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NFL Football (1992)

NFL Football

Konami (America), Inc.

NFL Football is an action oriented game based on the popular sport. It is played in real-time so you have to think and act fast. In comparison to other arcade sports simulations, there are relative many coaching options.

It is officially licensed by the NFL and you can choose between about 30 teams. Playing modes are preseason matches, practice and a full season. Because there are only 30 teams a season is not very long.

Quake II (1997)

Quake II

Activision, Inc.

A sequel in name only, this follow up to id’s 1996 Quake, is a first-person shooter revolving around the Earth-Strogg war. The Strogg alien race threatens the Earth, but Earth has launched a counter-offensive, Operation Alien Overlord. Overlord takes the battle to the Strogg homeworld with the ultimate objective of securing their capitol city and killing their ruler.

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans (1994)

WarCraft: Orcs & Humans

Interplay Productions Ltd.

The Kingdom of Azeroth was relatively peaceful and ruled by King Llane. That was until a powerful mage named Medivh commanded forces that opened up a portal in the Swamp of Sorrow, leading to another world. This ushered in the Age of Chaos, as Orcs were summoned to this world and attempted to establish an empire. As the Orcish hordes swarmed from the portal, they met with the Humans of Azeroth and battles ensured. Peaceful co-existence is not an option. Only one race will attain dominance over the land.

Speed Demons (1997)

Speed Demons

Eidos Interactive Ltd.

This game is arcade of “evil” vehicles, in the style of Death Rally that throughout 8 circuits we will have to demonstrate that we are the fastest.

Microsoft Arcade (1993)

Microsoft Arcade

Microsoft Corporation

Ports of classic arcade games to the PC. The following games are included in this package:

  • Asteroids
  • Battlezone
  • Missile Command
  • Tempest

Shannara (1995)

Shannara

Legend Entertainment Company

A 2D point and click adventure based on the Shannara fantasy novels by Terry Brooks. Also features some mild RPG Elements, like travelling on a world map with random encounter fights. Your father once slew the evil warlock king Brona but now his angry spirit has returned and it’s up to you to do something about it. (It’s not just a good idea, it’s your destiny!)

RoboQuest (1996)

RoboQuest

Kidum Multimedia

In this kids shooter, your mission is to rescue the children held captive in the witch’s castle. Your assignment: build a powerful 3-D rendered robot strong enough to withstand the evil witch and her forces. Fueled up and geared with an array of strategic tools, players enter the witch’s maze-like castle and defend their robots against fearsome guards, ghosts and insects in order to rescue the children. While navigating through five in-depth levels of the maze-like castle, players must pick up keys and collect spells to open secret passages and ward off the evil witch.

The Journeyman Project (1993)

The Journeyman Project

Presto Studios, Inc.

Claiming to be the first ever photorealistic game, The Journeyman Project take us to the far future, to the year 2318. Humanity is on the verge on signing an historic peace treaty with an alien civilisation called the Symbiotry. However, it seems someone is altering history and meddling with the timeline.

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (1997)

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee

GT Interactive Software Corp.

The time and place is not known to us, but the food factories have found a new type of meat – delicious to all the inhabitants, and no-one knows the recipe. Following your stomach you find yourself in the factory, and make the most frightening and disgusting discovery: Your own race is that secret delicious food.

Star Control 3 (1996)

Star Control 3

Accolade, Inc.

Since the events in Star Control 2 the Ur-Quan have been pacified and the captain who bravely destroyed the Sa-Matra has had a horrible vision of the future. Suddenly without warning, all Hyperspace travel in the universe has stopped. Top scientists have pinpointed the cause of this disturbance somewhere in unexplored space in an area known as the Kessari Quadrant. Hastily assembling a fleet of ships as and an untested Precusor star drive… a loose alliance of alien races known as The League of Sentient Races sends a task force to the Kessari Quadrant. You are it’s commander.