The Dark Crystal is a graphic adventure computer game based on Jim Henson's fantasy film, The Dark Crystal. The game was designed by Roberta Williams and published under the SierraVenture line in 1983 as Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal The Dark Crystal is set in Thra, a world with three suns. Every thousand years the three suns come together …

Third in the Carmen Sandiego series, you resume your detective role in pursuit of Carmen and her gang in 34 different European nations. Comes with Rand McNally's Concise Atlas of Europe.

In King's Quest III, the story moves away from Daventry and King Graham to the land of Llewdor, where a boy named Gwydion is being kept by the wicked wizard Manannan. According to the introduction, for as long as he could remember, 17-year-old Gwydion has been held captive by Manannan as his servant, cooking and cleaning for him in his …

This computer game version of the Legend of Zorro was not well received by reviewers or gamers upon its release in 1985. Unfortunately due to some rather obscure puzzles and at times, tedious and repetitive game play, it made the game less appealing than Bruce Lee. For all its faults and there are many, with a little perseverance, it can …

Tout ce qu'il faut savoir, c'est que World Class Leader Board est un jeu de golf simple, sans relief ni réalisme trop poussé, on n'y trouve que les bases : choix du club, angle et puissance de tir.

The Wizard of Oz is an illustrated text adventure game developed by and published by Windham Classics for the Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS and MSX in 1985. Based on the famous novel by L. Frank Baum, the Wizard of Oz places the player in the role of Dorothy Gale, who is transported by a cyclone to the magical world …

Little Computer People can be described as the "mother" of The Sims. When you load the game for the first time and personalise it with your name you'll see a house with several rooms like a kitchen, living room, bed room, etc. After some time of waiting a little person will appear and check out the house with all its …

Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling, run & gun shoot 'em up arcade game developed by SNK, published in North America and Europe by Tradewest, and released in 1986. Originally titled Ikari (?, "Fury") in Japan, Ikari Warriors was SNK's first major breakthrough US release and became something of a classic. The game was released at the time when there …

The Elysian Fields and Other Greek Myths (Elysian Fields) is an educational graphic adventure game about Greek mythology, where the player must find a way back to the present. The game is the work of Mark Novembrino: "The Elysian Fields was released by American Eagle Software in 1984. I began development on the program about a year and a half …

n educational graphic adventure set in 1519, during the time of the Aztecs. Evil omens are everywhere. An Aztec scribe, the player is summoned by Montezuma, leader of the Aztecs, and sent on a quest for the Feathered Serpent. The adventure is in two parts - after completing part 1, a password is given which is required for part 2 …

n Countdown to Shutdown you control eight droids on the mission to find the core room of an nuclear power plant, in which a serious explosion has caused large casualties. The game is an arcade-like 3D adventure, you see always only the room your droid moves in, in the bottom of the screen you receive information like actual core temp …

SunDog: Frozen Legacy is a 1984 space trading and combat simulator video game. SunDog was first developed for the Apple II, with version 1.0 being released in March 1984, and version 1.1 (bug fixes) released three weeks later. Version 2.0, which included enhancements and improved performance, was released in October, 1984. A greatly enhanced version was released for the Atari …

Law of the West is a computer game for the Commodore 64, the Apple II family and the NES. It was one of Accolade's launch products and is the only game in Accolade's history to be designed by Accolade co-founder Alan Miller. Graphics were by Mimi Doggett and the music was by Ed Bogas. The game is a kind of …

Killed Until Dead is a sophisticated mystery game with a leaning towards humor. The player has to solve every aspect of a murder case before it happens. The five biggest mystery writers in the world have gathered together at a hotel and one of them will be offing another unless Hercule Holmes can crack the case. Gameplay is a cross …

Hardball is a baseball action game for one or two players. You can throw a variety of pitches from fast balls to curve balls, steal bases, select team members, and substitute players as the game is played.

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 …

Accolade's Comics is an adventure game released in 1987. Published by Accolade and developed by Distinctive Software, the game intersperses arcade-style games into its plot. Computer Gaming World disliked the repetitive action sequences, but admired the game's satirical tone and writing.

Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back is a 1985 computer game, a sequel to Beach-Head. It was developed and published by Access Software. It was designed by Bruce Carver and his brother, Roger, and was released for the Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit (Atari 400/800), Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. The spelling of the game's name varies. The title …

IFR is a flight simulator of Cessna 172RG Cutlass light aircraft. Due to limitations of early 1980s computers it doesn't offer external cockpit view, only an instrument panel (hence the name: Instrument Flight Rules) with full set of gauges: altimeter, tachometer, artificial horizon, airspeed, turn, and rate of climb indicators. The plane is also equipped with flaps, retractable landing gear, …

This is an updated version of the popular Mastertype typing game. This version takes advantage of the expanded capabilities of the newer Apple II series (//c and enhanced //e). The title could utilize 128k of RAM as well as the DHR graphics mode.

"Microzine" was an educational disk-based magazine published by Scholastic between 1983 and 1992. Issue no. 30 features "Poster Maker", "Toward the North Star", "Contraptions", and "Double Vision".

"Microzine" was an educational disk-based magazine published by Scholastic between 1983 and 1992. Issue no. 28 features "Screen Artistr", "The Myths of Olympus", "Light on Target", and "Desert Dilemma".

"Microzine" was an educational disk-based magazine published by Scholastic between 1983 and 1992. Issue no. 28 features "Stationary Maker", "Quest for the Pole", "Sound Lab", and "African Animals".

Wings of Fury is an action game with some minor simulation aspects, in which you are the pilot of an American F6F Hellcat plane. The setting of the game is the Pacific during World War II. It is your job to defeat the Japanese by destroying enemy bunkers, machine gun nests and barracks on a series of islands. Barracks and …