Serious Sam Advance is a handheld version of Croteam‘s infamous first-person shooter, Serious Sam: The First Encounter. It was developed by Climax Entertainment and published by Global Star (a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive) in 2004.
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James Bond 007: Nightfire, Game Boy Advance
James Bond 007: Nightfire on the Game Boy Advance was developed by JV Games and published by Electronic Arts in 2003 (in North America), and 2004 (in Europe). It is a single-player only first-person shooter, in which you play as the fictional British spy, James Bond.
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Duke Nukem Advance, Game Boy Advance
Released exclusively for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, Duke Nukem Advance was developed by Torus Games and published by Take-Two Interactive, and is a first-person shooter in the infamous Duke Nukem series, with its own unique story, and using graphics and characters borrowed from Duke Nukem 3D.
The Empire Strikes Back, ZX Spectrum
A port of the arcade sequel to Star Wars, released into arcades in 1985; converted to the Spectrum by Vektor Grafix and published by Domark in 1988.
Star Wars, ZX Spectrum
This port of the classic Atari arcade game, Star Wars, on the ZX Spectrum, was developed by Vektor Grafix and published by Domark in 1987.
Hard Drivin’, Atari Lynx
Developed by NuFX and published by Atari Corporation in 1991, the Atari Lynx version of Hard Drivin’ was quite impressive for the time. It showed that the Lynx could handle rudimentary 3D polygonal games – and in colour. Something that its main rival (the Nintendo Game Boy), couldn’t do.
Action Force II, ZX Spectrum
The sequel to the first Action Force, Action Force II is a game that I knew had reviewed well at the time of its original release (in 1988), so I was expecting good things from it. Having never played the game before, I sat down and gave it a go, but was disappointed with what I found…
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Nintendo 64
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is a first-person shooter, developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Acclaim for the Nintendo 64 console and Microsoft Windows. It was initially released in 1997 in North America and Europe.
Starglider, Apple II
The Apple II version of Argonaut Software‘s classic cockpit shooter, Starglider, was ported by Solid Image, the same developer who made the flawed C64 version. And – unsurprisingly – it retains all the flaws of the C64 version, and brings a few problems of its own to the party, just for good measure…
Starglider, PC
The 1987 PC MS-DOS version of Argonaut Software‘s classic 3D shooter, Starglider, was ported by Realtime Games Software, who did the excellent Amstrad and ZX Spectrum ports. Unfortunately, the game is available only with four-colour CGA graphics, which does diminish the look of the game significantly.
The King of Grabs 