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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Forbidden Quest	Pryority Software	1985
Starglider	Rainbird (Argonaut)	1986	You are in command of Novenia's last Airborne Ground Attack Vehicle, with limited weaponry and fuel, with no apparent means of replenishment. Using high energy single-pulse beam lasers and TV guided missiles you must overcome the sophisticated strategies of the invading Ergon air and ground forces, led by Fleet Commander Hermann Krudd in the spacefleet starship... the STARGLIDER.
Mercenary: Escape from Targ	Novagen	1987
Outcast	Mastertronic (Sculptured Software)	1987
Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge	Sierra On-Line	1987
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter	Sierra On-Line	1987	[4]* [1]* [52]***Stardate: A long, long time ago (sounds familiar, huh?) in a galaxy just around the corner... You are the janitor on the Spaceship Arcada. Your mission!... To scrub dirty floors... To replace burned-out light bulbs... To clean out latrines... TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS SWEPT THE FLOOR! Captain' Log: Saturday, 01:14:07 p.m.: A super-secret Star Generator has just been tested successfully. Your crew has been celebrating. Your planet will soon have the new sun it desperately needs to keep its eco-systems alive. Your ship, the Arcada Research Lab is currently heading home to announce the good news. Monday, 08:46:22 a.m.: An army of Sarian warriors, those nasty, trigger-happy space pirates from the Lower East Side, are hot on your ship's tail! Their evil scheme... to capture the Star Generator and use its secrets to take over the galaxy. The Unforseeable Future: It's up to you! You become the sanitation engineer turned swashbuckling hero in this 3-D animated adventure game. You will pilot ships, float in space, battle fierce aliens, and perhaps even make time to catch the headlining band at the Keronian Rock Palace. A new series in the tradition of King's Quest! Space Quest feature: - Incredible 3-D graphics! Move behind, in front of, and into objects. - Pop-up text windows for easier reading. No more calluses on your return key finger. - Multiple solutions and variable scoring. There's more than one way to skin a short-haired hypoglopus. - Full sentence input and optional joystick control. - FREE COUPONS! Valuable discounts on merchandise at various Space Quest locations near you. [Directly from the game box]
Tanglewood	Microdeal	1987
Mercenary: The Second City	Novagen	1988
Space Harrier	Elite	1988	[22]* [1]* [52]* [52]* [47]***They released two versions of this game for the 16-bit homecomputers. The second one (1990) featured all levels from the Arcade original, while the first one (1988) left some levels out. But except the number of levels they are identical. I don't know exactly if this was also called Space Harrier: Extra !?
Starglider 2	Rainbird (Argonaut)	1988	[b]THE SAGA CONTINUES...[/b] 2 years have passed since the Egron's unsuccessful invasion of Novenia. The wreckage of commander Hermann Kruud's awesome StarGlider fleet lies scattered across the post-nuclear wastelands of the once beautiful planet. The heroes who liberated Novenia in the museum-piece fighter are now leading very separate lives...Jaysan is living it up in luxury and generally enjoying himself, while Katra is helping Novenia's massive redevelopment project. One day, news of the gravest importance reaches the High Council - the Egrons are gearing up to remove the thorn of Novenia from the Empire's side once and for all. The Imperial Prator has decided to build a giant beam projector around the planet Millway, and point it right at Novenia. Jaysan reluctantly agrees to join Katra on a daring mission to destroy the beam projector's components before they can be assembled. ICARUS - Draggon Industries' prototype policecruiser is commandeered, and the duo blast off, spacewards...* [47]* [33]* [82]* [83]* [75]* [13]* [17]* [4]* [49]* [22]* [1]* [61]
Starquake	Bubble Bus;Mandarin	1988	[22]* [1]*Requires color and joystick.
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Origin	1988
Victory Road	Imagine (Microwish Software)	1988
Vixen	Martech (Intelligent Design)	1988	Renamed "She Fox" in Germany because "Wichsen" (pronounced "Vixen") means "to jerk off" in German.* [1]* [47]
Battletech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception	Infocom (Westwood Studios)	1989	The 31st century is a desperate time. Five Successor States are hopelessly locked in a mortal struggle for power. In this era of endless war, the powerful, death-dealing BattleMechs are valued higher than human life. You are 18-year-old Jason Youngblood, and fate has given you a terrible gauntlet to run. Abruptly wrenched from the intense drilling of 'Mech warrior training, you are plunged into real battle with deadly Kurita warriors. Savage experience is now your unforgiving teacher, and the very survival of The Lyran Commonwealth demands you learn the ruthless precision of battle strategy quickly.* [83]* [33]*** [52]
Future Wars: Time Travellers	Delphine Software	1989
Gilbert: Escape from Drill	Again Again (Enigma Variations)	1989
Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny	Origin (Binary Vision)	1989	[22]* [52]* [37]***Comes on three 3.5" disks.
Verminator	Rainbird	1989
Dark-Sat	Loriciel	1990
Galactic Empire	Tomahawk (Coktel Vision)	1990
Infestation	Psygnosis	1990
Space Harrier II	Grandslam (Teque)	1990
Starblade	Palace Software;Palace Software (Silmarils)	1990
Strider II	U.S. Gold (Tiertex)	1990
The Kristal	Addictive Games (Fissionchip Software)	1990
Hard Nova	Electronic Arts (Abersoft)	1991
Legends of Valour	U.S. Gold (Synthetic Dimensions)	1993
Robinson's Requiem	Daze Marketing (Silmarils)	1994

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