A great futuristic RPG game from the Strategic Simulations. Under the leadership of the famous Buck Rogers, you team must now embark on a mission of salvation. This adventure takes your team to the furthest reaches of civilized space and far beyond. To save the Earth, you will face many dangers, fight countless enemies or overcome the distrust of mysterious alien cultures. The help can come from the unexpected directions and in unexpected forms, but never stop trust yourself. In the ultimate end, you must outwit to survive this perilous mission.
In the first part of the 21st century, scientists discovered a huge asteroid named Vulcan's Hammer headed straight for Earth. A single corporation decided the only way for survival was to colonize other worlds. One ship was launched and as it sat in orbit around Jupiter, Earth was no more. Now it is your task to seek out a new planet and repopulate it with human life. The game is set in an isometric third person perspective, like that of Simcity, in which you must re-colonize the planet while dealing with the intricacies of day-to-day life.
The Wing Commander Academy trains every student in a variety of different classes and exercises that will adequately prepare him or her for real-life combat in space. In our effort to save the Confederation from the depredations of the Kilrathi, we can only afford to send the very best pilots out to defend our homes. Innumerable hours of training, classes and simulator practice turn our students into ace Confederation pilots before they launch their first actual mission. In my opinion, the tcsn flight simulator is by far the most important educational tool this academy has to offer. The simulator will not only teach you how to fly, but more importantly it will show you how to survive. In the countless simulated missions you embark on during this part of your training, you will fight Kilrathi ships and Kilrathi pilots in hijacked Confederation ships.
You will endeavor to blow enemy capital ships out of space and defend your own space station against attacking forces. Since the simulator is programmed to realistical
"The 5th Fleet" is a modern naval warfare game where you are in command of a U.S. Navy task in the Indian Ocean. You will have at your command a wide range of ships and aircrafts, with over 160 different units like Nimitz class carriers, Ticonderoga class cruisers and F-117A Stealth Fighter. Only ten scenarios are included in the game, but each one will probably require you several tries before you can complete it. There are indications in the manual for the time necessary to finish a scenario, given in number of turns and also expressed in hours, and sometimes even in days, knowing that a turn is equal to eight hours of real time. The game can be played by two players on the same computer or through electronic mail, or one against the computer.
Pacific General is a simulation game set in the Pacific theater of conflict in World War II, pitting the Japanese Empire against the combined might of the Allied forces. In this game, it is possible to take either side in the conflict, which can be played from the dawn of combat in 1937 through to the historical or hypothetical outcome(s) of the war. Land, air, and naval operations play a key role in the battles to be fought.
Recent discoveries allow people to travel back in time with the use of a simple instrument worn on the wrist that generates an intense magnetic field. Time travel is a privilege and is limited to a few trusted people. The inevitable consequences od such an extraordinary discovery lead to the creation of the Committee for Temporal Ethics. Only Observation of the past is authorized. Any other sort of intervention is forbidden because of the danger involved.
The main character of this adventure game is Doralice Prunelier who is 27 years old woman living in year 1992. She works as a ship's captain in her age, however in a certain circumstances, she is forced to travel through time uncovering a time-traveling agents from the future.
Castle of the Winds is a two part graphical adventure game, loosely based on fantasy role playing games, and drawing much inspiration from Norse mythology. Part two concerns the character's efforts to fulfill his or her destiny. To do this, the character must defeat Surtur and recover the stolen Helm of Storms from his possession. Along the way, of course, he or she will be opposed by deadly monsters and traps, but will find treasure and enchanted objects to aid his or her quest.
Castle of the Winds is a two part graphical adventure game, loosely based on fantasy role playing games, and drawing much inspiration from Norse mythology. Part one concerns the character's efforts to avenge the deaths of his or her godparents, who were foully murdered by unknown agents. Along the way, you will do battle with evil monsters, brave deadly traps, and collect the money and magical treasures guarded by dangerous foes. As the story unfolds, the character will also learn of his or her mysterious past, and the legacy left by the character's long dead father.
Advanced Civilization is a game of skill for two to seven players. It covers the development of ancient civilizations from the invention of agriculture circa 8000 B.C. to the emergence of Rome around the middle of the third century B.C. Each player leads a nation of peoples over a mapboard of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East as they attempt to carve a niche for themselves and their culture.
Song of the Firefly is a 3D exploration platformer. Explore the streets of post-apocalypse England as Sam, making use of gadgets left by Sarah and her firefly lantern to find your way around the world. With the lantern, you can make use of both light and dark to explore the world and use your gadgets in different ways. But be warned, total darkness will press in around you, and you may find yourself assaulted by shadows, which shun the light.
The game mixes traditional platforming with a free-roam, open world experience, creating an exciting and immersive world for you to explore, solve puzzles, and uncover the mystery behind the ruined world.
The game takes place in the 21st century, when different armies are fighting with each other to get hold of a Life Evolution Drug, shortly called L.E.D.
I arrive in the jungle to save my best friend, Ara. Explore the jungle, collect the Igrass. With the Igras you collected, defeat the boss, and save her. The mode of transportation and combat is typical of the FPS.
"With your trusty shank and die hard will to survive, you've successfully broken out of your Prison Cell. How many other prisoners can you set free on your way to Freedom? Take down as many Guards as possible while avoiding traps and hazards along the way! From Knives, to Guns, and Mines to Bombs!"
In this unique top-down shooter, originally released in 1987, take on the role of the plucky little Biopton Nimrod, sent on a dangerous mission to rescue his friends from the 'Matrix' prison planets of the Cratons. Contains both the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum versions of the game.
F-16 Fighting Falcon aims to attract a wide audience, since the lover of an action game (with the Quick Start option) until the specialist able to explore more than nine tens gifts missions. The unit commands the player flies three war zones in air-to-air and air-to-ground, in great detail, and landscapes generated from the original maps of Korea, Israel and Cyprus.
Live the life of a survivor who lost his parents at age 12 and was adopted by the wily Mr. Francis. Survive the cold nights and constant attacks. Build shelters to keep protected and tools to assist in the tasks, try to create alliances with other survivors, explore this new world to find new ways to stay alive in a survival game in first person. Just a warning to survivors, the cannibals will not use only fists to attack, they will be intelligent and lethal. Very careful with nightly ambushes and long distance shots.
Korean RPG developed by Gravity (makers of Ragnarok Online) and Sonnori and later published in Japan by Nihon Falcom. Predecessor to Ragnarok Online with interesting characters and world and combat system similar to Grandia.
Arcturus is a Korean-made role-playing game in Japanese style, similar to Grandia II in visual presentation. The player can choose between two prologues chapters (either Elluard's or Sizz's), after which the two stories converge. There is no overworld in the game, and areas are interconnected. Battles take place in the same environment as exploration, and are turn-based. The player can navigate characters on the battle field and also take their speed rankings into account, as executions of attacks and other moves depends on them.
Magic can be learned by certain characters and is divided into four elements: Water, Air, Earth, and Fire. Casting spells requires a certain amount of real time when in combat. Characters learn new spells by repeatedly using available ones in the correspondent catego