Popular games for platform Dragon 32/64
Chuckie Egg is an action platformer featuring a turn-based multiplayer mode. As Hen-House Harry, the player must collect the twelve eggs positioned in each level, before a countdown timer reaches zero. In addition there are piles of seed which may be collected to increase points and stop the countdown timer for a while. The player starts with five lives, and an extra life is awarded every 10,000 points.
Manic Miner is a platform video game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects). It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the early titles in the platform game genre. The game itself was inspired by the Atari 800 game Miner 2049er. It has since been ported to numerous home computers and video game consoles.
Jet Set Willy is a flip-screen platform game in which the player moves the protagonist, Willy, from room to room in his mansion collecting objects. Unlike the screen-by-screen style of its prequel, the player can explore the mansion at will.
Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. A moving starfield gives the impression of vertical scrolling, but the game is a fixed shooter in the vein of Namco's Galaxian. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000. It was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 9, 2010 and PlayStation 4 (Arcade Archives) in 2014.
In this text adventure you are on a treasure hunt in an Egyptian pyramid.
A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.
The game is set on a castle wall. The player must cross the screen from left to right avoiding obstacles in order to ring the bell at the far right. Obstacles include pits which must be swung over on a long rope, ramparts which must be jumped (some of which contain knights with spears) and flying fireballs and arrows (to be ducked or jumped). Eventually, after completing a number of screens, the player must rescue Esmeralda. If this final screen is completed, the game begins again at a faster speed.
Questprobe featuring The Hulk is a graphic adventure video game. It is the first entry in Questprobe, an intended series of graphic adventure games that only released three instalments before the developer's bankruptcy. The game's narrative follows the Marvel superhero Hulk and his human alter-ego Bruce Banner (in their first video game appearance), who must explore the mysterious lair of the Chief Examiner.
A shoot-em up game developed by Jeff Minter for the C64 and other early computer systems
Cassette 50 is a compilation of 50 games that was released for a variety of 8-bit home computers, albeit with different selections of games on different computers. The majority of games within the collection were programmed in BASIC and are widely considered to be of poor quality.
In this text adventure you must travel to a faraway land in order to find the magic elixir that will heal your ailing king.
Multiple Circus-Themed Challenges
A text adventure game from Brian Howarth.
A text adventure from Brian Howarth and Wherner Barnes.
You have to save a princess from an evil wizard.
In order for Andromeda to become your, Perseus', wife, you have have to slay the hideous Medusa.
Horror Castle is a text adventure. Starting in the forest outside a dark castle, the player must find their way into the castle and rescue the princess. Numerous clues, dangers, and traps litter the castle and its surrounding grounds and dungeon.
The Seiddab Trilogy is a series of video games designed by Steve Turner (as Graftgold) for the ZX Spectrum and published by Hewson Consultants. It consists of 3D Space-Wars (1983),[1] 3D Seiddab Attack (1984)[2] and 3D Lunattack.[3] All three games were later published together as "The Seiddab Trilogy" by Hewson for the Rotronics Wafadrive.[4] The series name is derived from the word "baddies" being spelt in reverse. Astroclone (1985), also programmed by Turner and featuring the Seiddab, is part of this series.[5]
3D Space Wars is an action game for both the ZX Spectrum and the Dragon 32/64
You attack a moonbase of the dreaded Seiddabs.
When the full moon crowns the night of all saints, a brave hero will break the curse forever; he will sanctify the place with the fire of wandering souls, when they are liberated. You are the hero chosen to fulfill this dangerous mission... Will you be able to release TRASMOZ from its curse before the sun rises again?