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11/11/2024

SERIES POST [ #3 / 2024]
PANDEMONIUM! (Toys for Bob Inc, 1996)
PANDEMONIUM 2 (Toys for Bob Inc, 1997)

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SONY PlayStation

03/11/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #16 / 2024]
SUPER HANG-ON (Sega AM2 & Co. Ltd, 1987)
Super Hang-On is an addictive moto-racing game originally released in 1987 for the arcades by Sega AM2 & Co Ltd. The game gained massive popularity in short time and was converted to a variety of systems.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Atari ST
📷 Amiga
📷 PC (DOS)

27/10/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #15 / 2024]
GRADIUS a.k.a. NEMESIS (Konami, 1985 on the arcades)
Nemesis is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game and part of the Gradius series. It was originally released and published by Konami for the arcades and from 1986 for a variety of 8bit and 16bit home systems (computers and consoles). The MSX conversion was developed in 1986 and the TG-16 in 1991.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Philips VG-8020 (MSX)
📷 NEC TurboGrafx

20/10/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #14 / 2024]
POPULOUS (Bullfrog Productions, 1989-1990)
Populous is an isometric real time strategy game in which you play the role of a god!! As a unique experience for its time, Populous was released for a variety of home systems like the Atari ST/E, Amiga, Acorn 32bit, MAC, FM Towns & Marty, TG-16, Game Boy, SNES, PC (DOS), Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis and the X68000.

NOTE: Our photo-shooting is for our website's reviews only and not for comparison purposes, therefore, some versions (and conversions) of a particular game may be missing.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST
📷 Sega Mega Drive

29/09/2024

Lamborghini American Challenge (aka Crazy Cars 3) is a quite difficult and pretty lengthy racing game with decent visuals and sound, adding also some unique features to the genre. The game was originally released in 1992 for the Commodore Amiga and later ported to DOS, Nintendo SNES, Atari ST, Amiga CD32, Game Boy, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64.

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17/09/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #13 / 2024]
STRIDER II (Tiertex, 1990)
Strider II is the sequel to the Strider arcade game. It's an action platform game developed by Tiertex and published by U.S Gold for the Amiga, ST, CPC, C64, ZX home computers, as well as the Game Gear, the Mega Drive and the Master System consoles.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST

04/09/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #12 / 2024]
ZOOL (Gremlin Graphics, 1992)
Zool is a great platform game that made its debut on the Amiga in 1992 and was marked as the best-selling Amiga game of this year. Zool was also released for the Atari ST, PC (DOS), Acorn 32bit as well a the Mega Drive, the SNES, the Sega MS, the GameBoy and the Game Gear.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 600 (ECS version)
📷 Amiga 1200 (AGA version)
📷 Atari STE
📷 Compaq LTE 5000 (DOS version)

18/08/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #6 / 2024]
VIGILANTE (IREM Corp., 1988 on the arcades)
Vigilante is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game developed for the arcades in 1988 by IREM and published by Data East. The game was converted to a variety of 8bit and 16bit home systems, computers and consoles. The Turbografx-16 / PC Engine conversion was developed and published by IREM in 1989.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 NEC TURBOGRAFX-16

28/07/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #11 / 2024]
ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3 (Midway, 1995)
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is another installment, fighting game of the popular Mortal Kombat series. The game was developed and released by Midway for the arcades in 1995.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA Mega Drive
📷 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

14/07/2024

SERIES POST [ #3 / 2024]
MORTAL KOMBAT (Midway, 1993 on the MD)
MORTAL KOMBAT II (Midway, 1994 on the MD)
MORTAL KOMBAT 3 aka MK3 (Midway, 1995 on the MD)

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA Mega Drive II

03/07/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #10 / 2024]
LEMMINGS (DMA Design, 1991)
Lemmings is one of the best puzzle-platform games ever developed and is considered as one of the most widely-ported video games of all time. Lemmings was originally developed and released for the Amiga computers and later ported to numerous other home computers and video gaming consoles.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga
📷 Atari ST
📷 Amstrad CPC
📷 Sega Mega Drive
📷 Philips CD-i
📷 Panasonic 3DO

24/06/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #9 / 2024]
DISNEY'S THE LION KING (Westwood Studios, 1994)
Based on Disney's popular animated film starring Simba the lion, The Lion King is a multi-scrolling action platform game released for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis, SNES, NES, PC (DOS / Windows), Mac and Amiga (AGA) home systems.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 1200
📷 PC (DOS)
📷 Sega Mega Drive
📷 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

12/06/2024

SERIES POST [ #2 / 2024]
FREDDY HARDEST (Dinamic Software, 1987)
FREDDY HARDEST 2 (Dinamic Software, 1989)
"Freddy Hardest" is an action game initially released for the C64 in 1987. The same year, more versions followed, including the Amstrad CPC, MSX, ZX and PC. The game was developed by the Spanish software house Dinamic Software and published by Imagine Software.
The sequel, under the name "Freddy Hardest In South Manhattan", was released in 1989 and, this time, it was also reeleased for the 16bit home computers, Atari ST and Amiga.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128 (Freddy Hardest)
📷 Philips VG 8020 (Freddy Hardest)
📷 Atari 1040 STFM (Freddy Hardest 2)

03/06/2024

SINGLE-PLATFORM POST [ #5 / 2024]
UEFA STRIKER aka STRIKER PRO 2000 (Rage Games, 2000)
Striker Pro 2000 is a cool and fun football / soccer videogame initially launched in 1999 for the PlayStation and, a year later, for the SEGA DreamCast. The game was developed by Rage Games Ltd and published by Inforgrames SA.

PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 SEGA DreamCast

27/05/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #8 / 2024]
OSCAR (Flair Software, 1993)
Oscar is an action-platform game initially developed in 1993 by Flair Software for the Amiga (OCS/ECS and AGA chipsets), in 1994 for the PC (DOS) and in 1996 for the Super Nintendo console.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amiga 500
📷 Amiga 1200
📷 PC (DOS)
📷 Super Nintendo Entertainment System

11/05/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #7 / 2024]
KARATEKA (Jordan Mechner, 1984-1990)
Karateka is a 1984 fighting game written by Jordan Mechner for the Apple II. The game was renowned for its realistic vector graphics animations and was later ported to almost every major 8bit system of the time, namely the MSX, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8bit, Atari 7800, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, NES as well as the 16bit Atari ST and DOS.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Atari 65XE
📷 Commodore 64C
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128
📷 Nintendo Entertainment System

05/05/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #6 / 2024]
BLOODWYCH (ImageWorks, 1989-1990)
Bloodwych is a fantasy RPG, dungeon crawler, similar to Dungeon Master, in which you explore a large complex, bumping off the bad guys while attempting to complete the quest. The game has a two-players mode which was unique to its genre. Bloodwych was released in 1989 for the Amiga, Atari ST, PC (MS-DOS) and in 1990 for the 8bit Amstrad, Commodore and Spectrum computers.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Amstrad CPC 6128
📷 Atari 1040 STFM

20/04/2024

MULTI-PLATFORM POST [ #5 / 2024]
RAINBOW ISLANDS (Taito, 1987)
Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 is a colorful and fun platform game developed for the arcades by Taito in 1987. From 1990 and forth, it was converted to a variety of 8bit and 16bit systems (both consoles and home computers) with great success.

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PHOTOS FROM OUR COLLECTION:
📷 Commodore 64C
📷 Nintendo Entertainment System
📷 Sony PlayStation (+enhanced version 1996)