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Shinobi
DOS19893.9/5 beat 'em up
Stormlord
DOS19893.9/5 platform
Stormlord is an abandoned DOS platform game set in a fantasy world, developed and published by Hewson Consultants in 1989 and designed by Raffaele Cecco. There was some controversy about the scantily clothed fairies in the game.
Strider
DOS19893.6/5 platform
Superman: The Man of Steel
DOS19892.7/5 shoot 'em up, platform
Targhan
DOS19893.5/5 beat 'em up
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
DOS19893.6/5 platform
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is an arcade game released in 1989 by Konami. It is based on the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The game was initially released as a coin-operated arcade game and later adapted for various home gaming platforms. The game follows the adventures of the four anthropomorphic turtles who must emb...
The Amazing Spider-Man and Captain America in Dr. Doom's Revenge!
DOS19893.9/5 fighting
Time Bandit
DOS19894.4/5 maze
Time Bandit is a classic top-down arcade-style video game that was released in 1982 for various home computer systems, such as the Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, and others. It was developed by MichTron. In Time Bandit, players control a character who must navigate through a series of maze-like levels, battling various enemies and collecting treasure a...
Tintin on the Moon
DOS19893.5/5
Titan
DOS19893.5/5 action puzzle, block breaker
Tongue of the Fatman
DOS19893/5 fighting
Toobin
DOS19894.1/5
Toobin is an abandoned action game developed by Domark Software and released in 1989. Toobin runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy Color, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum. It's a conversion from a popular arcade game (at the time).
Ulises
DOS19893.5/5 platform
Aaargh
DOS19883.3/5 fighting
Arkanoid
DOS19884.1/5 block breaker, action puzzle
Arkanoid is a classic arcade video game that was first released in 1986 by Taito. It is a breakout-style game, which means that the primary objective is to break a wall of bricks or blocks by bouncing a ball off a paddle at the bottom of the screen. The game takes its name and inspiration from Atari's Breakout, which was released in the 1970s. ...
Awesome Earl in SkateRock
DOS19882.5/5 unconventional sports
Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja
DOS1988protected4.1/5 beat 'em up
Bionic Commando
DOS19883.3/5 platform, run and gun
Bubble Ghost
DOS19884.1/5 maze
Death Sword
DOS19883.9/5 fighting
Death Sword (also known as Barbarian in Europe), is a fighting game developed by Palace Software, set in a fantasy world full of huge sword-wielding barbarians. Compared to modern brawlers, Death Sword gameplay may seem slow, but at the time it was considered adequate. Instead of rushing into multiple chain combos, the slow pace allow the players t...
Double Dragon
DOS19884/5 beat 'em up
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
DOS19884.1/5 beat 'em up
Fire Power
DOS19883.7/5 tank simulation
Fisher-Price Firehouse Rescue
DOS19883/5 maze
Freddy Hardest
DOS19883.6/5 platform
Kingdom of Kroz
DOS1988freeware3.7/5 maze
Mad Mix
DOS19884.3/5 maze
Nebulus
DOS19884.1/5 platform
Nebulus, also known as Tower Toppler in some regions, is a classic video game released in the 1980s. It was developed by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants. The game was initially released for various home computer systems, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and others. It later saw ports to different platforms. Neb...
Night Hunter
DOS19883.8/5 platform
Paperboy
DOS19884.1/5
Paperboy was one of (if not THE) arcade hit of 1985. It was developed by Atari for the arcades and later published by Mindscape for DOS in 1988. More conversion were made for quite a few other platforms. Paperboy gameplay is peculiar: you control a boy riding a bicycle and your goal is to deliver as many newspapers as you can to a number of ho...