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| Metal Gear
Ultra - Action - 1988
Web Rating: 6.7Video Length: 5:48
The player must navigate the main character (codenamed "Solid Snake") through various locations, while avoiding visual contact and direct confrontation with patrolling guards. If the player is seen, the game enters the "Alert Mode." In this situation, the player must hide the character in order to leave (more...) |
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| Millipede
HAL - Arcade - 1988
Video Length: 3:47
The player controls an archer at the bottom of the screen. The player's objective is to destroy the millipede chain that begins at the top of the screen. There are mushrooms scattered around the playing field, which must be shot to be destroyed. When the millipede is shot (only one segment at a time), (more...) |
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| Milon's Secret Castle
Hudson Soft - Adventure - 1988
Web Rating: 4.0Video Length: 3:00
The player starts out at the bottom floor of a four-story castle named Castle Garland, where each story can only be reached by defeating the boss of the floor below. Although seemingly basic, the only way the bosses can even be reached is by discovering a host of secrets, some of which require sheer (more...) |
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| Othello
Acclaim - Board Game - 1988
Video Length: 4:05
Othello is a conversion of the board game. Each player tries to fill the game board with as many discs of his color as possible. On each turn the player places a disc on the board by selecting a location where the opponents discs will become trapped between two of his discs. The trapped discs are flipped (more...) |
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| Paperboy
Mindscape - Arcade - 1988
Web Rating: 6.2Video Length: 7:45
The paperboy begins his route at the start of the street (bottom of the screen) and progresses towards the end. The player can control the paperboy's speed: faster delivery earns a higher score. But the paperboy is in constant movement and cannot stop moving forward until the level (day of the week) (more...) |
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| Platoon
Sunsoft - Action - 1988
Video Length: 3:33
In level 1, the character leads a platoon of five men navigating a maze of paths. He must find explosives and blow up the bridge to prevent an enemy with a rocket launcher from destroying his platoon. Then, he must enter the village and continue to kill enemy soldiers without harming too many villagers, (more...) |
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| Racket Attack
Jaleco - Sports, Other - 1988
Video Length: 3:27
In Racket Attack you choose between two different modes of play. One Player tennis drops you right into the middle of a national tennis tournament. Win seven increasingly difficult matches and you'll take home the championship trophy. Two Plater tennis puts you on opposite sides of the net, hitting it (more...) |
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| Rambo
Acclaim - Action - 1988
Video Length: 7:11
While the game's cover art predominantly displays Rambo firing heavy ammo, unlike the movies the game has Rambo fightly mostly snakes, spiders, and animals, with little fighting with actual people. Also, Rambo's primary weapon for the majority of the game is a knife. (more...) |
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| Rampage
Data East - Arcade - 1988
Web Rating: 4.5Video Length: 5:47
Two simultaneous players can control the monsters George (a King Kong-like gorilla) and Lizzie (a Godzilla-like dinosaur/lizard), created from humans who were mutated by various methods. They need to destroy all buildings in a high-rise city to advance to the next city. On their way they can destroy (more...) |
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| RBI Baseball
Tengen - Baseball - 1988
Video Length: 2:25
The roots for RBI Baseball begin with Tengen's controlling company, Namco. In December of 1986, Namco released Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium (aka Family Stadium) for the Nintendo Famicom, the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Family Stadium was a success and spawned numerous sequels (more...) |
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