Below the Root is an adventure game released in 1984 by Windham Classics, a division of Spinnaker Software. It is titled after Below the Root, the first of the Green Sky Trilogy of novels, written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and published between 1975 and 1977. It is an early example of what later became known as the Metroidvania genre.
In this action game written by David van Brink the player controls a Mindprobe through the 64 rooms of the metareal world of Ankh solving puzzles, collecting treasures and shooting at obejcts that move around.
Tetrapod is an arena shooter with controls similar to Asteroids, with the player being able to move forward, shoot and rotate left and right. For every stage the player has to defeat a number of creatures ranging from killer bees in early levels to red devils and poison orbs in later ones. What makes this more complicated is that the screen is full of pods that when shot at hatches a lizard that immediately goes after the creature closest to it, no matter if that is the player or one of the enemies.
Revs is a 1984 Formula Three simulation written initially for the BBC Micro by Geoff Crammond and is notable for its realistic simulation of the sport and as a precursor to its author's later work on Formula One Grand Prix and its sequels.
A Lunar Rescue style game where you must drift down through floating asteroids, rescue six astronauts from the surface and return each to the safety of your mothership.
Run through the creepy mansion dodging ghostly ghouls and bouncing spiders. Leap over poison-smeared spikes, scamper along moving platforms and contracting floorboards, and use powerful springs to propel you onto overhanging ledges. Four screens.
The action takes place inside the warehouse owned by Uncle Claude of “Sincrum Research". You are Freddy, a young employee of Uncle Claude. There is a rumour spreading around, among the workers, that Uncle Claude is secretly going to increase the prices of his products which might meana the loss of jobs. A vote was taken and it was decided that you must stop Claude by packing away all the products and shipping them off to the shops. You enter the warehouse in the dead of night to start your task but look, there’s Claude!!!
You must push the products onto the conveyor belt. If Claude catches you you are kicked out of the door where an ambulance will rush you to hospital. You have 3 chances to save your fellow workers from redundancy but an extra chance will be awarded at 5000 points. You must avoid the deadly spectrims that Claude throws at you when he gets angry. Also Claude has hired the services of Satsuma Inc, who
throw oracs from the roof - you’d better watch out for those too!!! You can make your task ea
Dam Busters is an early flight simulation, set in World War II. It focuses on Dam Busters who historically were used to heavily bombard strategic objectives, in this case dams.
This task is not easy, as en route you will face heavy opposition forces. Fortunately, you won't be a sitting bomber in the air. Your aircraft is equipped with machine guns (left and right) with unlimited rounds of fire power, so fire at will as the enemy approaches.
When the time comes, you will have to bomb the target manually. So, get ready to unload the cargo and give them hell!
The player takes part in the ten events of the modern decathlon:
Day 1: 100 metres, Long jump, Shot putt, High jump, 400 metres
Day 2: 110 hurdles, Pole vault, Discus, Javelin, 1500 metres
The player starts the game with three lives; failure to reach the minimum standard in an event results in the loss of one life. Success in the 1500 Meters event results in the game returning to Day 1 to repeat the events with more difficult qualification criteria.
Running is simulated by hitting two keys (representing the left and right leg) alternately and as quickly as possible. The game rapidly gained a reputation amongst players as a "joystick killer" because of the constant vigorous waggling of the joystick required during many of the events.