The time is not too long from now. The place is New York City. Yet it is a setting few of us would ever recognize.
For this is a world where simply owning a book is dangerously illegal. Where Firemen come not to save houses, but to burn them for the books inside. And where you, once a dedicated Fireman, are now a rebel with a passion for books --- and the most wanted fugitive in the country.
An Interactive Fiction game based on the book with the same name. Set as a sequel to the book, taking place after the novel ends.
Lief is a Viking in the land of Narvay, where the throne has been usurped by the greedy ogre Smoth. Smoth has imprisoned Queen Dana in Castle Osk. He has hired two large goblins as personal guards. Lief must buy the Black Key to unlock the gate to the throne room, slay Smoth and free Queen Dana from the jail. To obtain wealth to BUY the Black Key Lief must raid the countryside for treasures and store them in his longhouse while defending himself against fierce monsters.
A text adventure in which the player discovers on a world-wide journey who has stolen the peculiar inheritance, the painting Parrish's 'Earthly Delights', that was left by the recently died uncle.
Raid on Bungeling Bay has the player controlling a helicopter which is on a mission to destroy everything that moves. The only ally is the carrier, which is where the player begins at each level and may return to for repair and pick up bombs, as long as the player manages to protect it from being destroyed. The main goal in each level is to destroy a factory, which requires a steady increasing amount of bombs. Enemy forces include ships, planes, tanks, anti-air guns, and eventually, a large battleship.
Pitstop II is the first 3D racing game to implement a split-screen simultaneous two-player game mode. Players could be in completely different places on the racing track, and each split screen would show the view of the track according to the player's position.
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, to rid the country of enemies. She can provide no map, but says that part of the quest involves learning the layout of the land by traveling it...and so the game begins.
Space Taxi is a 1984 arcade-style game where players control a flying taxi, ferrying passengers between various pads across 25 unique levels. Each level presents different obstacles and challenges to navigate. The game mechanics revolve around time management and fuel conservation, as players earn more money for quicker deliveries and must avoid running out of fuel to prevent crashing. The space-themed setting and taxi service concept combine to create a distinctive gameplay experience.
Based on Isaac Asimov's novel of the same name, you are Earth detective Elijah Baley who is sent to the Spacer world of Aurora to investigate the murder of Dr. Han Falstofe.
Sopwith is a side-scrolling flight sim. The player pilots a Sopwith biplane and attempts to score points by destroying enemy buildings without crashing or being shot down.
Baltic 1985 is a computer wargame, the third entry in SSI's "When Superpowers Collide". It simulates a fictional conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The game simulates a fictional battle between NATO and the USSR in Berlin.
Your starcruiser lands in the hostile city of Araknid to collect precious Crystals needed desperately on earth. Your equipment: the mighty Ram-car. Use your Ram-car to bump Krystaloids, transforming them into precious Crystals! But watch out for the evil Destructor and deadly Insektoids, protectors of the Krystaloids! Can you collect the invaluable jewel-like Crystals and fly home?
This is one of the few Colecovision games to make use of the Expansion Module #2, the Steering Wheel Controller.
You steer your armored Ram-car through Araknid's maze searching for Krystaloid insects. Ram them to form Crystals, then push the Crystals to the starcruiser.