Games - 1987 (59 result(s))

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If you look over the shoulder of a core or hobby gamer today, you will surely find a gamepad in their hands. Such a controller is a must-have equipment and even the showpiece of every console. Further bundled with a sensational game title, the console appears as an irresistible package in the stores. But in the 80s, strange flowers sprouted here and there. At that time the joystick was still very popular and the home computer sector could not be imagined without it. Such a joystick was then also included with the Atari XE console. But for the overall package, Atari even included a keyboard for "advanced games" and – to get to the point – a lightgun. The toy in futuristic design was the means of virtual pest control in the included game Bug Hunt. The novel firearm, together with the launch title Bug Hunt, was the driving force behind Atari's first computer-derived console release. This seems very daring nowadays, since the control via controller is so natural. But in its time, the Atari marketing department apparently saw an advantage in the versatile usability of its console. The XE Game System was supposed to offer real arcade feeling with the help of this lightgun, which you could otherwise only get for many coins at the slot machines. Later, Nintendo also produced a lightgun called Zapper for the competing NES and marketed it together with the game Duck Hunt. In the end, it was clearly the NES that won the race for market share and the lightgun has largely disappeared, not least because of the lack of cathode ray tube monitors. So, did Atari bet on the wrong horse on the usability side, or was perhaps even the game offered in the overall package the drawback? An answer is purely speculative of course, but I mounted the horse, put on the cowboy boots and strapped on the shooting iron.

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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

for C64
by Palace Software 1987

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

for ZX Spectrum
by Palace Software 1987

Border Zone

for PC (DOS)
by Infocom 1987

Bug Hunt

for Atari 400/800 (XEGS)
by Atari 1987

Buggy Boy

for C64
by Tatsumi / Taito Corporation 1987

Bureaucracy

for PC (DOS)
by Infocom 1987

Colonial Conquest

for Atari ST
by SSI 1987

De Gouden Kelk

for PC (DOS)
by ? 1987

Defender of the Crown

for PC (DOS)
by Cinemaware 1987

Dream Zone

for PC (DOS)
by Naughty Dog / Baudville 1987

Druid 2: Enlightenment

for C64
by Firebird 1987

Eden Blues

for PC (CGA)
by ERE Informatique 1987

Flunky

for ZX Spectrum
by Piranha 1987

Goody

for PC (DOS)
by Opera Soft 1987

Gunboat

for C64
by Five Ways Software / Macmillan 1987

Hellowoon: Das Geheimnis des Zauberstabs

for C64
by Dragonware / Ariolasoft 1987

Into the Eagle's Nest

for Amstrad CPC
by Pandora 1987

Iridon

for Amiga (OCS/ECS)
by Kingsoft 1987

Jeopardy!

for PC (DOS)
by Sharedata Inc 1987

King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne

for PC (DOS)
by Sierra 1987

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