A top-down scrolling shooter. Players control a helicopter and must fight their way through several levels, shooting everything that moves. Defeated enemies sometimes drop power-ups that improve the helicopter’s standard weapon or equip it with homing missiles as secondary weapon. In addition to the standard “shooting mode” D-Force also features an “exploration mode”. In exploration … Read more
Dharma Doujou was originally released in the arcades by Metro3D in 1994 (picture on the left). While the original version provides the same gameplay as the Super Famicom version tested here, the game does have some noticeable differences. First of all, it has more enemies and features colorful backgrounds borrowed from traditional Japanese themes and … Read more
Sylon Corporation’s robots, the XT7 Cyborg-Commando Fighting Machines, have gotten out of control and threaten the city. The citizens are in danger and the only way to stop them is to destroy them. Bazooka Blitzkrieg is a first person shooter game that uses the Super Scope light gun. Players begin the game in either Blitzkreig … Read more
The first game in the Strike series. A year after the Gulf War, a self styled General named Kilbaba (Muababa in the GBA version) takes over an Arab Emirate and threatens to start WWIII against its enemy in the West, the U.S. The whole world holds their breath as the President chooses you to destroy … Read more
Playing as a jet pilot of the “Coalition” force, players take control of either an F-15 Eagle, or an A-10 Tankbuster jet. The mission is to neutralise the offensive forces of the Zarak army, who have recently invaded a smaller neighbouring country. The Zarak army has many ground units, including tanks, stinger-missile launchers, SCUD missiles … Read more
Derby Stallion III is a horse-racing management game where the player selects and breeds horses. The intent is to produce racehorse champions, through which the player will make the majority of their revenue. They can govern various aspects of the horse breeding and raising, as well as the ranch.
Derby Stallion II is a Sports game, published by ASCII Entertainment, which was released in Japan in 1994.
The ultimate goal of the player in the Derby Stallion games is to win the title of GI (Group I) Racer. To do this, the player must attempt to develop the greatest stock of horses that he can in order to have the greatest chance at each of the weekday and holiday races that compose … Read more
Derby Jockey 2 is a horseracing sim that offers players the opportunity to raise their own racehorses and use them to compete in competitions across Japan, heading up to the prestigious G1 tier. The game is a sequel to 1994’s Derby Jockey: Kishou e no Michi and features similar gameplay.
A horseracing game that joins contemporary franchises like ASCII’s Derby Stallion or Hect’s Thoroughbred Breeder in giving players some control over the horses they raise and their prowess in races. The player can decide when the horse should move into a sprint while racing, often dependent on the temperament and stats of the horse.