear-and-bird duo must use constant teamwork to overcome the many obstacles in Gruntilda's cavernous lair. Banjo's brute strength comes in handy in beating up on foes, while Kazooie's locomotive versatility enables the pair to scour the world in search of the necessary pieces to solve the puzzles of the place. And if controlling a bizarre bear-bird pair isn't enough, players can seek out witch doctor Mumbo Jumbo to undergo a variety of magical transformations. Banjo and Kazooie can learn more than 20 different moves, and they'll need them all to make it through the nine nightmarish worlds inside Gruntilda's Lair.US version [32] [31]* [27]	N64
Bee Line	Jet Shark (Team Sushi)	2014	Pollinate all the flowers, make honey, defend the honey and hive.	Linux
Beehave Beehive	author	1993		Mac OS Classic
Bizy-Beezzzz	Solar Software	1984		C64
Bumblebee	Creative Software	1984		C64
Buzz Bombers	Mattel	1983	[126]* [125]* [48]	Intellivision
Buzz Off!	Electric Software	1984		C64
Buzz Off!	Electric Software	1984		MSX
Buzz Off!	Electric Software	1984		ZX Spectrum
Chester Field: Ankoku Shin e no Chousen	Vic Tokai	1987	"Chester Field" is a platform/action game with combat similar to [game=#7949]Zelda II The Adventure of Link[/game] mixed with typical RPG elements like leveling up, shops to buy better weapons and armor and a few spells. The game features eight levels with an overworld/castle and a complex maze, mostly containing an important object, which is needed for further progress. The game could have been good if the locations wouldn't be so confusing (much is hidden behind destroyable blocks, there are one-way doors etc.) and if the controls were better.	NES
Columbus: Ougon no Yoake	Tomy	1992	Columbus? Christopher Columbus?! There's an RPG about him? WTF?! Unofficial English translation in progress: [[link:http://xtranslations.freeservers.com/]] [cjlee001]	NES
Covered In Bees	Georgia Tech University	2007	The player starts the game off covered in bees, flailing their arms in a comical fashion. They need to navigate a single screen field patrolled by bees to try and get to an item (like an epi-pen) to move on to the next level.	Atari 2600
CrossFire	author	2001	A fantasy medieval themed MORPG with a set of races and classes similar to angband and nethack. There are multiple graphical clients to chose from that will show more information than text based clients (stacks of objects on the floor for instance). Use of text remains heavy in all clients and more closely follows a the example of text adventure interpreters than simple commands. Players will need to converse with NPCs. But many typed commands are simple as well and players can bind any command to a keystroke. Also, there are a variety of shortcuts that can be preformed with the mouse. The adventures provided really depend on which server the player chooses to play on. Most servers allow multiple characters and they remain attached to the server where they were created. Initially there was no gender option provided but version 1.10 added this option. Many servers continue to use the monogender mode. Generally servers include a tutorial map, several interlinked preset maps, and attached maps that are randomly generated within a set or constrictions (themed dungeons). Players find a public bed (or buy their own real estate to place a bed in) to sleep until they want to return to the game, which is a quit-save. Any items they left lying around may be stolen, but their inventory and their character are safe when sleeping. A variety of locked storage, security systems, guard animals, or guard NPCs are available for things that just won't fit into inventory. Maid NPCs are also an option. Player vs player is decided per server. The game allows for servers to have PvP zones and for players to mutually agree to PvP (outside of zones). But absolute prevention of PvP is apparently technically impossible for anyone determined to circumvent the safeguards as sings repeatedly warn players that PvP is forbidden in places where technical limitation are already in place. There is an extensive skills system as well. Skills increase by using them. For instance, read a book that is within your literacy skill level and you will ear literacy experience points. This only works once per book, btw. There is no combat mode. Attacks are in real time. While characters can have all manor of attacks at their disposal, all melee attacks are done without visual feedback. Text feedback is given instead. Ranged attacks show the projectile, but are otherwise identical to each other as melee attacks are. Find towers and dungeons. Hack up monsters. Gather loot. Sell loot. Practice skills. Repeat. For POSIX/X11 and/or GTK systems. Confirmed to run on Ubuntu and IRIX. RPM available. [Zerothis]	Linux
CrossFire	author	2002		BSD
Crystal Kingdom	author	2013		Linux
Deity Quest	Fancy Fish Games	2014		Linux
Deliantra	author	2001		Linux
Deliantra	author	2003		Mac OS X
Deliantra	author	2006		Windows
Deliantra	author	2016		Internet Only
Divine Divinity	cdv Software Entertainment;Hit Interactive (Larian Studios)	2002	Welcome to the world of Divine Divinity Warrior, Wizard or Survivor? Which fate is yours? It's your decision, one that will influence the gameplay of Divine Divinity - action RPG or classical RPG! In any case, you are the chosen one according to prophecy. As such, only you are able to save the legendary land of Rovellon from submission under the Lord of Chaos. But before you take on the fight against Evil you have to be discovered and blessed as the Divine Savior. And always remember one thing wherever you go: Caution is vital! The apostate magicians must not get hold of you - whatever happens! Which fate will be your first choice? Warrior, Wizard or Survivor?*2009-10-29 on GoG, by Larian Studios (lang: eng)*The game supports rendering through Glide, Direct3D, DirectDraw and software. Although you can choose your gender in the game, there come small variations in the character classes with it.	Windows
DuckTales	Capcom	1990	[173]* [169]* [144]* [22]* [33]**Scrooge McDuck takes a World Tour on the Game Boy! The world's richest, and squawkiest duck hunts a lost fortune around the world and out of it! It's no game for waddlers. There are vines to climb, mines to search, and a haunted castle to conquer! Uncle Scrooge grabs the jewels, then tussles with the spookiest, trickiest, spider-iest foes to get the big treasure! And there's not much time! Five action-packed mazes with secret rooms and tricky pitfalls! * Transporters, a helicopter, and a UFO zip Uncle Scrooge around the world!* [66]Japanese version [63] [37]* [27]	GB
DuckTales	Capcom	1989	[media=youtube]https://youtu.be/Ui5d10GUbVo[/media]* [70]* [90]* [66]* [64]* [63]* [52]* [37]* [27]***Uncle Scrooge is a world class millionaire and a lover of adventure. His goal this time is to obtain the five lost treasures that were scattered throughout the world. He is off on his adventure with the help of Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby. They will travel with him through the jungles of the Amazon, the snow topped peaks of the Himalayas, the haunted house in Transylvania, the subterranean mines of Africa, and to the surface of the Moon. How many of the lost treasures will you be able to find?	NES
Escape from ANTcatraz	Scholastic	1987	Your colony has been captured and placed in ANTcatraz. Gather the colony, find your queen, get info from your fellow prisoners, escape from ANTcatraz. Fellow prisoners can be in need, helpfull, friendly, hostile, or indifferent.	Apple II E
Go, Lizard! GO!	Useful For Characters	2012	Run from the swarm of bees. If you fall, you die and fall forever in the afterlife. But all is not lost, if you can find the Ouroboros medallion in the after life you will be reborn into the realm of the living once again. But, spend a total of 60 seconds in the afterlife and you can never go back.	Linux
Gypsy	Avalon Hill	1982		Atari 400/800
HACK	author	1993		Linux
HACK	author	1982	The bsdgames package was ported from DragonFly BSD to FreeBSD on 2009-11-21.	BSD
HACK	author	1993	Linux port of BSD Games, 1997***Based on [game=#158874]Rogue[/game]. Seek the Amulet of Yendor. First made public in 1982, a major update was posted on USENET in 1984.	Linux
HACK	author	1982		Unix
HACK	author	1987		QL
Hao-Kun no Fushigi na Tabi	Square (Carry Lab)	1987	I don't like this platform game very much. The controls are ok, but the graphics and music are not really good and the game is rather monotonous. You have to retrieve several objects from six castles. The castles itself are maze-like platform levels with doors, mini-bosses which drop keys, breakable blocks etc. Between the castles are linear outdoor levels. The game has only a couple of standard enemies which repeat and repeat (except the mini-bosses, which at least change in each castle). The game was eventually released in the US on cartridge as "[game=#8045]Mystery Quest[/game]" a year later.	Famicom Disk System
Happy Camper	Color Dreams	1990	The game was finished back in the day, but never released. It was however found and finally made public in 2008.***The barcode "96962-81019" appears on pre-production package art. The valid UPC for this game might be "0-96962-81019-1". But it may just be made up. The barcode "0-32281-81308-6" appears on reproduction packages. Its a valid code, but it may just be made up.	NES
Hive	Blueline Games	2014		Linux
Hive	Blueline Games	2014		Windows
Honey Hunt	Milton Bradley (Joyce Hakansson Associates)	1983		TI99
Jammer The Gardener	author	2007	Live the life of a aspiring gardener on his quest through several highly dynamic environments spanning the world of Jammer T.The aim of the game is to fight off slugs and wasps that are intent on attacking your garden using the colour coded weapons.	Linux
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World	Kemco;Playtronic (Kemco)	1993	The life of a clown isn't easy. Always having to wear that hideous make-up, wear those funny clothes, and always be cheerful, no matter what's going on in one's personal life. In KID KLOWN IN NIGHT MAYOR, Kid Klown has the stupid make-up and goofy clothes, but he's anything but cheerful, the Night Mayor has kidnapped his entire funny family! Now it's up to you to help Kid find his family and give the Night Mayor an old pie-in-the-face. The only problem is that the Mayor lives in a klown-dominion filled with all kinds of klown-hating goons, and all you have are some magic balloons. Will you be able to entertain your way through the world, or is there some other way?	NES
Killer Bees	Maples Software	1985	I have seen this game as single release as well as part of a mini-compilation titled "PC-Fun" from Maples Software.	MS-DOS
Koneko Monogatari: The Adventures of Chatran	Pony Canyon (Marionette)	1986	Koneko Monogatari is based on the movie "The Adventures of Chatran" (also known as "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" in the US). It is an average, slow-paced platform game with cute graphics aimed at children. Collect fruits for points and avoid all hostile animals - though not always hostile looking, and dying by being hit by a rain drop is also rather uncommon I think. The game consists of 24 stages, each stage representing one month of a year with a day and night stage each. As I mentioned the game's pace is kinda slow and unexciting, but not unplayable. Worst part is the music, which is really annoying in both the day and night stages.	Famicom Disk System
Millipede	Softek	1983		ZX Spectrum
Millipede	Atari	1984	CX-5248. North America NTSC. 1 player or 2 players alternating. A prototype dated 1984-01-31 is finished and ready for release. Here come the millipedes to rampage your mushroom garden. They bring with them, Bees, Beetles, Dragonflies, Earwigs, Inchworms, Mosquitoes, Spiders. Don't expect the old enemies to behave normally, they have new tactics including coordinated group attacks and building a mushroom fort is not as reliable. With new enemies comes a new weapon, the DDT bomb. This sequel to [game=#20223]Centipede[/game] was originally called Centipede Plus. This version of the game was canceled by Jack Tremiel as part of his effort to make Atari a computer only company. [Zerothis]	Atari 5200
Millipede	Atari (Andromeda Software)	1986		Atari ST

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