In Ghoul School the player is cast as Spike O’Hara, a senior at Cool School High in a small American town. Spike is a rebel and an outcast, but is a good kid. While taking a shortcut through the graveyard home one day, he comes across a glowing skull. Intrigued, he takes it to Dr. … Read more
Ghosts’n Goblins is a sideways scrolling action platformer spread over six levels, each of which must be completed within three minutes (or a life is lost), taking in forest, village, mountain and cavern settings with increasing difficulty. Arthur the brave knight must rescue his beloved Princess from the Demon King Astaroth and his forces – … Read more
Ghostbusters II is a single-player side-scrolling game. Generally, the player controls a ghostbuster as he explores levels based on the film. The character’s goal is to make his way to the museum before time runs out. Two levels involve riding around in the heroes’ famous car. In another level the player controls the Statue of … Read more
Based on the movie of the same name, the Ghostbusters are the ones to call who will “bust” any ghost hauntings. It does this through the use of nuclear accelerated “proton packs” and traps, whereby the ghosts can be captured and transferred to a secure storage facility. However New York City has suddenly become a … Read more
Legend of the Ghost Lion is a Dragon Quest style turn-based role-playing video game. It is an adaptation of a 1988 Japanese movie, “Piramiddo no Kanata ni Howaito Raion Densetsu”. The legend of the White Lion tells that one day, a Lion attacked and ravaged the village. The lion was wounded by the spear of … Read more
Featuring heavyweight champion George Foreman, this is a boxing simulation where players, taking the role of Foreman, go through a series of twelve rounds against different boxers to win the championship title belt. Played from an third-person perspective using a view from right over the shoulders over the boxer, players can move left and right … Read more
In a few words: Conquer all you can. You have two options: Mongol conquest or World conquest. In the first campaign as Temujin (later known as Genghis Khan), you must unite all the little tribes of Mongolia. You can use force or diplomacy. In the second campaign, you can be one of four characters. As … Read more
Koei made an incursion into the fantasy worlds of magic with this game. Six magicians, each trapped inside a magical gem, are liberated from the crown Gemfire by Princess Robyn, daughter of the tyrannical ruler of Ishmeria, King Eselred. Fleeing across the length and breadth of the island nation, they each choose a leader from … Read more
Based on the arcade game, Gauntlet II is very similar to the original. Up to four players (a wizard, a warrior, an elf, and a valkyrie) make their way through various mazes, collect treasures and magic potions, and fend off assorted creatures and ghosts.
Gauntlet, the original arcade smash hit, is a fighting game where you choose a character and let rip into the hordes of enemies that assault you on you way to the end of the level. One or two players must make their way through 100 levels of mayhem and magic. It featured a choice of … Read more