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01 Sword-fighting is about timing your thrusts and parries, and knowing when to advance or retreat. 02 With only an hour to save ...

Developer Sensible Software Publisher Virgin Interactive Genre Strategy Released 1993 Cannon Fodder T his game is not in any way ...

Sensible World of Soccer Developer Sensible Software Publisher Renegade Genre Sports Released 1994 S till considered by some as ...

Before the likes of Hideki Kamiya, John Romero and Hideo Kojima became gaming icons, there were the Bitmap Brothers – the origin ...

Bitmap’s first crack at a platformer, Gods’ biggest contribution to gaming history was what, to our knowledge, is one of the fir ...

Developer DMA Design Publisher Psygnosis Genre Puzzle Released 1991 Lemmings GAMESRADAR PRESENTS CLASSIC GAMING VOL.1 ...

Occasionally, Lemmings would break away from the classic fire/ice/earth themes and pay homage to other Psygnosis Amiga games. Th ...

You don’t actually encounter another living soul throughout the 120 level-long campaign, but some unseen force has clearly got i ...

While their dopey, suicidal antics often frustrated, it was impossible not to root for the lemmings. While they were only a few ...

Developer Reflections Interactive Publisher Psygnosis Genre Action-adventure Released 1990 Shadow of the Beast II 01 Aarbron isn ...

Short of International Karate +’s ‘trouser- dropping’ antics, is there an Amiga cheat more widely circulated than this one? Head ...

Developer Factor 5 Publisher Rainbow Arts Genre Run and gun Released 1990 Turrican If you held down the fire button, Turrican wo ...

The opening proved a real baptism of fire, casting you into the sewers below the city of Waterdeep with a rockslide preventing y ...

Co-written by Gary Winnick and Rob Glibert (later of Monkey Island fame), this B movie send-up is remembered for allowing you to ...

An original Indy adventure set in a world on the cusp of World War II, Fate of Atlantis’ plot diverges in one of three ways earl ...

Developer Tai t o Publisher Ocean Genre Platform Released 1990 Rainbow Islands 01 Each of the seven islands had a distinct theme ...

T he late videogame designer Fukio Mitsuji liked to get creative with his games’ weaponry. Instead of guns and swords, he prefer ...

Developer US Gold Publisher Delphine Software Genre Action-adventure Released 1991 Another World 01 01 The twin moons, the weird ...

K nown as Out of This World in North America, many contemporary action- adventure games have been touched by the influence of Er ...

Developer Kaiko Publisher Te a m17 Genre Shoot-’em-up Released 1992 Apidya At a time when most shoot-’em-ups were happy to coast ...