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Book of the Dead
1987
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.
Frankenstein
1987
I am Doctor Victor Frankenstein. I believed... Oh foolish man! I believed I could equal the wonders of God. For I, in my researches had discovered the secret of life! For two wearisome years I experimented with my secrets of life force. Long hours spent in the laboratory tolling over bloddy tissue. Re-animating dead animal muscle: Notes, experiments, more notes, adjustments to my apparatus. My experiments became an obsession! I forgot about food, my body became wasted. My eyes stared wildly from sunken sockets. Friends had deserted me, considering me eccentric, I did not care! For I was destined to stand among the gods! Their equal, a creator... A giver of life itself!
Mandroid
CRL Group PLC1987
Part man, part droid, all mandroid.
Jack the Ripper
St. Bride's School1987
A hidden object game where players try to solve the mystery of Jack The Ripper.
Ninja Hamster
1987
After a long journey over the seas, Ninja Hamster has come home to find his village being terrorised by a gang lead by Sinister Rat and The Lizard of Death. In this beat-em-up you must fight six members of the gang as well as the two leaders, one by one to save your village. The game is viewed from the side with the whole level shown on the screen. With a joystick or keyboard you use the fire button and a direction of the joystick/keyboard to pull off various kicks to hurt your opponent. Each fighter has a energy bar and an apple and when either is hit then their bar decreases but the bar will keep increasing when not hit. Once the bar is empty then the losing fighter is knocked down and part of his apple is removed. The winner of the fight is the fighter who removes the whole of his opponents apple. If you win then you move on to the next fighter. There is a two player option where the two players fight each other but both have two apples.
Oink!
1987
Game for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64 based on the British comic of the same name. Help Uncle Pigg edit and publish the comic in time by playing 3 mini games.
I Alien
CRL Group PLC1987
As an alien in danger from human kidnappers the player must escape a spacecraft and find an escape pod to go home.
The Very Big Cave Adventure
St. Bride's School1986
A text based adventure game featuring graphical images.
Samurai
Astros Productions1986
Samurai is a tricky and tactical turn-based adventure. Take on the Yokai fortress one area at a time and face increasingly challenging foes in beautiful low-poly Japanese themed environments.
Pilgrim
CRL Group1986
Legend has it that deep in a mountain in the land of Meridan lies a Guardian who is believed to be eternal and would provide help to the people in their darkest need. The Guardian is needed now as Silvian have invaded Meridan once again, destroying everything and killing people with new and strange weapons. You have decided to test the legend of the Guardian by exploring the lands ahead to find the mountain that contains the Guardian. You start your quest waking from unconsciousness in your destroyed room. Pilgrim is a text adventure where text on screen describes your location and you type in commands with the keyboard to control your hero and interact with each location.
Blade Runner
CRL Group PLC1985
Based on the movie of the same name. You have been assigned by the police force to track down and eliminate any replidroids that have landed on Earth. There are six types of replidroids, labeled Replidroid 1 through 6. The higher the number, the more intelligent it is. The majority of the game is viewed from inside your skimmer, and inside of your skimmer are three displays that you need to pay attention to. The main display displays a radar view of your area, allowing you to navigate the streets in search of replidroids (which are represented by octagons with crosses inside them). To the right of this is a smaller display which shows the whole city and your position in relation to the replidroid's. Below this is a text readout giving information on the number and type of replidroids within the vicinity. In the main display, your position is represented by a yellow cursor which you can use to navigate the streets with. If you find a replidroid, you can hover over it and press the fire button. Doing so will put you in pursue mode where you automatically
Tau Ceti
1985
Humanity has spread out and colonised nearby star systems but a plague in 2150 led to the colonies being abandoned and left to their automated robotic maintenance systems. While several of these colonies have been successfully re-inhabited, the colony on the planet Tau Ceti III (orbiting the star Tau Ceti) has been uncontactable since a meteor smashed into the planet. A mission sent to Tau Ceti III in 2164 landed on the planet but broadcast a mayday message followed by silence. Experts decided that the planet's robots were running amok as a result of the meteorite impact. The only chance, it was decided, of successfully stopping the defence systems without destroying the cities already there is to send a single pilot in an armoured Gal-Corp skimmer to the planet's surface with the task of shutting-down the central reactor in Tau Ceti III's capital, Centralis.
Bored of the Rings
Delta 4 Software1985
A parody of the original adventure written by Fergus McNeill for Silversoft.
Juggernaut
1985
An early truck simulation game from Pete Cooke, a developer that later had more success with Tau Ceti and Tower of Babel. In this you have to drive a truck through a maze-style "world" and find the target of your cargo. Then you have to park your truck reverse in a parking bay to reload and refuel it. The game is made with vector graphics.
Endurance
B.P. Wheelhouse1985
Endurance is a motorcycle racing simulation game released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Up to five players compete in turn-based races across various tracks, managing speed, endurance, and strategy. The game features alternating turns and was praised for its realism and challenge.
Robin of Sherlock
Delta 4 Software1985
Robin of Sherlock is a spoof adventure game for the ZX Spectrum
The Rocky Horror Show Computer Game
CRL Group PLC1985
The Rocky Horror Show Computer Game is a 1985 video game for the Commodore 64, Commodore 128, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC created by the CRL Group PLC. The game involved playing as either Brad or Janet and collecting pieces of the Medusa machine scattered around the castle, in order to free your partner from stone and escape the castle before it blasts off. Meanwhile, the other characters in the game can hinder your progress by stealing and hiding your clothes along with what you are carrying. Riff-Raff can kill the player with his laser gun, and Eddie can run the player over with his motorcycle should he thaw out and escape from his freezer.
Terrahawks
CRL Group PLC1984
After being sucked into a balck hole you have to avoid monoliths in your flight path.
War of the Worlds
1984
The game based on Jeff Wayne's musical play and the classic science fiction novel by H.G. Wells. it is the year 1898 and the Martian have escaped from their dying homeworld to conquer the Earth and take its resources - and the blood of its inhabitants. Take either side in this epic real-time strategy game. You can play as the Martians with their superior technology and powerful but expensive war machines in their campaign to take over Great Britain and the rest of the world. Or play as the weaker but more numerous Humans to turn back the alien onslaught before their fiendish plans can be made reality. Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds is a real-time strategy game. There aren't any set missions or a linear story-line, it's all up to you. You must use your time wisely to build up your forces and production facilities within your sectors before the enemy can launch their attack. Research new technologies, construct new buildings, and build new military units to win the game and save your race. The fate of your species, whether Human or Martian, is on the line.
Pandemonia
1983
Pandemonia is an arcade platform game developed by CRL Group PLC in 1983. The game is set in the year 2000, where planet Earth has been invaded by alien beings who control their domain from the top of the world's largest skyscraper. The player's task is to destroy the alien headquarters located in the skyscraper. The game features several challenging levels and gameplay mechanics.
Castle Blackstar
SCR Adventures1983
You are sent by Lady Artemis to Castle Blackstar to recover an orb.
Commodore's International Soccer
Commodore Business Machines, Inc.1983
This Game is 2-Player Only. In this version of soccer, each player controls 4 men, though only one at a time. The computer moves the other 3 for you. A computer-controlled goalie will help out when a goal attempt is made. Kick the ball around for 90 minutes, and try to score more than your opponent.
Formula One
1983
A formula One management game.