Serf's Tale, The (1986)(Players Software) Developed by Smart Egg Software Released 1986 Platform ZX Spectrum Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description The Serf's Tale is a traditional text adventure made using a modified verison of the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft . You tell the game what you want...
Topic: Text adventures
Serf's Tale, The (1986)(Players Software)[128K] Developed by Smart Egg Software Released 1986 Platform ZX Spectrum Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description The Serf's Tale is a traditional text adventure made using a modified verison of the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft . You tell the game what...
Topic: Text adventures
Clean Up Service (1987)(Players Software)[h Triad] Platform Commodore 64 Released 1987 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Platform Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description In this sequel to It's Clean-Up Time , Bobban and Otto are once again two wacky cleaners who have managed to get the contract to clean the Addle Hotel. One or two players can play this platform game with each level showing a large part of the hotel. They must run around each level to clean...
Lop Ears (1991)(Players Software)[a]
Crime Busters (1988)(Players Software)[a]
Denizen (1988)(Players Software)[a][128K]
Zacaron Mystery, The (1986)(Players Software)(Part 2 of 2) Released 1986 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description The Zacaron Mystery is a traditional text adventure made using the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft . You tell the game what you want to do via a textual...
Topics: Quill games, Quill games, Text adventures
Zacaron Mystery, The (1986)(Players Software)(Part 2 of 2)[a] Released 1986 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description The Zacaron Mystery is a traditional text adventure made using the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft . You tell the game what you want to do via a...
Topics: Quill games, Quill games, Text adventures
Claws of Despair, The (1986)(Players Software)[a2] Released 1986 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description Claws of Despair is a traditional text adventure made using the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft with some graphics. You tell the game what you want to do via a textual...
Topics: Quill games, Quill games, Text adventures
Dizzy Dice (1986)(Players Software) Released 1986 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX Published by Players Software Perspective 1st-person Genre Simulation Gameplay Casino / Gambling Description Dizzy Dice is a gambling game simulating a fruit machine. You start with a fixed amount of cash. As you play and get winning combinations, you'll have to choose whether to collect or gamble what you've won. After completing the fruit machine...
War Machine (1989)(Players Software)[h Dynamix] Released 1989 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum Published by Players Premier Gameplay Platform, Shooter Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Description Only you can save the world from destruction, by finding four parts of the weapon to use against the Alien Syndicate's evil leader. This task must be completed within 80 minutes, although you have five lives available. Gameplay mainly involves propelling your jumpsuit-backed...
Velocipede II (1986)(Players Software) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Vehicular Bike / Bicycling Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual 2D scrolling Description Velocipede II is a sequel to Velocipede . In this action-dexterity game you find yourselves on the advanced Velocipede II firing unicycle, once again invented by Mr. Megafat, with four levels to complete within time limits. The game scrolls sidewards from left to right, with the...
Velocipede II (1986)(Players Software)[h Trigsoft] Platform Commodore 64 Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Vehicular Bike / Bicycling Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual 2D scrolling Description Velocipede II is a sequel to Velocipede . In this action-dexterity game you find yourselves on the advanced Velocipede II firing unicycle, once again invented by Mr. Megafat, with four levels to complete within time limits. The game scrolls sidewards from left to right,...
Matt Lucas (1986)(Players Software)[a] Released 1987 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting North America Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Narrative Detective / Mystery Description Matt Lucas is a classic text adventure with static graphics, created using the Graphics Adventure Creator (GAC). The game puts you in the shoes of the eponymous private investigator in...
Topics: GAC Graphic Adventure Creator games, GAC Graphic Adventure Creator games, Text adventures
Crime Busters (1988)(Players Software)[128K]
Denizen (1988)(Players Software)[128K]
Deviants (1987)(Players Software)[a] Released 1987 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Gameplay Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Description 100,000 years ago, the planet Krauze belonged to a race called Deviants and they had conquered the surrounding planets but their thirst for power ended up causing a civil war between themselves. This nearly wiped out the race so the handful of survivors left the planet never to be seen again. Now...
Toadforce (1993)(Players Software) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Shooter Description You are a Bio-Mechanical Fighting Toad and you have been sent to a planet containing the central computer to an advanced defense system to destroy it. You start on the surface and you must go deeper below the surface over five levels with your Jet-pack and laser destroying aliens to face the computer. The...
Tomcat (1989)(Players Software) Released 1989 Also For Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Electron, ZX Spectrum Published by Players Software Perspective Top-down Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual 2D scrolling Description In the first half of 21st century technological advances allowed for construction of artificial islands. One of such military installations, ARTROCK 6, had turned rogue after being hit by a violent storm, its...
Cybernation (1989)(Players Software)
Lop Ears (1991)(Players Software)
Tomcat (1989)(Players Software) Released 1989 Also For Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, Electron Published by Players Software Perspective Top-down Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual 2D scrolling Description In the first half of 21st century technological advances allowed for construction of artificial islands. One of such military installations, ARTROCK 6, had turned rogue after being hit by a violent storm, its...
Shanghai Karate (1988)(Players Software) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1988 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Fighting, Martial Arts Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Shanghai Karate is a one-on-one beat 'em up game. The player takes on the role of Lio Yin. By defeating all Wang Chen's men, Lio Yin must traverse the legendary journey from Changhun to Shanghai. The gameplay takes place on a single board. Each opponent has four lives and can be...
Joe Blade II (1988)(Players Software)[a3] Released 1988 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Fighting, Puzzle elements Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description As Players Software correctly predicted, London in 1995 is an unfriendly unsafe city ran by thugs. Innocent civilians who leave the house will almost certainly face violence. An acclaimed...
Metal Army (1988)(Players Software)[a] Developed by Delos Software Released 1988 Also For Amstrad CPC Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Shooter Description General Ironside's Metal Army of thuggish louts has invaded a nuclear power station in Slough and are threatening to blow it up. As Joe Blade is busy (cross-references to other Players releases were common in their inlays), freelance heavy Harry Chainsaw is brought in to...
Auriga (1986)(Players Software)[h 1001] Released 1986 Also For Commodore 16, Plus/4 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description To join Earth's new Space Fighter Squadron, pilots are tested to the limit by going through uncharted systems to blast the aliens within them. You are a rookie pilot hoping to join the ranks of Starfleet in your Auriga class ship and you must survive 16...
Riding the Rapids (1987)(Players Software)
Shrewsbury Key (1986)(Players Software)[a] Platform ZX Spectrum Released Sep, 1986 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Contemporary Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description Shrewsbury Key is a traditional text adventure where you tell the game what you want to do via a textual interface and the parser is based on verb / noun input. The premise of this game is somewhat...
Topic: Text adventures
Anfractuos (1987)(Players Software) Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1987 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Puzzle elements, Shooter Description The planet Anfractuos is about to reach the end of its life, due to its sun evolving into a Supernova. All that remains is a mining droid under your control, which is stocked with resources and ideally needs to escape. Viewed from the side with flick-screen scrolling, the game features...
Cagara (1986)(Players Software)[a] Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Top-down Genre Action Description A Gypsy has placed a curse on you, shutting you out of your castle and trapping you in a sphere. To get back to your normal self you must find the Chalice of Cagara and return home with it. The game is viewed from above, and sees you move through various maze-like sections in order to find the chalice. Contact with enemies is fatal, but your hamster...
Crazy Coaster (1987)(Players Software) Developed by Mad Inc Released 1985 Platform Commodore 64 Published by Interceptor Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description You are a clown and it is your job to try to stop a crazy bomber from blowing up and destroying a local fairground's rollercoaster. The game is flick-screen and viewed from the side as you move left or right on top of the rollercoaster. Below the rollercoaster is a scanner and...
Desert Hawk (1986)(Players Software) Released 1986 Also For ZX Spectrum Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Vehicular Helicopter Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual 2D scrolling Description Desert Hawk is a 2D-side-scroller shoot-em-up similar to Choplifter! - The player's mission is to fly a military helicopter behind enemy lines. Search for comrades and rescue them by landing close to them to pick them up. Three can be collected at a time, and must be returned to your...
Claws of Despair, The (1986)(Players Software)
Joe Blade II (1988)(Players Software)[a] Released 1988 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Fighting, Puzzle elements Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description As Players Software correctly predicted, London in 1995 is an unfriendly unsafe city ran by thugs. Innocent civilians who leave the house will almost certainly face violence. An acclaimed hero...
Joe Blade (1987)(Players Software)[a] Released 1987 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, MSX Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Platform, Shooter Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tough guy Joe Blade must rescue six respected leaders from the madcap Crax Bloodfinger, who has kidnapped them in different areas of his base. Along the way he will find six bombs which must be activated, leaving him...
Matt Lucas (1986)(Players Software) Released 1987 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting North America Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Narrative Detective / Mystery Description Matt Lucas is a classic text adventure with static graphics, created using the Graphics Adventure Creator (GAC). The game puts you in the shoes of the eponymous private investigator in the...
Topics: GAC Graphic Adventure Creator games, GAC Graphic Adventure Creator games, Text adventures
Sword Slayer (1988)(Players Software)[128K] Released 1988 Also For Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Gameplay Fighting Genre Action Description You are Spartacus and you are a Gladiator planning to rebel against the Roman Empire by escaping from slavery and releasing all the other slaves from the Roman Crassus. Sword Slayer is a fighting game where the game is viewed from the side and you must fight various opponents one at a time with your sword and shield as well as face...
Shanghai Warriors (1989)(Players Software) Developed by Imperial Software Designs Released 1989 Also For Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Electron, ZX Spectrum Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Fighting Description Shanghai Warriors is a side-scrolling fighting game featuring three levels: an airport, a military base, and a harbor. The main character can jump, punch, and kick, just like the enemies. While the kick has a slightly longer range, the punch is a little...
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Fruity (1985)(Players Software) Platform Commodore 64 Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Arcade Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Fruity is a side view single screen game where you have to collect fruit from the trees using your 'Ultra Powerful' trampoline to reach the high parts of the trees to collect the fruit. You move the trampoline left or right on the bottom of the screen and you press fire to bounce higher. As you collect fruit a...
Desert Hawk (1986)(Players Software) Released 1986 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Vehicular Helicopter Genre Action Gameplay Arcade, Shooter Visual 2D scrolling Description Desert Hawk is a 2D-side-scroller shoot-em-up similar to Choplifter! - The player's mission is to fly a military helicopter behind enemy lines. Search for comrades and rescue them by landing close to them to pick them up. Three can be collected at a time, and must be returned to...
Claws of Despair, The (1986)(Players Software)[a] Released 1986 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Genre Adventure Setting Fantasy Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Interface Text Parser Description Claws of Despair is a traditional text adventure made using the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft with some graphics. You tell the game what you want to do via a textual...
Topics: Quill games, Quill games, Text adventures
Thing! (1988)(Players Software) Released 1988 Also For Amstrad CPC Published by Players Software Genre Action, Adventure Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Gameplay Arcade, Graphic Adventure, Puzzle elements Perspective Side view Visual 2D scrolling Interface Direct Control, Menu Structures Narrative Comedy Description THING! is a side view game combining the genres puzzle-solving and shoot'em up. It has also adventure and RPG elements and it has a cartoon and comical tone. Both characters, the Thing...
Dizzy Dice (1986)(Players Software)[a] Released 1986 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX Published by Players Software Perspective 1st-person Genre Simulation Gameplay Casino / Gambling Description Dizzy Dice is a gambling game simulating a fruit machine. You start with a fixed amount of cash. As you play and get winning combinations, you'll have to choose whether to collect or gamble what you've won. After completing the fruit...
Deviants (1987)(Players Software) Released 1987 Also For Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Gameplay Platform, Puzzle elements, Shooter Genre Action Setting Sci-Fi / Futuristic Description 100,000 years ago, the planet Krauze belonged to a race called Deviants and they had conquered the surrounding planets but their thirst for power ended up causing a civil war between themselves. This nearly wiped out the race so the handful of survivors left the planet never to be seen again. Now in...
Journey to the Centre of Eddie Smith's Head (1986)(Players Software) Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Adventure Setting Cold War Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Description Journey to the Centre of Eddie Smith's Head is a traditional text adventure made using the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft . You tell the game what you want to do via a textual interface and the parser...
Topics: Quill games, Quill games, Text adventures
Journey to the Centre of Eddie Smith's Head (1986)(Players Software)[a] Platform ZX Spectrum Released 1986 Published by Players Software Perspective Text-based / Spreadsheet Genre Adventure Setting Cold War Gameplay Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure, Puzzle elements Description Journey to the Centre of Eddie Smith's Head is a traditional text adventure made using the Quill adventure generation software from Gilsoft . You tell the game what you want to do via a textual interface and the...
Topics: Quill games, Quill games, Text adventures
Joe Blade (1987)(Players Software) Released 1987 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, Electron, MSX Published by Players Software Perspective Side view Genre Action Gameplay Platform, Shooter Visual Fixed / Flip-screen Description Tough guy Joe Blade must rescue six respected leaders from the madcap Crax Bloodfinger, who has kidnapped them in different areas of his base. Along the way he will find six bombs which must be activated, leaving him with...
Powerplay - Game of the Gods (1988)(Players Software)[128K] Developed by Arcana Software Limited Released 1988 Also For Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 Published by Players Software Gameplay Board Game Genre Strategy/Tactics Visual Isometric Description As one of the four great Gods Apollo, Hermes, Hecate and Aphrodite, choose a team of four mighty warriors to fight for you in the Powerplay tournament to prove who is the greatest. This battle will be fought out not using swords or...
Topic: Isometric graphics
Shanghai Karate (1988)(Players Software)
Turbo Kart Racer (1991)(Players Software) Released 1991 Also For Amstrad CPC Published by Players Software Perspective Top-down Vehicular Automobile, Track Racing Genre Racing / Driving Gameplay Vehicle Simulator Visual 2D scrolling Description Grab a Go-Kart and race it against three other racers to become champion over four tracks. To progress to the next track, the player must win each race. As well as normal acceleration, the Go-Kart is also fitted with a turbo which is limited so use it...
