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An exploration adventure game for children by the brothers duo that would later create the Myst series. Its CD-ROM re-release is known as the first computer game released in that format.
The second installment in Al Lowe's bawdy Leisure Suit Larry series finds our polyester-clad hero rejected and single once again. Despite unwittingly becoming involved in the dangerous world of international espionage, Larry Laffer's hilarious search for love continues.
A pirate simulator created by the renowned game designer Sid Meier. Contains looting, swordsmanship and all around swashbuckling. The game was remade in 1993 for the PC; it was also reimagined in 2004 for the PC and Xbox.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small town of Chaney’s Hill. It also featured open-world gameplay and RPG elements.
A strategy game where players travel across the world and attempt to purchase more companies than their opponents.
Dark Lord is a graphical text adventure for Commodore 64 and Apple II.
A LJN NES game based on the movie franchise of the same name. Players take control of a boat, plane, and submarine to hunt down the mysterious terror of the deep known as Jaws. This game is based on Jaws: The Revenge, the fourth and final film of the series.
Players take the role of a cargo trucker who delivers goods between various cities in Canada. Crosscountry Canada has frequently been called "the Canadian Oregon Trail" in terms of its importance as a geography-based educational game.
The Earth is now underwater and being attacked by the evil Neptunians! Save all the imprisoned humans with a tricked-out pink submarine.
A Sunsoft game for the Famicom in which the fireworks-maker Kantaro makes the journey from Kyoto to Edo to reunite with his fiancee. This game is somewhat infamous in Japan for its sheer difficulty.
A 2D game with an overhead view, the player pilots a helicopter and attempts to destroy the factories of the Bungeling Empire.
An isometric boat-combat game.
An isometric platformer for the TRS-80 CoCo.
An adventure game released in 1984. It was Squaresoft's first game.
Tim Martin's Spelunker is regarded by some as one of the most obscenely difficult games of all time.
Players dive underwater in order to search for pearls.
A compilation of two Midway classics for Atari 8-bit computers.
A treasure-hunting maze game where Sindbad (also known as Sinbad the Sailor) must search for treasure in multi-layered, isometric-like, levels. While doing so, he must avoid enemies, which Sindbad can hold-up by digging holes or using the environment.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish the template for the Japanese adventure genre, which many other titles would imitate and build upon.
First released by Activision for the Atari 2600, River Raid is one of the first scrolling shooters ever made. Controlling a rogue fighter jet, players must destroy bridges, sink civilian ships, and take out the defending military trying to stop their rampage.
This early example of 3D gaming has players fire rockets from a submarine at incoming ships and UFOs. It was the first video game to use stereoscopic 3D, and the first commercial product to use active-shutter-based stereoscopic 3D.
What is regarded to be the first sim and strategy game to ever come to a console platform, Utopia sets up two rival nations and hands players the reigns of leader.
Wizard and the Princess is the first graphical adventure game to make use of coloured graphics, and serves as a prequel to the King's Quest series.
In Sea Hunt, players dive for hidden treasure whilst avoiding becoming lunch for a shark.
The sequel to Midway's Sea Wolf. Among other additions, it featured color graphics and a two-player option.
An Atari 2600 launch title consisting of mutliple ground-to-air targeting games.
Age of Sail: Privateer's Bounty is a re-release of Age of Sail II, it includes numerous patches and some extra content to bolster the original title. This is a Naval combat strategy game, similar to Star Trek: Starfleet Command in control.
Adult action game developed by Redfire Soft in 2008.
A pornographic adventure/RPG developed by Active Software in 1994.
A game where players mix together elements with the goal of finding all possible combinations.
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