Black Blade Design / Titan Computer 1998
Genre: Simulation, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: Italiano, English, Deutsch
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga

Mobygames isn't omniscient. There. I've said it. Heresy? Then show me where they cover this game (ok, ok, I'm aware this might change, I'm refering to the time of writing, of course). Yet, it obviously exists.

Melbourne House 1985
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: C64

After the success of Karate Champ, it was only a question of time until the first imitations would arrive. The Way of the Exploding Fist is one of these. Whatever your personal verdict about the game's quality (and imitations in general) is: It's certainly one of the games with the most creative names ever! Exploding Fist? Hard not to like it!

BAO Ltd. 1996
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC

'Tower' is indeed a very different simulation. Not many games in the past gave you the opportunity to be an air traffic controller. This is a very demanding profession as you are responsible for the lives of hundreds and thousands of passengers and one false decision could have catastrophic consequences.

Mr. Chip / Gremlin Graphics 1986
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: Francais, English
Licence: Commercial
System: Atari ST

A football rolling along courses made of coloured tiles, trying to make it to the end before time runs out. The colour of the ground indicates different effects on the ball: yellow increases speed, green decreases it, white makes it bounce, magenta bounces it back and cyan switched left/right controls. Rolling into holes (black) makes the ball fall into the void of space... only to bounce up again a moment later (but at a loss of time).

Jumping Jack Flash 1992
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: Amiga

You travel through space with your ship. For some reason, there are lots of evil guys attacking you. To be honest, there are only evil guys who attack you. Not a single friend to count on. Only enemies. And they all want to shoot you. I hope you know why. You have no other choice than to defend yourself by destroying them first!

Microsoft 1991
Genre: Puzzle
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Freeware
System: PC

I tend to dislike card games. My father loved them, and he was much better at them than I ever will be. There is one notable exception to this rule, however: TriPeaks. It's a very simple card game. You enter your name, and a deck of cards pop up, shaped like a mountain with three peaks, with all lowest cards revealed. You get the rest of the 52 cards in the deck, all turned over, except one. Say, you get a 5. You must pick a card from the mountain that's either one higher or lower than your current card, so in this example 4 or 6. Then that card becomes your next card, and you have to pick a card one lower or higher than that one. The idea is to make series, or streaks, of cards. Why? Money. You start the game broke. First card in a streak nets you $1, the next $2, the next $3 and so on. Having to buy another card loses you $5. The object of the game is to get filthy rich. It's more difficult than it sounds, however. I rarely get over $200 no matter how long I play. My father easily got $3500 in a single game.

Sales Curve 1993
Genre: Puzzle
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC

Your master needs troddlers for his magic, and as they are not a bright bunch, you are needed to make them reach their destination, for this you have a magic wand that allows you to create, and dissipate, solid stone block.

Ljn 1994
Genre: Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: SNES

Oh, a game to a movie. And even with "Big Arnie" Schwarzenegger! That must be great! But as it is the fact with most such games 'True Lies' hasn?t that much in common with the original movie. Showing some small pictures between the levels is intended to continue the story but actually they just lead over to the next fights. Besides, the movie wouldn?t be allowed to be shown with so many bloody deaths as in the game.

Bullfrog 1994
Genre: Sport, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: English
Licence: Commercial
System: PC

How should I categorize this game? It was a very close call between action and sports and the only reason I put it here is, that it's supposed to be racing. But a very action-based racer!

First of all, I should point out that this is not a commercial game! It was made by Bullfrog when they were working on High Octane, so Tube is most likely some kind of study object. It has been published in Germany by the well-known magazine PC Player (there are even their logos appearing in the game!). So the gameplay is a very early version of High Octane.

Play Byte 1992
Genre: Puzzle, Action
Rating: 4/6
Language: -
Licence: Commercial
System: PC

Stone Age. You're sleeping peacefully dreaming of great women when suddenly an apple hits your head. Heureka! Quickly you construct your flying machine. But the women only seem to be interested in more valuable materials like money. Hmm... but hey, couldn't you make some money with your invention?