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Paul Nieland has contributed 23 descriptions to the database.
In Bikers you race with your motorcycle against the clock to reach the next stage, whilst battling wheel-to-wheel with your opponents. There are five courses set on five continents. The gameplay is fast and inspired by titles like Hang-On. There are multiple difficulty levels.
In Hell Yeah! you and your twin brother are part of an elite special service unit on a top secret mission. Suddenly, a hellish void opens up and entices him through. Now you're under attack from strange creatures and must fight to survive in the hope of finding him.
Invasion of the Zombie Monsters is a fast 2D side-scrolling platformer. A couple is enjoying a relaxing evening. Suddenly there is a flash of light and Ned's girlfriend Linda is gone, an evil shadow has kidnapped her. When the town and surrounding land is falling into darkness, the bright moon casts a spell over Ned. He feels powerful, now he can battle the monsters and get Linda back.
Impulse X is a Breakout variant based on the 1996 Atari Falcon game Impulse by Duranik. A paddle is controlled at the bottom of the screen to bounce a ball and destroy all the bricks on the field. Power-ups can be collected and you need to watch out for enemies as they can re-direct you ball in an angle you do not want.
This Jaguar release supports rotary controllers and even mouse control (with the right adapter). It has a level editor to create custom levels and with the build-in BJL loader allows for the download of ram based levels from PC using a special cable.
KA AirCars is an updated release of the original AirCars with improved graphics for the HUD, better sound, bigger explosions and overall polish to the graphics. Everything else is identical.
It is the version of the game that was sent to be rated to the ESRB in 1995, but was never released in this form. This version was published in 2010 as a limited run of 100 copies and again in 2016 through a second run.
AirCars 94 is a prototype version of AirCars. This is the original version of the game as it was meant to be released in 1994. Compared to the 1997 version this version has different HUD graphics and some in-game graphics are also different. It has the same levels as the 1997 version, but plays very differently.
This cartridge version version released in 2010 was produced as a limited run by community member Gaztee of AtariAge with permission from the owner of the prototype.
The Curse of Rabenstein is a text adventure with graphics that takes place in 1862. It starts in a carriage travelling through a path deep in the Black Forest. The coachman is lost, so you decide to take a short walk until the journey can be continued. But the coachman disappears and you quickly discover a small village where strange things are happening.
The graphics take up the top part of the screen and the text description are displayed below. Typical text commands are entered for actions. It is not possible to die in the game.
Yastuna 2: The Space Incident is a homebrew release with four games:* Space Dance: between two space fights, why not relax in the Discotheque. In order to be able to go to the next level, you must score at least 80%
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Space Domino: play against your Lynx in this domino game.
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Space Lock: bring the red and white ship to the middle point of the screen. You can select and move every ship, but once in movement ship will only stop when blocked by another ship. A ship cannot leave the screen area, or it will be lost in the vast space. It is inspired by Lunar Lockout.
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Space Shoot: with your old ship, fight against never-ending enemy waves.
The Collector's Edition of Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine includes:
- Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine
- Purity Seal ribbon
- Soundtrack
- Artbook
- A pack of 25 Collectible information cards
Mage: The Final Journey is the third game in the Mage series, part of the larger Wizzy series. It is an action game set in a world with over 60 fixed, single screens linked together. Players guide the character Wizzy who is trapped between two worlds. Thirty minutes are provided to complete the game as Wizzy explores the rooms, avoids enemies and collects keys to open doors elsewhere.
The gameplay is similar to the previous games, but guarded treasure rooms are introduced with special items such as keys and checkpoint saves. The game world is four times as large as the previous game and fully animated double-resolution sprites are used for all graphics. There is also digitized speech using the voice add-in. Highscores can be uploaded on the internet and there is an online rewards system.
Yastuna 1: The Alchemy of Cubes is a homebrew compilation six predominantly puzzle-oriented games: Attack*: a take on Tetris, but with a twist.
- Buildings: sudoku with buildings and their sizes.
- Merlain's Quest: help the wizard to find all his attributes, and maybe you find the secrets of Yastuna 1.
- Push: push the tower off the grid, if the sum is less than 6 the last 2 towers will sum up, if the sum is equal to 6 you get 5 points.
- Tetrisnoid: the ball from Breakout found its way into this Tetris game.
- Tipover: you are the ball, move it from building to building, but buildings will fall ... reach you target.
The Tripods is a futuristic game where the world has been taken over by an alien race known as the Tripods and the humans are capped with a thought regulating device. A group of teenagers trying to avoid capping at the age of sixteen flee, in search for the white mountains which, as tales were told, is the human resistance against the Tripods. This takes them from England to France where the mountains are located.
It is an adventure game based on the BBC television series The Tripods broadcasted between 1984 and 1985. It mostly plays like a text adventure, but contains graphics too. Actions are selected from an action line showing the actions L (look left) / MV (move) / R (look right) / PK (items in the backpack) / HEALTH / 1 / 2 / EAT. Players select an action by pressing the corresponding key. Descriptions in text about the actions and the situation are shown near the bottom of the screen, below the graphics.
The bottom of the bar also has a bar showing the time left until nightfall. The game supports up to four players taking turns, so when night has come for one player, another player then gets to play. Another part involves avoiding Tripods while exploring. There are often multiple options to deal with a situation. For instance: you can attempt to hide from a Tripod or disorientate it by using a radio to upset its communication systems. This is tied to using specific items stored in the backpack.
Xadom is an action game where you have to collect weapons to battle monsters and aliens. The character needs to find a way through mazes and enter a next room through a portal near the top of the screen. There is complex story introduction involving a character whisked away to a satellite five kilometres above Earth to appear before a Local Grand Council.
The game uses single, fixed-screen levels shown from a bird's eye perspective. Rooms only last a few seconds as the character just moves on to the portal. However there are some obstacles and some rooms contain traps and aliens that need to be avoided. While some rooms are almost completely empty, others contain a weapon. Weapons can be used to strike in four directions.
The HUD shows the current room, the collected weapons, the power score and the total score. There are three difficulty levels:
- 20 rooms - 6 traps - 4 aliens
- 100 rooms - 10 traps - 7 aliens
- 200 rooms - 10 traps - 10 aliens
The game speed can also be adjusted based on three levels. The game ends when a final teleporter is reached and then the total score is calculated.
Alien Kill is an arcade action game that borrows in an unusual way from titles like Breakout. In a single, fixed screen environment the player controls a character at the bottom and needs to kill an alien at the top, hidden behind a large wall with multiple layers.
The character can be moved horizontally and shoots vertically in a straight line using a magnum laser. Instead of breaking the wall down with a paddle the character needs to break the wall's bricks one by one using the gun to reach the alien and hit it multiple times to kill it before time runs out.
The alien has more defences such as an indestructible "tungstidium" barrier that often moves in front of the character and absorbs shots, like a reverse take on a paddle. In addition there is a barrier of white monsters in front of the alien and those require two shots to take them out. Points are scored for hitting the alien, destroying bricks and killing the white monsters. When the alien is killed before time runs out 1,000 points are provided. There are three difficulty levels. The time left is shown through a meter at the bottom that slowly decreases.
The Chess Player is an adaptation of the classic game of chess. While the gameplay is a straightforward adaptation the game contains an extensive futuristic story about an alien being called The Chess Player.
The game supports both regular games and analysing games. There are five difficulty levels for the AI opponent:
- easy: reply in 7 seconds
- reasonable: reply in 50 seconds
- above average: reply in 3 or 4 minutes
- good: reply in 6 minutes
- very strong: up to 6 hours
Illegal moves are warned against and castling is supported. The pieces are moved using commands. Other commands include the ability to print all moves so far, copy the current board onto the printer, save the game, resign and change sides or level.
In The Code is a text adventure in which you are a secret agent who has to try to infiltrate a secret place in the KGB stronghold. You must find The Code room in the lower levels.
It is a prize game where the first person to crack the code would win £2500, with 10 runners-up winning £25. Players had to return their cassette on request for verification before being able to receive the prize money.
Supersnails is a light cycle game similar to the arcade classic Tron. Players need to race their way into freedom, but playing as a trained race snail represented as white lines against a blue background. The game can be played against another human player or the computer.
The snails leave behind a trail and the goal is to make the opponent crash by trapping them or by forcing them into a wall or a trail. When this is done a hole opens up in a wall and the snail can move on to a new level.
This compilation contains three games on one SD card:
- DeltaStar: Earth Defence: a shoot 'em up in the style of Galaga, Phoenix and Space Invaders
- Dungeonette: an arcade adventure type game in the style of the Spectrum game Atic Atac. Collect keys and treasure and escape the dungeons.
- Montana Mike: a platform game - collect keys, treasure, solve puzzles and escape that dreadful maze.
Pod is a 2D shooting game for one or two players and a clone of the Arcade classic Centipede. Controlling a character at the bottom of the screen the player shoots at centipede-like PODs as they weave through an environment of Borg trees to get close. The PODs needs to be shot before they can touch the player's character, which removes one of the three starting lives. A spider also often appears and needs to be shot. Next levels always become a little faster. A bonus ship is provided for every 20,000 points.
Election is a text based game where the player participates in guiding a UK political campaign to success. The goal of the game is to defend the parliamentary seat of the Pendell. There are ten days of voting and tactics with 5,000 pounds to make the political campaign succeed. At the start a manifesto also needs to be chosen.
Crown of Creation 3D is a first-person shooter where the player controls the LH14 space-fighter prototype. The game is set in the year 2060 when Earth is attacked by two different alien races: Srintrians and Ke'nath. Flying in space through different missions the player participates in the secret project Codename Omega to save the planet.
This game is much like the famous Monopoly, but with a twist: you don't buy streets or railroad stations, now you buy Lynx games. Every player is a publisher that buys the rights to games. The players build add-ons and rent them to other publishers/players. The games are grouped in genres and every genre has its own colour.
There are three game modes: (1) Last Player: You win if you are the last player. (2) Turns 100: You win if you have the most money after 100 rounds. (3) First 100K: The first player who has $100.000 in his bag is the winner.