A text adventure game created by Sam Barlow. One unique characteristic of this game is that players only have one turn to perform an action before the game ends...
Known as the granddaddy of the "Quick Time Event", Dragon's Lair is an interactive cartoon that lets players help guide the actions of brave knight Dirk the Dar...
The second game in Sega-AM2's signature 3D fighting game series builds upon its predecessor with significantly improved graphics, new gameplay mechanics, and tw...
Inspired by Rogue, NetHack is an ASCII-based RPG in which the player must navigate the Mazes of Menace in search of the Amulet of Yendor for his deity.
A point-and-click adventure game. Simon is transported by a wardrobe back to the fantasy world.
An Action/RPG for the Sega Genesis.
The fourth game in the Donpachi series and the first to be ported to the PS2, courtesy of Arika.
Often considered the franchise's pinnacle, The Revenge of Shinobi features a wide variety of locations, and a soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro of Streets of Rage fame...
The second title in the Tomb Raider franchise. Lara Croft races against the forces of Marco Bartoli in search of clues that will lead her to the Dagger of Xian,...
A Laserdisc-based animated reaction game. Space Ace must save his girlfriend, Kimberly from the evil alien, Borf in this follow up to Dragon's Lair.
Z is a real-time strategy game released in 1996 for MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Windows. It is about two armies comprised of intelligent robots fightin...
Tyrian is a computer game developed by Eclipse Productions and orginaly published in 1995 by Epic MegaGames. In 1999 game was re-released as Tyrian 2000, featur...
SkiFree is a popular game created in the early 90s in which players ski down an endless ski slope while attempting to avoid obstacles and earn points until inev...
A puzzle/adventure game that assigns the player the role of Faye, a young woman, whose husband, Fidget, has been whisked away via magical means by Lilith, a mys...
Help to repair the damage done to the world and repel an evil pirate invasion in this critically acclaimed platforming adventure.
After the events of Doom, Hell has found its way to Earth. The last living scientists develop a plan to evacuate what's remaining of the human race with enormou...
One of the earliest puzzle-platformers has you running around an underground treasury in an attempt to escape with a motherlode of treasure. It is one of the fi...
An animated interactive movie game similar in play style to Dragon's Lair. The main character is a young computer technician named Lance who gets called to a sp...
Metal Slug 2 sees Marco Rossi once again do battle to save the world from the evil General Morden and a mysterious foe from above.
Players attempt to control the galaxy is this turn-based 4X game.
After a mishap at the Mr. Firebird's factory Putt-Putt's history report and Pep are thrown back in time. It's up to Putt-Putt to travel through several differen...
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater returns with new levels, skaters, gameplay mechanics (including the introduction of the Manual), and the ability to create custom skaters...
Use the Paddle to keep the ball going to get the high score.
The third game in the Metal Slug series, first released to arcades in 2000 and later ported to many home consoles, PCs, and mobile devices.
Mega Man's former ally, Proto Man, creates an army of destructive robots and kidnaps Dr. Light, and it's up to Mega Man to stop him in this fifth installment of...
Players must solve numerous puzzles in order to liberate an adventurer who has been magically imprisoned.
A point-and-click adventure game where the player explores a giant guitar-shaped structure.
An RPG with eight characters whose stories are played sequentially (instead of simultaneously and together like other RPGs) and where one character's play will ...
A 2D action-platforming game that begins in a mystical representation of feudal Japan but travels all over time. It was originally released on European home com...
All was swell for the comic book artist and part-time rock musician Sketch Turner until his apartment got struck by lightning and he gets sucked into his own co...
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
Special agent Leon S. Kennedy travels to rural Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter in Resident Evil's sixth canonical installment. It is not...
An updated version of Pole Position for the click wheel iPod and iOS.
Run, jump and spin through levels as Sonic and Tails, in order to thwart the plans of the nefarious Dr. Robotnik and free the kidnapped animals! Released by Seg...
This shape-based Russian mind-bender set the stage for innumerable puzzle games to follow.
Puyo Puyo is a competitive puzzle game. Pieces drop from above a la Tetris and players must connect four contiguous pieces to for them to pop.
Finding the eccentric Hans Voralberg was just the beginning. Having left her old life behind, Kate Walker follows Hans on an incredible journey full of peril an...
Monty Mole, still on the run from the law, travels across Europe in the fourth installment of this 80s platform series.
Time Gal must save the world by traveling through time and stopping an evil thief from using a time traveling device in order to become the supreme leader of h...
A comedic platform/action game inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark released for various home computers.
Final Fantasy II follows four heroes who join a resistance group and try to stop an empire from taking over the world. Its gameplay deviates greatly from the fi...
An interactive story game, based on the book by Mercer Mayer.
Considered one of the most competitive fighting games out of the entire franchise, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is an update to the third installment that brings ba...
A side-scrolling platformer/shooter from Treasure. Its colorful art style and frenetic shooting action have earned it near universal praise.
An arcade puzzle-platformer; also known as Buster Bros. Players must shoot the bouncing balls before they take over historical landmarks.
An isometric RPG using Bioware's Infinity Engine, Planescape: Torment is set in the Planescape universe and tells the dark and provocative tale of The Nameless ...
Sorcerer is a game released by Infocom in 1984.
Classic text adventure action from the people at Infocom.
The classic board game has come to PC and PS1 in the 3D adaptation. It also adds some mini-games to accompany some of the spaces you land on.
SNK's first fighting game and the first fighting game on the Neo Geo, telling the tale of a trio of martial artists participating in a local tournament to seek ...
Remedy's film-noir action game puts players in the role of grizzled cop Max Payne as he tries to clear his name of murder.
The inaugural game in Sega's flagship series starring Sega's most iconic character the blue hedgehog known as Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog infused conventional pla...
Indigo Prophecy is a mystery-driven action/adventure game that harkens back to the point-and-click era. The game incorporates rhythm mini-games at key points as...
A side-scrolling brawler that puts the player in control of a resurrected centurion who possesses the ability to shape shift into many beasts, such as a wolf, d...
Pulse is a music game for iOS and Android, developed by Cipher Prime, makers of Fractal, Auditorium and Splice.
Prince of Persia is the original Persian adventure by Jordan Mechner and the first game in a multi-million dollar franchise.
Dig dug is an arcade game released in 1982. The objective is to kill the underground monsters by either squishing them under a rock through the tunnels you cre...
(Beyond the Clouds and Mountains) An Active Time Battle RPG based on Chinese mythology
One of the most legendary crossover fighting game series is thrown into high gear with a whopping 56-character roster and new three-on-three tag-team gameplay.
Pocket tanks is a 2D strategy game, which features similar gameplay to that of worms.
A Super Famicom RPG that is part of the popular (in Japan) SaGa series. It follows the non-linear structure of previous games in the series as well as after.
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a point-and-click adventure game, based on a short story by Harlan Ellison.
SNK's second foray into the fighting game genre, known for its dedicated linear story, camera zooming effect (allowing for large character sprites in close-rang...
Remember11 is a visual novel developed by KID and is the 4th entry in the Infinity series.
The first game in the legendary Monkey Island series. Guybrush's desire to become a swashbuckling pirate gets him more adventure than he bargained for.
Tomb Raider stars Lara Croft in her first title as she races through the jungles of Peru to the sands of Egypt in pursuit of the Scion, an ancient artifact repu...
Archon: The Light and Dark is a popular hybrid of turn-based, chess-like strategy as well as 2-player action sequences. It has been released on numerous systems...
A platformer in which the player contrlos a toddler called Jack and has to cause as much trouble without being penalized for it.
A psychological-thriller FMV "interactive movie" developed by part of the team behind The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour, where the main movie is inter-cut with ps...
A vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up from Compile and the first of their Aleste series. The Sega Master System version was localized as Power Strike for Western t...
You must save the planet above by repairing the Complex you are frozen within. You must do it before they arrive to shut you down. And you must do it not with y...
Take the role of a journalist, and go on a quest to save a rare bird species.
Toki Tori is a puzzle game developed by Two Tribes. It was first released as a game for the Gameboy Color in 2001, and then updated for release on the Wii's dow...
A Mind Forever Voyaging is a text-based sci-fi adventure game, with the player assuming the role of the first sentient artificial intelligence, PRISM, in the ye...
Scrabble is a staple of casual videogaming, and has appeared on almost every console. Players assemble words on a board from seven random tiles.
The final game of the Zork Trilogy, Zork III is not a treasure hunt like its predecessors. Instead your nameless adventurer must prove his/her worthiness to bec...
Kill countless aliens while rescuing babes as Duke Nukem in this critically acclaimed first-person shooter.
Pandemonium! is a platformer starring Nikki and Fargus who accidentally destroyed their hometown and must reach the Wishing Machine to save it
The eighth main entry in the Dragon Quest franchise. It was the first game in the series to utilize a full 3D environment and featured a cel-shaded graphics sty...
A freeware PC game for up to four players. Players compete to try and achieve the greatest success possible in the world of crime.
A point-and-click adventure game that takes place on a European train shortly before the outbreak of World War I. The game attempts to simulate real time with a...
The second game of the Pro Pinball series. Players embark on a journey across different time zones to stop a "Timeshock" that threatens to destroy the universe.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is the third game in the Oddworld series and the second in the Oddworld Quintology. It brings a new playable character (Munch), 3D vis...
The third release in the Grand Theft Auto Franchise stars silent criminal protagonist Claude who, after having been betrayed and left for dead, is out for reven...
In this entry in the classic children's point-and-click adventure franchise, an anthropomorphic car and his dog go on an adventure in a local zoo.
A direct sequel to the original Shin Megami Tensei. It was released on the Super Famicom in 1994.
A mysterious book transports you to a puzzle-filled deserted island in this immersive 1993 point-and-click adventure game from Cyan.
Missile Command is a classic arcade game in which players must delay their inevitable annihilation by destroying a barrage of incoming missiles.
Sequel to the popular adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars. George and Nico are embroiled in yet another mysterious escapade of brutality, ca...
Pitting together fighters from SNK's other franchises, The King of Fighters '94 introduces a new team-based system where players fight in teams of three, elimin...
A point-and-click adventure game that follows Bernard Bernoulli, Laverne, and Hoagie as they try to prevent Purple Tentacle from taking over the world.
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Compile for MSX computers. Better known for its FDS/NES ports, this game features elaborate weapon upgrading and s...