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Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker

Sep 16, 1985 · 2.6
Spellbreaker is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1985, the third and final game in the "Enchanter Trilogy". Like most of Infocom's …
Amiga Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Mac Texas Instruments TI-99 +7 more
Super Zaxxon

Super Zaxxon

Dec 31, 1982 · 3.4
You pilot an attack shuttle whose mission is to strafe the enemy's "Asteroid City". Destroy fuel tanks, gun implacements, missiles, fighters and a large dragon. The game uses the same …
Apple II Arcade Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS +2 more
Temple of Apshai Trilogy

Temple of Apshai Trilogy

Nov 1, 1985 · 2.8
The Temple of Apshai Trilogy includes updated graphical versions of three classic Apshai games: -Dunjonquest: Temple of Apshai -Dunjonquest: Upper Reaches of Apshai -Dunjonquest: Curse of Ra
Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Mac Thomson MO5 +6 more
Rescue on Fractalus!

Rescue on Fractalus!

Apr 1, 1985 · 2.8
The game utilizes fractal technology to create the craggy mountains of an alien planet, where the visilibility was drastically reduced by the dense atmosphere. The player controls a fictional "Valkyrie" …
Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 5200 Atari 7800 Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX TRS-80 Color Computer ZX Spectrum +5 more
Lancelot

Lancelot

Dec 31, 1988 · 3.0
Lancelot is a standard text adventure with limited graphics on some platforms game by Level 9 released in 1988. If focuses on Lancelot's quest to find the Holy Grail.
Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS MSX Mac ZX Spectrum +7 more
Shamus

Shamus

Dec 31, 1982 · 3.0
Shamus is a shooter with light action-adventure game elements written by Cathryn Mataga and published by Synapse Software. The original Atari 8-bit computer version was released on disk and tape …
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore VIC-20 Game Boy Color Legacy Computer NEC PC-6000 Series TRS-80 Color Computer Texas Instruments TI-99 +6 more
James Bond 007

James Bond 007

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.0
When it comes to fast-paced action and intrigue, nobody does it better than Bond. James Bond. But you can try when you reenact scenes from four great James Bond movie …
Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 8-bit ColecoVision Commodore C64/128/MAX SG-1000 +3 more
The Eidolon

The Eidolon

Dec 1, 1985 · 3.2
The Eidolon is an innovative first-person shooter developed by Lucasfilm Games in 1985, utilizing advanced fractal technology to create immersive cave environments. Players navigate through eight levels of maze-like caverns, …
Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX MSX ZX Spectrum +3 more
Infidel

Infidel

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.6
Infidel is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1983. It was written by Patricia Fogleman and Michael Berlyn and was the first in the "Tales of Adventure" …
Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Mac TRS-80 TRS-80 Color Computer +7 more
Getaway!

Getaway!

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.8
Winner of the Atari Star award for accomplished programming, this game by Mark Reid has the players trying to evade capture by police forces.
Atari 8-bit
Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.8
The game is based on the 1966 movie of the same name. The player controls a miniaturized submarine which is injected into the bloodstream of a gravely ill person. Your …
Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit
Pyramid of Doom

Pyramid of Doom

Dec 31, 1979 · 2.8
In this text adventure you are on a treasure hunt in an Egyptian pyramid.
Acorn Electron Apple II Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX Dragon 32/64 TRS-80 TRS-80 Color Computer Texas Instruments TI-99 +6 more
Questron

Questron

Dec 31, 1984 · 3.5
In this role-playing game, the player begins as a peasant whose land is under attack by monsters. After killing one, a princess names the peasant champion, and issues a quest, …
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX
The Dark Crystal

The Dark Crystal

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.8
Based on the movie of the same name you play the character of Jen, the last of the Gelflings. Your objective is to find the Dark Crystal and its missing …
Apple II Atari 8-bit FM-7 PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series +2 more
Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #1: Adventureland

Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #1: Adventureland

Dec 31, 1982 · Expanded Game · 2.0
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Adventureland.
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX FM-7 PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series ZX Spectrum +4 more
Spare Change

Spare Change

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.3
Run your own video arcade and try to keep your token machines filled in this frantic action game from Brøderbund.
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Bandits

Bandits

Dec 31, 1982 · 3.3
In this Galaga clone hostile space ships attack your moon base in endless waves and try to steal your provisions. Your goal is to prevent just that.
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore VIC-20 +1 more
Up 'n Down

Up 'n Down

Q3 1983 · 2.8
Apple II Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit ColecoVision Commodore C64/128/MAX PC (Microsoft Windows) +3 more
Warhawk

Warhawk

Dec 31, 1986 · 2.5
Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. Take to the skies over desert …
Amstrad CPC Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX +1 more
Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.5
Many dedicated Spacemen have entered Spider City but none has ever been heard from again. It is up to you, Flash Gordon, to rescue any surviving Spacemen and to conquer …
Atari 2600 Atari 8-bit Commodore VIC-20
Infiltrator

Infiltrator

Dec 31, 1986 · 1.8
Infiltrator is a combination of first-person helicopter simulator and isometric third-person espionage action. You, as Johnny McGibbitts, ace pilot and neurosurgeon, were given a mission against the "Mad Leader". You …
Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS PC (Microsoft Windows) ZX Spectrum +4 more
The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle

The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle

Dec 31, 1984 · 1.8
You are the sorcerer apprentice of Solon and have to retrieve thirteen Stars of Power for you master from Castle Claymorgue.
Acorn Electron Apple II Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore 16 Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore Plus/4 DOS Dragon 32/64 TRS-80 TRS-80 Color Computer Texas Instruments TI-99 ZX Spectrum +10 more
Mindshadow

Mindshadow

Dec 31, 1985 · 2.8
You awake in a hut on a deserted island, with a headache and no memory. The PC version is a PC bootable.
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS +1 more
Bug Attack

Bug Attack

Dec 31, 1981 · 3.3
Centipede variant
Apple II Atari 8-bit FM-7 PC-8800 Series +1 more
Lords of Time

Lords of Time

Dec 31, 1983 · 3.0
You are a time traveller and have to find nine objects from different time periods in order to prevent the Time Lords to alter human history.
Amstrad CPC Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX MSX ZX Spectrum +3 more
The Pawn

The Pawn

Dec 31, 1986 · 2.8
The aim of this interactive fiction with graphics is to escape from the land of Kerovnia, where strange occurrences are routine. The Roobikyoub dwarves have been banished from the kingdom, …
Acorn Archimedes Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Mac ZX Spectrum +7 more
Mail Order Monsters

Mail Order Monsters

Apr 1, 1985 · 3.3
Players create a variety of monsters and equip them with futuristic and modern weapons to do battle. Two players can play and compete at the same time and fight each …
Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dragon's Keep

Dragon's Keep

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.5
A children's adventure game in Sierra's Hi-Res franchise, in which a dragon has captured 16 different animals that must be freed.
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX
Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker

Dec 31, 1981 · 2.3
Jawbreaker is a video game programmed by John Harris and released in 1981 for the Atari 400/800 by On-line Systems. Originally intended to be a fairly straight Pac-Man clone, Jawbreaker …
Apple II Atari 8-bit
Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back!

Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back!

TBA · 2.5
In the sequel to the infamous Beach Head, the player fights it out as either the dictator himself or the invading allies.
Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum +2 more
Hard Hat Mack

Hard Hat Mack

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.0
Hard Hat Mack is a classic jumping arcade game. Your goal is to place all bricks to the right places without being kicked/killed or whatever by any other moving object …
Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS +2 more
Jumping Jack

Jumping Jack

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.5
Jump from one place to another. Avoid hitting obstacles. Gather bonus items for points.
Atari 8-bit Dragon 32/64 ZX Spectrum
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Dec 31, 1981 · 2.3
Dungeon crawler RPG in which you set out to save the Sultan's daughter.
Apple II Atari 8-bit FM-7 PC-8800 Series +1 more
Drol

Drol

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.8
Drol is an SG-1000 game released in 1985. Originally developed by Brøderbund for various home computers in the west, it was brought to the SG-1000 by Sega and released exclusively …
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX PC-8800 Series SG-1000 +2 more
Ulysses and the Golden Fleece

Ulysses and the Golden Fleece

Dec 31, 1981 · 1.8
You are Ulysses and your king has given you the task of finding the legendary Golden Fleece and bring it back to him. In order to accomplish your king's wishes …
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS FM-7 PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series +4 more
Feud

Feud

Dec 31, 1987 · 3.0
Feud is a top-down action-adventure game where you step into the shoes of one of two rival wizards, Learic or Leanoric. Navigate a sprawling, maze-like world filled with dangers, secrets, …
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Phantasie

Phantasie

Dec 31, 1985 · 3.3
The Isle of Gelnor is divided by a chain of mountains into two regions. The west is the traditional domain of human and humanoid beings - with a few renegade …
Amiga Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS FM-7 MSX PC (Microsoft Windows) PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series Sharp X1 +9 more
A.E.

A.E.

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.8
A.E. is an arcade style shooting game in which you have to shoot down waves of evil flying mechanical stingrays in order to save your planet.
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore VIC-20 FM-7 MSX PC-8800 Series +3 more
Serpentine

Serpentine

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.3
In Serpentine you control a multi-segmented snake in a maze; your goal is to survive and earn as many points as possible. At the beginning of each level, three enemy …
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore VIC-20 DOS +2 more
Leaderboard

Leaderboard

Dec 31, 1986 · 2.5
Welcome to the exciting world of professional golf with LEADER BOARD. With amazingly realistic 3-D animation, golfers will face multiple 18-hole golf courses that demand strategy, total concentration, control to …
Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum +4 more
Mission Asteroid

Mission Asteroid

Dec 31, 1980 · 2.5
An asteroid is on collision course with Earth and it's up to the player to prevent the inevitable catastrophe. "Mission Asteroid" is the third text adventure with graphical illustrations by …
Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX FM-7 PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series +3 more
Seastalker

Seastalker

Jun 1, 1984 · 2.5
Seastalker is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence and published by Infocom in 1984. Like most of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for …
Amiga Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Mac TRS-80 Color Computer +7 more
Alien Garden

Alien Garden

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.8
Alien Garden is set on a scrolling planet consisting mainly of 24 clusters of crystals, representing flowers. You control an embryonic life-form and must ensure its survival and reproduction through …
Atari 8-bit
Transylvania

Transylvania

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.5
A game with a text interface and optional graphics. Players must locate the missing Princess Sabrina while surviving the hostile land.
Amiga Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS FM-7 Mac PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series +7 more
Archon II: Adept

Archon II: Adept

Dec 31, 1984 · 3.3
Archon 2 or also Adept is the successor of the successful Electronic Arts classic Archon. As already seen in Archon, an apocalyptic fight takes place in a fantasy surrounding, now …
Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum +3 more
Snowball

Snowball

Dec 31, 1983 · 2.8
The Snowball 9 was eqipped with robots which were to prepare Eridani A for colonization. But being suddenly awakened from hibernation, you realize something has gone wrong...
Amstrad CPC Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX MSX ZX Spectrum +3 more
Alternate Reality: The City

Alternate Reality: The City

Oct 1, 1985 · 2.8
In Alternate Reality: The City, you are one of many people who have been abducted from earth by aliens and transported to an alternate dimension where you are dumped in …
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Pirate Adventure

Pirate Adventure

Dec 31, 1978 · 3.3
Your goal in this text adventure is to find a pirate treasure using two word commands.
Acorn Electron Apple II Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore 16 Commodore C64/128/MAX Commodore PET Commodore Plus/4 Commodore VIC-20 FM-7 PC-8800 Series PC-9800 Series TRS-80 TRS-80 Color Computer Texas Instruments TI-99 ZX Spectrum +13 more
Hacker

Hacker

Dec 31, 1985 · 2.5
The player must attempt to hack into the Magma, Ltd. computer system at the beginning of the game by guessing the logon password. Access can be gained if the player …
Amiga Amstrad CPC Apple II Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS MSX Mac PC-8800 Series ZX Spectrum +8 more
Colony 7

Colony 7

Dec 31, 1982 · 2.5
Colony 7 is an arcade shoot 'em up published by Taito Corporation in 1981. It contains elements of both Taito's own Space Invaders and Atari's Missile Command. The main innovation …
Atari 8-bit
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