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name	publisher(developer)	year	description	platform
Zzyzzyxx	Cinematronics	1982		Arcade
You Are The Dragon	author (auhor)	2015		Linux
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Imagine	1985		Amstrad CPC
Xevious	Namco	1990	The Xevious Famicom Disk System version could only be obtained via the Disk Writer method where you bought an empty disk and could copy a game for a small fee at certain copy stations/kiosks. The game is identical to the cartridge version with the exception of different copyright dates on the title screen. In the six years that lay between the cartridge and disk versions much happened in the video game industry. Sure, the disk version was much cheaper and the gameplay has the same classic feel to it but in 1990 this game already must have been mostly played out of nostalgic feelings I would guess.***Players control their Solvalou ship and destroy the XEVIOUS forces. Fire the zapper missiles against air-based enemies and drop the blaster bombs down upon ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points. Unique enemies, interesting background music, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden game play features differentiated Xevious from the other shooting games released at the time. Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?	Famicom Disk System
Xevious	Namco;Bandai (Namco)	1984	[49]* [33]* [52]*Yes, Xevious is a classic arcade title of some fame. And it is a title released early in the Famicom era. But that shouldn't be an excuse for an overall unenjoyable gaming experience. Gameplay could be considered well done, since the controls are decent and the fact that you must throw bombs on ground targets gives the game a bit variety. But it is exactly the boringness and the non-variety of all the rest with the neverending flight over very plain ground with dull colors, shooting waves after waves of the same, bad looking flying enemies and ground targets that makes this game so inferior to nearly all shooters that would follow. The sound is especially annoying.*Players control their Solvalou ship and destroy the XEVIOUS forces. Fire the zapper missiles against air-based enemies and drop the blaster bombs down upon ground-based targets. Destroy Andor Genesis to earn bonus points. Unique enemies, interesting background music, a variety of vertically scrolling background environments and many hidden game play features differentiated Xevious from the other shooting games released at the time. Are you devious enough to beat Xevious?	NES
Wrecking Crew	Nintendo	1985	[4]* [22]* [52]* [49]1 player or 2 players simultaneous cooperative. [Zerothis]Nice early puzzle / platform mix with nice graphics for its time. Destroy (nearly) everything on the screen to make it to the next level. One of the not so well known games featuring star plumber Mario.*In the days before Mario and Luigi became sports stars in their downtime between plumbing and saving the Princess, they tried their hands as one-man wrecking crews. With a hammer as their only tool, players take control of the brothers and set out to destroy ladders, rip out pipes, knock down walls and detonate explosive devices. But make sure to plan your path of destruction carefully, as each building is designed as its own clever puzzle—if you're not careful, you can easily trap yourself in a dead end. Adding to the excitement and challenge are fireballs, enemies and an angry foreman roaming the buildings. They're all trying to stop you from moving on to the next stage. With 100 buildings to demolish and the ability to construct your own, it's a wonder Mario and Luigi ever got back to saving the Mushroom Kingdom.	NES
Widescreen Asteroids	Richcraft Creations	2017	Pilot a spacecraft and shoot the drifting asteroids. Watch out because the asteroids will fracture into smaller pieces which will also fracture. Only the smallest asteroids debris can be vaporized. A UFO will appear under certain conditions and begin shooting at asteroids and the player's ship with equal malice. Vector display is simulated in 16x9 aspect. Players can use hyperspace to escape and reappear elsewhere but the hyperspace exit portal will causes a momentary gravitational pull on the remaining objects. Highscores with 3 letter initials are recorded.	Linux
Wheels Runner	International Games	1988		Arcade
Warpman	Namco	1985	Simple single-screen shooter where you have to kill a certain amount of aliens to finish a stage. Warpman is basically an improved version of the 1981 arcade game [game=#763]Warp Warp[/game]. There are two different playing fields. The one is in space and has very straightforward shooting gameplay, the second one is in a Bomberman-style maze where you have to leave bombs on the ground to kill nearby enemies.	NES
Vectoroids	New Breed Software	?		Zaurus
Vectoroids	?	2001		BeOS
Vectoroids	New Breed Software	2002		BeOS
Vectoroids	New Breed Software	2002	Clone of Atari Asteroids, based on Agendaroids. Shoot the asteroids into smaller ones, then shoot the smaller ones and so on until the tiniest ones are destroyed. Eliminate them all do it again, but faster and with more asteroids.	Linux
Urban Champion	Nintendo	1984	Think you're tough, huh? Well, you better be. Because you've got to be quick on your feet and fast with your hands to become the next URBAN CHAMPION. You've go the block, fake and land punches that will knock your opponent off the screen. Do that three times and there will be a confetti celebration in your honor as you become the new URBAN CHAMPION. But watch out. Just when you think you've beat him to the punch, you fall into an open manhole! Or get hit by a falling flower pot! Think you can handle the action? Then prove it. Play by yourself or challenge a friend, either way you'll have a knockout time defeating the toughest guys in the neighborhood in URBAN CHAMPION.* [22]* [52]* [52]* [52]* [49]Urban Champion is a very simply structured, slow-paced fighting game with bad controls. Attacks are limited to punches only, the opponents all look the same, the game is very repetitive. Only the background graphics are nicely done.**A somewhat repetitive fighting game where you must use your punches to knock your opponent off the side of the screen and continue on to the far side (every third stage), where you can knock him into a manhole. [Jacquismo]	NES
Typing with Jester	author	2017		Linux
Tiger-Heli	Pony Canyon;Acclaim Entertainment (Micronics)	1986	[49]* [33]* [52]* [37]Tiger-Heli is a vertical scrolling shoot'em up arcade port. You control a helicopter and shoot everyhting in sight. The game suffers from sprite flickering. That the Famicom/NES can do much better with better programming was for example proved by Zanac, which was released at about the same time. On the other hand the game's background graphics actually resemble "realistic" landscapes and objects. You fly over towns with streets and fortified, big battleships on the sea. That is a nice variation from many other shooters of its time where the background graphics are just a conglomeration of shapes and objects. After four stages the levels eventually repeat themselves endlessly. With smoother programming this game could have been cool, but as it stands it is just an average shooter.The Mission: Shatter the enemy defense lines and destroy the military headquarters of a war-crazed nation. The Time: Sunrise. The Place: Classified information. The Weaponry: Tiger-Heli and you. Tiger-Heli. The result of a billion-dollar defense project. The ultimate stealth helicopter. Turbine powered. Forged from ebony metal and glistening chrome. Armed with heat-seeking missiles and impact bombs. Able to fly in the stratosphere or inches above the ground. With only enough fuel to get you to the heart of the mega-fortress. Getting out is up to you. It's a last-ditch effort to halt a war-crazed nation. Fanatics sworn to overrun any country they can conquer. And, in this war, they've been winning. They have rocket firing tanks, destroyers, and weapons never seen before. You have Tiger-Heli!*Tiger Heli is the name of your helicopter, according to the box the result of a billion-dollar defense project and forged from ebony metal and glistening chrome. Your goal is to defeat the country of Cantun, which is run by terrorists and has become completely power hungry with an aim to take over the whole world. You're shooting tanks, ships, aircraft carriers and trains while flying towards the impenetrable military base. You shoot crates to get pickups. If you shoot the crate when it is green you get a bomb pickup, if you shoot it when it is red you get a mini helicopter that attaches to one of your sides shooting sideways, and if you shoot it when it is white you get a mini helicopter shooting forward. If you shoot 10 crates with a yellow diamond shape you get an extra life.	NES
Terra Cresta	Nichibutsu;Vic Tokai (Nichibutsu)	1986	'TERRA CRESTA' is a shooting game that was released from Nihon Bussan in 1985. Players recapture parts that have been left in the ground. Intercept the enemy in formation attack and aim to the space devil Mandora. 'Arcade Archives series' has faithfully reproduce the masterpiece of arcade games for PS4 system. Also support PS4 system features. Players can share play screens and video with the SHARE feature, and players can also compete with other players for score online ranking. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.***Terra Cresta is an arcade port and one of those typical vertical shoot'em up games that were so popular in the 80's. Playability is good, but the game is rather repetitive and eventually loops endlessly, which I don't like to be honest. There is the element of upgrading your ship with extra parts similar to Nichibutsu's other 1986 Famicom/NES shooter game [game=#7980]Magmax[/game]. That results in more firepower but it is also harder to avoid enemies' shots, because your own ship becomes significantly larger. Graphics and sound are average (and I miss a super cool title screen music as in the C64 version).	NES
SuperTotalCarnage !	Indiegala	2022	Slay never-ending legions of monsters while running in circles! SuperTotalCarnage! is a gory and dark horror casual game with rogue-lite elements. Choose from a variety of weapons and perks and make every playthrough a different experience. Unlock many characters each one with different abilities.	Windows
Super Duper Mario Bro	Carnegie Mellon University	?	Surprisingly, this student designed game from Carnegie Mellon University prominently displays the "Nintendo" trademark. Used with permission?	Linux
Star-Wars	Sun Microsystems (StarDivision)	2002	This is a Space Invaders clone that is included in OpenOffice. To play, load a Calc document (or start a new one) and enter into a cell: [code]=game()[/code] Overwrite the result with this formula: [code]=GAME("StarWars")[/code] This is one of several games included.	Linux
SSI Poker	SSI	1990		Arcade
Sqoon	Irem (Home Data)	1986	Sqoon is a horizontally scrolling shoot'em up game. The player controls a submarine where he not only has to shoot everything in sight but also has to rescue as many humans as possible from underwater farms (where they are held like cattle by hungry alien invaders cough). Only by delivering people or gold bars to the surface you can fill up necessary fuel. Without fuel or touching an enemy you die. The graphics are not very detailed, background graphics consist mainly of simple blue water. Controls are average. Worst part is the miserable hit detection and the boringness that comes as soon as you have seen two levels. There is virtually no variety in later levels. After the eighth stage the game starts at stage one with some more palette swapped backgrounds.***The proper name is "Sqoon", however, proper spelling would be Squoon. which is not the actual title of this game.	NES
Spy Hunter	author	1993		Apple IIGS
Spy Hunter	Sunsoft	1987	Spy Hunter... considered armed and extremely dangerous. You control the turbo charged race car/hydro spy boat. You control a deadly arsenal of missiles, machine guns, oil slicks and smoke screens. Multiple nerve-shattering spy-action screens. Sophisticated spy-challenging graphics. This is hardly a game. It's a high-speed test of your secret agent skills. Meet the challenge and survive SPY HUNTER!***Spy Hunter might be a real classic in the arcades, but the NES version doesn't appeal to me. It's fast, yes, but thats all good I can say about it. The graphics are not very pretty and the gameplay is not very varied. An endless street (or waterway), avoiding other vehicles or shoot them down. And on and on it goes without change. There are no levels and no end goal besides accumulating a high score. That might have worked for an 1983 arcade game, which drew its main attention from its steering wheel controls, but it does not for a 1987 NES game in my opinion. I turned my NES off with a big yawn after two tries.	NES
Space Sweep	Commodore (Mr. Micro)	1984		C16/Plus4
Sky Destroyer	Taito (Home Data)	1985	Sky Destroyer is a pseudo-3D third-person shooter in a second world war environment. Gameplay is similar to [game=#16657]After Burner[/game]. Of course the graphical effect is not nearly as impressive on an early 8-bit Famicom game and the landscapes mainly consist of water. Shoot down planes with your machine gun and occasionally some enemy ships with torpedoes. The game is playable and people who like this kind of shooting games will be pleased enough for a few tries.	NES
Shoot It	Tynesoft	1984		C16/Plus4
Seicross	Nichibutsu;FCI (Nichibutsu)	1986	Seicross is a port of a rather unknown arcade shoot'em up game. You control a futuristic hovercycle on a planet's surface and avoid being shot by enemy projectiles, maneuver around obstacles and ram enemy hovercraft into the scenery or just shoot them down. Along the way you rescue persons to collect some extra points. Graphics and music are unspectacular. The whole game becomes boring after a short period of time. Many level elements are repeating itself and the game has no real end. The game didn't hold my interest for long.	NES
Sega-Galaga	Sega	1983		SG-1000
Satellite 7	Sega	1985	"Satellite 7" is a very basic vertically scrolling shoot'em up game. The graphics are pretty disappointing for a Master System/Mark III game. Looks more like a SG-1000 game. Gameplay-wise there is nothing spectacular included. Shoot your way through waves of enemies over bleak background graphics. Pick up the occasional power-up. All in all a quite boring affair.***Only released in Japan as an early title for the Sega Mark III.	Master System
Rogue Rocks	AUX-IN Games	2019		Linux
Road Fighter	Konami;Palcom (Konami)	1985	[66]* [64]* [37]* [29]*A very simplistic racing game with four stages. You have to reach the end of each stage/checkpoint before your fuel runs out. Plays more like a pure "avoid all obstacles game" instead of a racing game. The feeling to actually drive something is really missing in this game. In 1991 (six years after the initial Japanese release) Konami released the game in Europe under the Palcom label. Why they did this is a bit beyond me.	NES
Road Fighter	Friends Software	2000	Unofficial conversion, based on the MSX version of the game.	MS-DOS
Road Fighter	author	?	This is an unofficial port by of the MSX game by Komani.	Memotech MTX
Road Fighter	Konami	1985	Also available in Konami Game Collection Extra	MSX
River Patrol	Orca	1981		Arcade
Rampage	Electric Dreams;Activision	1988	RAMPAGE™ The game where the nice guys don't get a look in. Grab your way through Chicago, punch up New York, and jump on San Francisco. Three indescribably nasty characters which bear a remarkable likeness to King Kong, Godzilla and Wolf-man, need you to send them on a rampage in an enduring 150 days of destruction, through 50 different cities.* [183]* [62]* [25]* [25]* [52]The music of this game is a 50-second loop of [game=#1485]Trojan[/game]'s music (stage 3, Hiding Place 1).. [36]* [34]	Amstrad CPC
Raid on Bungeling Bay	Brøderbund;Hudson Soft (Hudson Soft)	1985	On a tiny, remote planet, the evil Bungeling Empire is creating an awesome war machine. Civilization as we know it seems doomed. One faint hope remains. A single highly mobile raider might be able to carry out a surgical strike to the heart of The War Machine. Only a fighter pilot of enormous skill and courage could hope to neutralize all six Bungeling islands. Even as you strike at one island, robots repair the damage you've done, attacking again and again with a savage arsenal of destruction. Who could possibly succeed? Who else but you? - Realistic helicraft controls - 360° scrolling screen - 5 increasing levels of challenge*No visual confirmation of UPC: 7-55030-01223-2*Start with your helicopter from an aircraft carrier and fly and destroy several factories located on islands. Defend yourself against missiles enemy aircraft and ground attacks. The overhead view graphics show the game's age, they are plain and undetailed. Gameplay on the other hand is complex enough to motivate for a few tries.	NES
R.C. Pro-Am	Nintendo;Hyundai (Rare)	1988	"R.C. Pro-Am" is a popular early NES racing game featuring remote controlled cars (although you might wonder why they drive easily over 100MPH). The controls work well and the racing is reasonably fun. There are some upgrade methods for your car which is also nice. Despite the good features the game felt a bit bland to me. There are a couple of tracks but they are graphically not very appealing and somehow all too similar. There is also no league mode or something like that. As long as you don't finish last in a race you continue to the next race endlessly with tracks repeating themselves after some time obviously.* [22]* [66]* [1]* [52]*Grab your controller and pull up to the starting line. It's you against four other all-star racers in this thrilling Nintendo R.C. racing competition! You'll face hair-pin turns, outrageous curves, oil slicks and rain clouds as you make your way through 32 treacherous courses that will test your driving ability like never before. Along the way, you'll pick up performance boosters like Turbo Acceleration, Sticky Tires and Top Speed taht will help you get to the finish line first. But, if the going gets tough, you'll use your bombs and missiles to knock the competition for a loop to make sure you're the winner! Collect the letters that spell N-I-N-T-E-N-D-O and you'll collect and even more powerful car. Then hop in and enjoy the ultimate in video racing competition, R.C. Pro-Am!*Some US packages have the UPC as 0-45496-63039-0. This is an invalid UPC code and a typo. The correct IPC, 0-45496-63039-3, is on other US packages. Announced as Pro-Am Racing, but the name was later changed.	NES
Punchy	Mr. Micro	1984		C16/Plus4
Punch Ball Mario Bros.	Hudson Soft	1984		Sharp X1
Punch Ball Mario Bros.	Hudson Soft	1984		MICRO 7 - FM7
Punch Ball Mario Bros.	Hudson Soft	1984		NEC PC6001
Punch Ball Mario Bros.	Hudson Soft	1984		NEC PC8801
Primal Fears	DnS Development	2013	Due to a chemical known as pharGONe, the world has been turned upside down. Battle your way through multiple levels, earning upgrades, competing against your friends and more, and find the truth about what has happened to the world. Use a variety of weapons to stop the mutated population, and save yourself from being another victim. Not sure exactly what you are facing, Primal Fears harkens to the depths of the human psyche as you fight monstrous foes alone or with friends. Nothing is more scary than the unknown and it is your goal to reveal the truth... Key Features: * Co-op game play with you and your friends up to four players. * A plethora of weapons including primary, secondary and other items of use like RC-cars, turrets, drones... * Buy and upgrade over 15 weapons to make each play through of a level unique. * Play the story missions or arenas that are both re-playable to challenge your skill. * A variety of enemy types, ranging from small to hulking.	Windows
Popeye	Nintendo	1983	[169]* [22]* [66]* [52]* [52]*Now you're the King of Spinach in a battle for Olvie's love! Are you ready to climb ladders, jump landings, eat spinach and punch out Brutus, Seahag and the flying Bernard? Because that's what it takes to win Olive Oyl's hand in marriage. You'll score points by defeating your enemies and collecting the "love tokens" Olive drops from her window. The more you collect, the more points you'll score and the faster you'll win her love. But watch out. Around every corner lurks another jealous suitor. You'll have to think with your head as well as your heart to win this fast action love affair!* [47]*UPC: 0-45496-63023-0 appears on some packages, but this is not a valid UPC code. It is most certainly a typo of the valid code 0-45496-63023-2 which appears on other packages.Popeye and Brutus are at it again in this video contest for Olive Oyl's affection. As Popeye, you must battle the likes of Brutus and the Sea Hag while you race to collect all of the floating hearts that Olive tosses to you. Once you have Spinach power, Popeye can conquer all, but without it, watch out! [...] Olive throws things and Popeye has to pick them up while avoiding the attacks of Brutus, Seahag and Bernard. In round I, Olive throws hearts; in round II, musical notes; and in round III, letters of the alphabet. Try to pick them all up before they sink in the water.**Popeye was one of the launch games for the Famicom/NES system release in Japan. It's a well done conversion of Nintendo's own Popeye arcade game. The goal in each level is to catch all objects that Olive Oyl is throwing down (hearts, notes etc.), while at the same time avoid being catched by Bluto. Graphics are great for a game from 1983 and I still like the gameplay and the different design of each level.	NES
Pooyan	Hudson Soft	1985	You control Mama pig and defend your little pig family with a bow and arrows against attacking wolves. Shoot the balloons and the wolves fall to their death. Hudson did a good job by bringing an accurate port of the classic Konami arcade game Pooyan to the Famicom system.	NES
Planet Explorers	Pathea Games	2016		Mac OS X
Planet Explorers	Pathea Games	2016		Windows
Planet Explorers	Pathea Games	2016	Planet Explorers is an open world voxel based sandbox adventure rpg game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL system based on the Unity 3D engine to allow players to change the terrain in anyway, create new objects in any form, and do it anywhere. In Planet Explorers, it is the year 2287, one of the first colony ships sent out by Earth arrives at the planet Maria, in the Epsilon Indi Star System. During its landing sequence, something appears in front of the massive ship that causes it to lose control and crash into the planet. Some of the colonists survive in lifeboats, but what they find is an unforgiving land filled with creatures ready to outlast the visitors from Earth. Now the survivors must explorer, gather, build, create, fight, and ultimately, conquer the land. The gameplay will be in 3rd and 1st person perspectives. Players will be able to customize their character, combine and create weapons, vehicles, and buildings. At the same time, players will have to defeat multitudes of enemies of varying intelligence and defend the remnants of the colonists. There will also be a mission system that features NPCs giving the player goals to achieve to advance the storyline. The game will feature a single player story line as well as random single and multiplayer adventure maps. Multiplayer will feature prominently in Planet Explorers, we’ll touch on the game modes that we want to include in a future update.	Linux

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