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| Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival
Hi Tech - Platform - 1990
Video Length: 5:46
The game consists of five largely unrelated minigames. The main objective is to rescue Miss Piggy from the "Grumpasaurus", a being who has kidnapped her. In order to complete this objective, the player must assume the role of four different muppets (Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Animal), direct (more...) |
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| NARC
Acclaim - Action - 1990
Web Rating: 8.5Video Length: 7:20
The player controls either Max Force or Hit Man, who are hunting down junkies, drug dealers and organized crime kingpins. Max and Hit are equipped with an automatic weapon and missile launcher. When an enemy is dispatched using the latter, they explode in a torrent of bloody body appendages. Some enemies (more...) |
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| A Nightmare on Elm Street
LJN - Adventure - 1990
Web Rating: 2.5Video Length: 4:49
In the game the player (and up to three other players with a special adapter) controlled a character that has to jump and punch his way through various Elm Street locations and homes to collect all of the bones of Freddy Krueger in order to place them in a furnace and end his reign of terror. Each character (more...) |
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| Ninja Crusaders
American Sammy - Action - 1990
Video Length: 5:14
A ninja-oriented combat game in the vein of Ninja Gaiden... More and Shinobi, Ninja Crusaders is a standard entry in the genre that's noteworthy for its two-player simultaneous play and the main characters' ability to transform into a tiger, eagle, dragon or scorpion by holding down the A button. The (more...) |
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| Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Tecmo - Action - 1990
Web Rating: 9.1Video Length: 9:57
Ninja Gaiden II features the same beat 'em up gameplay as the original title, with some extra additions. In this episode, Ryu has the power to climb any wall by pressing Up or Down on the control pad. In the previous game, the player could only "stick" to a wall by jumping towards it, but was unable (more...) |
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| North and South
Kemco - Strategy - 1990
Video Length: 5:26
Taking an extremely simplified board interface, the game features a strategic map of the USA separated into states and territories, where army units are moved around. In each state which "owns" a railway station, there is a fort, the capture of which leads to the player overtaking the whole state. Otherwise, (more...) |
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| ORB-3D
Hi Tech - Puzzle - 1990
Video Length: 4:32
Based on the computer game Beyond the Black Hole, Orb-3D is... More similar to a 3D, puzzle-enhanced version of Pong. Set in deep outer space, an evil space wizard by the name of Krohn is in control of a vast Black Hole that is expanding at a rapid rate. Only by solving all 30 target games and puzzles (more...) |
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| Pac-Mania
Tengen - Arcade - 1990
Web Rating: 8.0Video Length: 3:48
Just like most of the other games in the Pac-Man series, the goal is for Pac-Man to eat all of the dots before he is caught by the ghosts. This game has several significant changes from the traditional format. The first, and most noticeable, change is that the board is viewed in an isometric, 3D format. (more...) |
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| Palamedes
Hot B - Puzzle - 1990
Video Length: 6:02
Palamedes is a simplistic Tetris-like game for the NES and Game Boy game systems requiring the player to match the dice they are holding to the dice on top of the screen. Using the "B" button, the player can change the number on his dice, then throw the dice using the "A" button when it matches the dice (more...) |
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| Perfect Fit - Fisher-Price
Gametek - Educational/Children - 1990
Video Length: 2:51
While Fisher-Price: Perfect Fit is designed to help... More children ages three to six develop object recognition and eye-hand coordination within a time limit, it is too boring and limited in scope to give a child incentive to play for extended periods of time. Matching shapes over and over again has (more...) |
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