Jordan Mechner‘s classic platform game, Prince of Persia, was initially released on the Apple II in 1989. It was very special in a number of ways.
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Baldur’s Gate, PC
Baldur’s Gate was the first game to use the BioWare Infinity Engine and was released by Interplay in 1998. It is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, with a 2nd Edition AD&D ruleset, and is therefore a fantasy RPG adventure with castles, magic and monsters in the grand sense of the fashion.
10 Best Intellivision Games
LISTS: as decided by The King of Grabs, in descending order of greatness:
1. Treasure of Tarmin
2. Tower of Doom
3. Cloudy Mountain
4. B-17 Bomber
5. Lock ‘n’ Chase
6. Stadium Mud Buggies
7. Chip Shot Super Pro Golf
8. Bump ‘n’ Jump
9. Auto Racing
10. Dracula
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision
Intellivision Special
The Intellivision video game console was launched by Mattel Electronics in 1979. It was a direct competitor to the Atari VCS (aka the 2600) and doesn’t tend to get much love, because – like the Atari 2600 – the games are pretty basic. The disc-like controllers were unorthodox too, although each controller does have a numeric keypad, which allows for some complex gaming.
Famicom Disk System Special
The Famicom Disk System (FDS) was a peripheral for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that allowed games to be loaded from disk rather than cartridge. Not only that but it also had extra RAM on board and an extra sound chip.
Q*bert, Arcade
Gottlieb‘s classic arcade game Q*bert was first released in 1982. It delighted gamers with its quirky mix of cube-jumping and ‘painter’-style gameplay.
Cinemaware Week
This week I’m going to be featuring grabs from the classic games of legendary American developer Cinemaware.
Atari 8-Bit Special
The Atari 8-bit home computer range played host to a large variety of ground-breaking games in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, and this week we’re going to be celebrating that fact.
Derek Brewster Week
Derek Brewster is a British game developer who made a name for himself in the 1980s.
He created a large variety of games for a number of different systems, but is probably best known for his work on the ZX Spectrum.
Games Beginning With ‘B’ Week
It’s time for another random celebration of video gaming goodness! This time: of games beginning with the letter ‘B’… 🙂
Enjoy,
The King of Grabs
Here’s a full run-down of what was published:
Ballblazer, Atari 7800
Booty, ZX Spectrum
Bomb Jack, Arcade
Bonanza Bros., Megadrive
Booga-Boo, MSX
Brainstorm, Commodore 64
Bomberman ’94, PC Engine
Bubsy, Atari Jaguar
Bobby Bearing, ZX Spectrum
Battle Valley, Commodore 64
Breath of Fire, Super Nintendo
Breath of Fire II, Super Nintendo
BMX Kidz, Commodore 64
Battlecruiser 3000AD, PC
Bubble Ghost, Atari ST
Bubble Ghost, Amstrad CPC
Bubble Ghost, Game Boy
Braxx Bluff, ZX Spectrum
Bounder, Commodore 64
The King of Grabs 