Popular games published by company Random House

01.01.1986

The continent of Riglas is inhabited by two races: the Mirians and the Galtians. For years they have fought each other for dominance. Caught in the struggle between the two is the nearly forgotten Osborn race, discriminated and enslaved. Mei, a young Osborn man, leaves his home village in order to free his people, and to discover the forbidden secrets of Beljuna which remain a taboo in this land. This side-scrolling action role-playing adventure is set in a vast seamless world that consists of interconnected yet varied urban, wilderness, and dungeon-like locations. Players can explore all of Riglas from the outset, a world populated by many different types of friendly and hostile characters. Killing hostiles increases the player's score and eventually makes the main character stronger. Killing friendlies, on the other hand, may lower the score. Combat is simple: approach a character and press the attack button to swing Mei's sword.

31.12.1983

While in Peking, China a priceless Ming vase was stolen, in a military installation in the Rocky Mountains top-secret plans for a new missile were taken. VODOC, a secret organization keen on world domination is behind both crimes. It is up to you, Agent 456, to stop VODOC. You are therefore sent to a ski resort in the Swiss Alps.

07.02.1992

Just Grandma and Me was the very first Living Books PC CD-Rom game from 1992 based on the 1983 book of the same name written by Mercer Mayer. It is an interactive storybook about a boy and his Grandma at the beach.

01.01.1988

The space federation has assigned you a critical mission on planet Sagoth: defeat the forces of Geisel, a professor turned conqueror. Using lost technology found within Sagoth's ruins, and supplies left across the planet, he's created a robotic army superior to anything the federation can muster. You're going alone, using a bipedal mech based on what little of Geisel's research has been intercepted. It's time to reclaim your lost bases, eliminate the scientist's legions, and uncover the secrets lying beneath this world. Juushin ROGUS combines turn-based strategy, side-scrolling shooter action, and a light RPG layer into one accessible story. Managing and moving between your military bases, which automatically produce new units you can distribute, is crucial to success. Defending or attacking a base leads to action-platforming combat, where you jump, shoot, and fly across a battlefield full of limited replenishing enemies. As you destroy foes, your mech levels up over time, acquiring new weapons, aerial boosters, and even pilot bodyguards later on. To win, you must claim the final base and defeat Geisel in his lair—but it won't be easy.

03.10.1985

Garfield, Eat Your Words is a 1985 educational video game by Random House for the Apple II series of computers based on the Garfield franchise.

31.12.1985

Fix It is a puzzle game where the player assembles various machines out of a kit of spare parts. The machines are similar to Rube Goldberg devices and involve releasing a bolt from a wrench and then have it reach a box. For each machine the player has access to a toolbox with a certain amount of components of various kinds that have to be placed on the playing field to complete the machine. Most common are the elbows (l-shaped pipes) which change the direction of the bolt and the converters which change the property of the bolt. The bolt can be small and hollow, large and hollow, small and solid or large and solid and these properties have to match with the properties of the box and the parts. For example, to reflect a small and hollow bolt only an elbow with those properties will work. There is also the bouncer which rebounds the bolt in the opposite direction and the key which the bolt has to pass through to enter a locked box. The game consists of 200 machines. The first 100 only uses regular parts while the latter 100 contains modified parts. These differ in that their properties change every time they are touched by the bolt. The parts can also rotated and change position. Machines can be built in any order even if previous ones have not been completed. Additionally there is an editor that allows the player to create new machines.

01.09.1985

Garfield Double Dares is a 1985 educational video game by Random House for the Apple II series of computers and the Commodore 64 based on the Garfield franchise.