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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella	Sierra On-Line	1988	King's Quest Collector's Edition published 1994, UPC:0-20626-83312-7, includes this version on the 1st CD.*** [52]
Times of Lore	Origin Systems	1988
Leisure Suit Larry 2	Sierra On-Line	1988	Who is Leisure Suit Larry? If you look up the word "nerd" in the dictionary, you're liable to find Leisure Suit Larry's picture as a definition. Leisure Suit Larry is the kind of guy you see in just about every seedy singles bar. He wears a white leisure suit with the shirt open to the waist (lots of gold chains make up for the lack of a chest). If you can get past the glow of his Grecian formula, you can see that his hairline is making a hasty retreat from his forehead. Larry is the original blind date nightmare - the kind of guy you wouldn't want your daughter to date, let alone meet. He is such a loser that Cosmo Magazine recently voted him "most negligible bachelor of the year." A Time Magazine article on "The War Between the Sexes" carried his picture with the caption "an unarmed innocent bystander." Why is Larry suddenly so popular with the ladies? On cruise ships, in laid back Los Angeles, and in other exotic locations, Larry is suddenly attracting the attention of all kinds of nubile nymphettes. He's been propositioned by a bikini'd babe at the poop-deck pool, suffered the seductions of a sadomasochistic spinster, even played "hide the onklunk" with a sexy spanish senorita. Why is it that some of the loviest ladies in the western hemisphere are so hot to get their hands on Larry - and why is he resisting their advances? Why is it that Larry has suddenly started looking for Miss "Right" (as opposed to Miss "Right-Now") and will he find her? Find out why when you play... LOOKING FOR LOVE (IN SEVERAL WRONG PLACES)* [124]* [49]*** [33]
Arkanoid II: Revenge of Doh	Taito (NovaLogic)	1989
Bubble Bobble	Taito (NovaLogic)	1989
Budokan: The Martial Spirit	Electronic Arts	1989
Don't Go Alone	Accolade (Sterling Silver Software)	1989
Fighter Bomber	Activision (Vektor Grafix)	1989	[b]Addons:[/b] - Advanced Mission Disk* [124]* [62]* [90]* [33]* [49]* [17]* [83]* [82]* [22]* [1]*Review for add-on "Fighter Bomb: Advanced Mission Disk". [52]* [52]*** [37]
Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 1	Sierra On-Line	1989	[1]*Hoyle Official Book of Games [52]* [52]***Includes the classical card games "Cribbage", "Crazy Eights", "Gin Rummy", "Hearts", "Old Maid", "Klondike Solitaire" If you know other Sierra games, you will surely enjoy the variety of your possible opponents, including King Graham and Rosella (Kings Quest), Roger Wilco (Space Quest) and Sonny Bonds (Police Quest).
Keef the Thief: A Boy and his Lockpick	Electronic Arts	1989
Leisure Suit Larry 3: Passionate Patty in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals!	Sierra On-Line	1989	French version [22]* [22]* [52]***Are you smooth, suave, single guy on the make or maybe you fancy yourself the sleek, sexy femme fatale? Whoever you are, get ready for a look at the other side of life. In Sierra's latest 3-D adventure, Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals, you're BOTH As Larry... you'll get dumped by your woman and lose your job at Natives, Inc. What better reason to take off into the steamy jungle ruled by Amazon cannibal woman. As Patti... you'll follow Larry's trail deep into the overgrown jungle. Find your lover, and rescue him from a life of sex slavery at the hands of the man-eating cannibal Amazon women who have taken him prisoner. Leisure Suit Larry III is the first Sierra game ever to allow you to switch roles and see the story from another point of view. In our first ever role-switching adventure, you'll experience a new dimension of computer adventure. Become Larry, trying to find himself in the jungles of Nontoonyt Island, and Passionate Patti, searching for the man of her dreams (who seems to have dropped off the face of the earth).
Operation Wolf	Taito	1989
Qix: The Computer Virus Game	Taito (Alien Technology Group)	1989
Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero	Sierra On-Line	1989	[90]* [87]* [17]* [83]* [49]* [33]* [22]* [1]* [52]
Rambo III	Taito (Banana Development)	1989
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon	Sierra On-Line	1989	[49]* [33]* [83]* [22]* [52]*2009-07-23 on Steam, by Activision (lang: eng)*The Two Guys from Andromeda, designers of the graphically extravagant (and satirically sensational) Space Quest series, have disappeared into thin oxygen! Hysterical game fanatics around the world await word on the whereabouts of these celestial celebrities! Who could be the mastermind behind this evil plot? Could it be the Pirates of Pestulon, known for their plundering, preying and unprincipaled practices? Or maybe the legions of Space Quest fans who would kill to be the first to play Space Quest III (the graphic adventure game with the closest thing yet to motion picture-quality animation). Not to be forgotten are the monkey-suited minions of Sludge Vohaul (from our last episode), who would love to make banana pudding out of those responsible for putting them behind bars. Holy SpaceWaste, space adventurers, find out for yourself as Roger Wilco, intergalactic garbageman, returns to the rescue! Features: - Superior graphics and animation combine to create a true interactive cartoon where you become the central character. - Includes an original musical score (over 30 minutes long) created by rock 'n roll legend Supertramp's Bob Siebenberg.
The Colonel's Bequest	Sierra On-Line	1989
Xenocide	Micro Revelations (Pangea Software)	1989
Day of the Viper	Accolade	1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure	Lucasfilm Games	1989	Europe, 1938. The Lost Ark was just a warm-up! Now Adolf Hitler is after the most powerful talisman of all - the Holy Grail. A few brave men stand in his way. Fortunately, one of them is Indiana Jones. And this time, he has his dad with him. The bad guys are in your face all the way - Nazis, mercenaries, traitors and spies. Not to mention everything the Luftwaffe can throw at you. Can you handle the heat? If you can, you just might earn a higher I.Q. (Indy Quotient) than the man with the whip and the hat.* [82]* [83]* [49]* [62]* [22]* [1]* [52]Minimal configuration: EGA / VGA monitor. 512Ko RAM. Mouse.**2009-07-08 on Steam, by LucasArts (lang: eng)
Altered Destiny	Accolade	1990	THIS DEFINITELY ISN'T KANSAS. An Animated Graphic Adventure™ One minute you're just a guy eating nacho-flavored popcorn. The next you're sucked through a TV into a fantastic alien world filled with exotic landscapes and lifeforms. Welcome to the surprisingly new destiny of P. J. Barrett. Follow P.J. through a marvelous universe of acid pools and frags, quirls and fluboxes, floaters and wraiths. There's a deep mystery here that only he — with your help — can solve. Put away the reality you've known. You won't be needing it on this trip. Written and designed by Michael Berlyn, Creator of Infidel and Suspended, Author of "The Eternal Enemy.* [142]* [90]* [49]* [83]* [33]* [22]* [52]* [37]***Requires an 8088 or 8086 CPU, DOS 3.0-3.3, CGA/EGA/MCGA/Tandy/PCjr/VGA/VGA(Tweaked) video, Adlib/Game Blaster (CMS)/Generic MPU-401 MIDI devices/Tandy/PCjr sound, Keyboard, Mouse. [Zerothis]
Bad Blood	Origin Systems	1990
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess	Interplay (Silicon & Synapse)	1990
Battletech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge	Infocom (Westwood Associates)	1990
Blue Max: Aces of the Great War	Three-Sixty (Artech Digital Productions)	1990
Champions of Krynn	SSI;WizardWorks Software (SSI Special Projects Group)	1990	[87]* [83]* [33]* [17]* [49]* [22]* [1]* [52]* [37]
Code Name: Iceman	Sierra On-Line	1990
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail	Sierra On-Line	1990
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation	Three-Sixty (Artech Digital Productions)	1990
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	Accolade (Horror Soft)	1990	[22]* [63]*Runs under the AberMUD5 MUD driver with a graphical front end added.
F-14 Tomcat	Activision	1990
Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact	Sierra On-Line	1990
Gunboat: River Combat Simulation	Accolade	1990
Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 2: Solitaire	Sierra On-Line	1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Vol. I	Interplay	1990	Interplay also released an enhanced CD-version of this game in 1993. The CD-version features several scenes of the cartoon-movie and a cd-soundtrack. Originally intended to be a Commodore 64 game, it was retooled for DOS and then Amiga.*** [37]
Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design	Accolade (Sculptured Software)	1990
Joe Montana Football	Sega (Mindspan Technologies Corporation)	1990	[63]***This game is actually really cool for an old game! I have the DOS version and can't stop playing it! It let's you make your own plays and keeps track of each player's stats. There are no real NFL players in it (except Montana), but you can change each player's name. Works for me!
King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown	Sierra On-Line	1990	This remake of King's Quest uses the Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI) engine (the same used in King's Quest IV) instead of the Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI) engine. It also featured twice the resolutions, music card support instead of the PC speaker, the story was expanded and made more linear, and lots of other details were modified. King's Quest Collector's Edition published 1994, UPC:0-20626-83312-7, includes this version on the 1st CD.
Les Manley in: Search for the King	Accolade (Manley & Associates)	1990
Loom	Lucasfilm Games	1990	Long after the passing of the Second Shadow, when dragons ruled the twilight sky and the stars were bright and numerous, came the Age of the Great Guilds. Blacksmiths. Shepards. Clerics. Each dedicated to the absolute control of secret knowledge. Another such Guild was the Weavers. Over the centuries, their craft transcended the limits of physical cloth, until they wove the very fabric of reality itself. Now, a strange power has swept the Weavers into oblicion, leaving behind one Weaver boy to unravel the mystery. Help young Bobbin rescue his Guild... and you might save the universe from an unspeakable catastrophe.* [49]* [33]* [83]* [62]* [17]* [82]*CD-ROM version [22]* [22]* [1]CD-ROM version [37] [37]2009-07-08 on Steam, by LucasArts (lang: eng) - 256 color enhanced version (runs through some odd emulator that enforces 2xSAI or similar filter, too)**Fantasy adventure by LucasArts. This is one of their earlier adventure titles, and it's fairly short, but it's a fun story. You play Bobbin Threadbare, apprentice Weaver, a young man caught in the inevitable pull of destiny. The graphics use only 16-colors but are very well drawn (they're the kind that sold systems back then). The interface is simple, and the puzzles utilize the interesting concept of magic through a musical sequence. Certain actions cause magical notes to resonate through Bobbin's staff, and if he can memorize the sequence he can use it to invoke the action in another object. Some of the more ingenious puzzles also involve reversing a sequence to cause the opposite reaction. I think there should have been more throwaway animations for using the wrong sequence instead of just one generic 'wrong sequence' animation, but even without that the game is worthwhile, if short. The setting reminds me of Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea trilogy for some reason. Of special note is the fine musical score, adapted from Tschaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake.'
New York Warriors	Virgin;Arcadia Systems (Synergistic Software)	1990	The World Trade Center has been taken by terrorists! As the commander of an elite strike force, you are the one who can keep them from blowing it up! Unfortunately, jungle guerillas are nothing compared to the street gangs the city is overrun with. Fight your way through Romboids, Rastas, Killer Klowns, and many others. Blow them away with your powerful arsenal of bazookas, guided missiles, flame throwers, and other weapons of destruction - a collection of awesome firepower with incredible digitized sound effects. The only authorized version of the EXPLOSIVE new Coin-op Arcade game!
Night Shift	Lucasfilm Games (Attention to Detail)	1990
Oil's Well	Sierra On-Line (Banana Development)	1990
Power Drift	Activision	1990
Puzznic	Taito (Banana Development)	1990
Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire	Sierra On-Line	1990
Rastan	Taito (NovaLogic)	1990
Resolution 101	Millennium Interactive;Accolade (Astral Software)	1990
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye	Activision	1990
Spot: The Computer Game	Virgin Games	1990

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