showing 18 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
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| Brig Battle | BCI Software;Cymbal Software (General Masters) | 1983 | labelimageminimize | |
| Galleons | Rabbit Software | 1984 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Aqua Racer | Bubble Bus;ShareData (Bubble Bus) | 1985 | [b]Compilation releases:[/b] - Racing Simulation Games (together with [game=#34679]Max Torque[/game]).*** [2]*** [4]*** [33] | labelimageminimize |
| Power Boat Race | Red-Arrow Software | 1985 | labelimageminimize | |
| Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | Origin | 1985 | [4]*** [48]***Ultima IV is an RPG like none other before or since. There is no final boss to defeat and no princess (or artifact) to liberate. Rather, this game puts you on an almost spiritual journey to improve yourself in eight 'virtues' - Humility, Spirituality, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honesty, and so on. Just about anything you can do in the game affects how you progress down this road: You must not steal, run from battles, or attack retreating enemies if you have any hope of winning the game. Once you have fully developed your eight virtues, you become the 'Avatar' - the embodiment of all that is good in Humanity - and the true nature of the quest is revealed. This unique RPG is definitely not for everybody, but it's still worth a try... especially for people who believe there can be nothing worthwhile in a video game.***Comes on two 5.25 inch disks, 4 sides, optionally supports 2 drives. [Zerothis] | labelimageminimize |
| Gunboat | Piranha;Macmillan (Five Ways Software) | 1987 | labelimageminimize | |
| Long Lance: A Computer Game of Tactical Naval Combat in the South Pacific | Simulations Canada | 1987 | labelminimizeminimize | |
| PHM Pegasus | Electronic Arts (Lucasfilm Games) | 1987 | labelimageminimize | |
| Sailing | Activision (Software Studios) | 1987 | labelimageminimize | |
| The American Challenge: A Sailing Simulation | Mindscape (Tom Snyder Productions) | 1987 | labelimageminimize | |
| Red Storm Rising | MicroProse | 1988 | labelimageminimize | |
| Turbo Boat Simulator | Silverbird (Mind's Eye Software) | 1988 | labelimageminimize | |
| Pro Powerboat Simulator | Codemasters (Vision Software) | 1989 | labelimageminimize | |
| Super-Race | Markt & Technik | 1989 | labelimageminimize | |
| The Deep | U.S. Gold (Emerald Software) | 1989 | labelimageminimize | |
| Windwalker | Origin Systems | 1989 | labelimageminimize | |
| Carrier Command | Rainbird (Realtime Games Software) | 1990 | [1]***In contrast to the 16-bit versions the C64-version is not played inside a 3D environment, but in a 2D top-down perspective. | labelimageminimize |
| The Ormus Saga | CP Verlag | 1991 | Several aspects of this game are unusual. The defining characteristic is probably the fact that the player must simultaneously go questing as in an RPG while also engaging in warfare as in a strategy game. An Ultima clone with added strategy elements. The protagonist leads resistance against a militant cult. Troops are hired which are not best utilized in the usual RPG battles with monsters (combat mode) which the player must engage in (through random monster encounters are relativity scarce). Troops do not gain experience or treasure when fighting the player's questing battles, neither does the player gain anything when the troops are used. Loss of troops without gain is the risk (each soldier costs the equivalent of about 25 gold nuggets, it takes hours of battles or questing to find a nugget). Troops should not be wasted fighting snakes. Troops instead are optimal to attack occupied towns to eliminate cult members in the strategy/warfare modes. 'Liberated' towns then pay taxes. In this exchange, the player must subsequently takes charge of defending these cities that are attacked by cult forces. The player's own troops do not defend, each town maintains it's own militia. Each town's garrisons can be upgraded at the player's expense. Failure to fend off an attack can result in an immediate game over; although this is unlikely. Better equipment is required, and current equipment can break, but most towns don't sell such equipment. So it is necessary to continuously explore and find many towns to liberate to discover which ones happen to have a better bit of equipment. Buying maps and speaking to NPCs are helpful for exploration, Acquisition of wealth for upgrading equipment is not an issue (because of taxes) as it is for most games of the RPG type. Money is mainly about the warfare. While the war is being waged the player must still engage in a personal quest and sub-quests to collect information and find artifacts to eliminate the evil overload and his mini-boss minions permanently. Much of this is not strictly required as most of the key baddies can be eliminated as part of a large scale attack (warfare mode). However, the questing solutions are more efficient and require many, many, many, fewer digital deaths. And, the game cannot be entirely won by warfare alone, some questing will be required. However, questing is also not without risk of digital blood of bystanders. It is possible to kill any NPC in the game, including NPCs essential to the plot. Since NPCs can be covert badguys, the player might end up killing innocents or hindering the war effort.[spoiler=show spoiler;hide spoiler]There are two towns that have healers capable of resurrecting NPCs.[/spoiler][spoiler=show second-level spoiler;hide spoiler]Several essential NPCs are already dead before the game begins[/spoiler][spoiler=show second-level spoiler;hide spoiler]Several artifacts that are required to win the game have already been acquired by badguys when the game begins(think: Ganon starts with Arrows of Light in a quiver on his back and the Master Sword in hand)[/spoiler][spoiler=show third-level spoiler;hide spoiler]The player can gain the ability to resurrect NPCs[/spoiler] Running from a battle may end combat mode, but the enemy is still there in the overworld; the player could find themselves right back in the same battle if they don't manually escape. The overworld is presented graphically with an overhead view. But towns and dungeons are explored by selecting menu options. A joystick is required to play the game. | labelminimizeminimize |
