Tag Archives: 1993

Blue Sky Productions, Electronic Arts, gog.com, Looking Glass Technologies, MS-DOS, Origin Systems, PC

Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, PC

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The second of two ground-breaking Ultima Underworld games made by Blue Sky Productions (later to become Looking Glass Technologies) and Origin Systems.

Labyrinth of Worlds, first released in 1993, again features a very early (and successful) attempt to create a Role-Playing Game with a fully-explorable 3D environment. Both this – and its predecessor, The Stygian Abyss – were developed concurrently, and were a significant leap forward in terms of software technology at the time.

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Atari Jaguar, Gremlin Graphics, Imagitec Design

Zool 2, Atari Jaguar

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Gremlin Graphics‘ lollipop-endorsing, ninja hero Zool was in our faces all throughout the early ’90s. He was supposed to be a kind of ‘anti-hero alien ninja’ to mirror the ‘coolness’ of Sega‘s Sonic the Hedgehog, but only made relatively minor inroads into gaming history with two games that originated on the Amiga then were later ported to a variety of different platforms. Zool 2 was converted to the Jaguar by Imagitech Design and was released in North America and Europe in 1994, and later in Japan, in 1995.

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AM3 R&D, Megadrive/Genesis, Sega 32X

Star Wars Arcade, Sega 32X

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This exciting-looking Star Wars game was first released in arcades in 1993, then released for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis 32X in 1994. It was a launch title for the 32X add-on peripheral.

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Gametek, MS-DOS, PC

Frontier: Elite II, PC

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David Braben‘s long-awaited 1993 follow-up to the classic space trading game Elite unfortunately doesn’t involve Ian Bell.

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Atari Corporation, Atari Jaguar, Attention to Detail

Cybermorph, Atari Jaguar

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Cybermorph: one of the first reasonably impressive releases on the much maligned Atari Jaguar. That said: it’s a very simple ‘fetch’ game with light shoot ’em up elements, and – apart from some impressively coloured graphics – there really isn’t much to it.

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