Archivist's Head: Games
by GatorShades | created - 13 Nov 2015 | updated - 10 months ago | PublicNot yet included:
Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013)[Windows]
D/Generation (1991)[PC, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST]
The Oregon Trail: Classic Edition (1990)[Macintosh]
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD (2012)[PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360]
Note: Any expansion packs are to be counted as a part of the main game, and will not be listed.
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1. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (2001 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
You are the sole survivor of IFS Zephyr crash and the noble gnome has just passed away before your eyes after giving you a strange ring and asking to deliver it to "the boy".
Stars: Jeff Coopwood, Barry Dennen, Michael Gough, Nick Jameson
Votes: 430
2. Secret of Evermore (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In 1965, a scientist, professor Ruffleberg, invents a virtual reality machine to live in Evermore. The machine goes haywire and they disappear. 30 years later a boy and his dog get teleported to the fantasy world of Evermore.
Votes: 161
3. Super Mario World (1990 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
While Mario and Luigi are vacationing in Dinosaur Land, Bowser kidnaps the Princess. Mario and his new dino friend Yoshi go on a mission to save her.
Director: Takashi Tezuka
Votes: 5,465
4. Age of Empires (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, History
Lead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.
Director: Bruce Shelley
Votes: 2,441
5. SimCity 2000 (1993 Video Game)
E | Adventure
Build your own city in the sequel to SimCity (1989), introducing a near-isometric dimetric view, different land elevations and underground layers, new types of facilities and more.
Director: Fred Haslam
Votes: 806
6. Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The year is 2636. Red Falcon has now declared an all-out war on humanity. Bill "Mad Dog" Rizer and his partner Lance "Scorpion" Bean must now battle Red Falcon once again and drive the aliens off the face of the Earth.
Director: Nobuya Nakazato
Votes: 387
7. Mortal Kombat II (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy
When emperor Shao Kahn invokes a Mortal Kombat tournament rematch, Raiden gathers his Earthrealm warriors and takes them into Outworld.
Directors: Ed Boon, John Tobias | Stars: Richard Divizio, Ho-Sung Pak, Carlos Pesina, Daniel Pesina
Votes: 2,963
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (1991 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When Krang steals the Statue of Liberty, the turtles pursue the Foot Clan to the Technodrome, where Shredder sends them through a time warp. The Turtles must fight Shredder's army in both the past and the future in order to get home.
Director: G. Suzuki | Star: Miki Chang
Votes: 1,401
9. Super Street Fighter II Turbo (1994 Video Game)
T | Action, Fantasy
Fifth installment in the "Street Fighter II" sub-series that introduces several new gameplay mechanics, including the addition of combination moves called super combos and air combos. It also introduces the secret character Akuma.
Star: Dennis Falt
Votes: 691
10. Donkey Kong Country (1994 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Waking to find his banana hoard clean gone, Donkey Kong sets out with his nephew Diddy Kong through jungle and cavern, past temples and reef, across pine forests, factories, and mountains to rid the island of the wicked Kremlings and reclaim his bananas.
Director: Tim Stamper
Votes: 3,271
11. Super Mario Kart (1992 Video Game)
E | Action, Family, Fantasy
Mario, his brother Luigi and his friends Princess Toadstool, Toad, Yoshi, King Bowser, Donkey Kong Jr. and Koopa Troopa are all in a race to challenge each other and see who's the best racer in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Directors: Hideki Konno, Tadashi Sugiyama
Votes: 2,518
12. U.N. Squadron (1989 Video Game)
Action
Shin Kazama, Mickey Simon, and Greg Gates are mercenary pilots for the organization U.N. Squadron. The country of Aslan has been taken over by a terrorist organization known as Project 4 ... See full summary »
Director: Yoshiki Okamoto
Votes: 46
13. Super Star Wars (1992 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
Join Luke, Han and Chewbacca in their fierce war against the evil Empire. Battle treacherous aliens. Pilot two vehicles in high-speed, fight your way through the wastelands of Tatooine to the hostile streets of Mos Eisley and beyond.
Director: Kalani Streicher | Star: Alec Guinness
Votes: 477
14. Killer Instinct (1994 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Machines, ice beings, werewolves and other potential fighters enter the Killer Instinct tournament for their own reasons. The quest on all their minds, though, is to defeat Eyedol - the latest 'project' of the mega-corporation Ultratech.
Stars: Chris Sutherland, Dave Child, Ken Lobb, Dean Smith
Votes: 870
15. Diablo II (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Evil has survived. Diablo, the Lord of Terror, now seeks to free his demonic brothers. The armies of the High Heavens are forbidden to interfere with Diablo's plan.
Stars: Frank Gorshin, Liana Young, James Harper, Jessica Straus
Votes: 4,699
16. Final Fantasy VII (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Yasushi Matsumura, Masato Yagi
Votes: 11,290
17. Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-nuclear future, the descendant of an ancient exiled hero must leave his tribe in search of the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, the last chance of survival for his people.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Charlie Adler, Ron Perlman, Dwight Schultz, Jason Marsden
Votes: 4,154
18. Final Fantasy VI (1994 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mysterious woman joins a group of mercenaries in order to find out about her destiny and means of saving the world from an evil madman.
Directors: Hiroyuki Itô, Yoshinori Kitase
Votes: 3,524
19. Sonic & Knuckles (1994 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna, once enemies, now allies. Teamed together to stop that evil scientist, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, from taking control of the world with his crazed hover crafts and mad robots.
Director: Hirokazu Yasuhara
Votes: 1,703
20. E.V.O.: Search for Eden (1992 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
2D platform game where you play a primitive creature that must eat other creatures to evolve and reach the next level or era of life on Earth. Start as a fish-like thing and become a dinosaur or a human. The game has several joke endings.
Director: Takashi Yoneda
Votes: 53
21. Super Mario All-Stars (1993 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
A compilation of Super Mario Bros. and its two sequels, along with the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels) , completely remade with new graphics for the Super NES.
Votes: 1,221
22. Mega Man X (1993 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the year 21XX, a century-old capsule is unearthed containing the first Reploid: Mega Man X - a robot able to think for himself. But after a new age of Reploids begins, the powerful Sigma goes Maverick and forms an army of evil Reploids.
Stars: Stephen Chang, Megumi Ogata
Votes: 928
23. Skate 3 (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sport
This time you are building your own skateboard brand and the crew behind it. Win contests and challenges and gain fame to your company. The bigger and better tricks, the more boards you sell.
Stars: Danny Way, Mark Appleyard, Ray Barbee, Joey Brezinski
Votes: 903
24. Worms Armageddon (1999 Video Game)
E | Action, Comedy, War
Teams of worms armed to the teeth with the most advanced weaponry (including banana bombs and exploding sheep) battle in a crazy tournament.
Votes: 1,404
25. Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Play as the foot soldier of the galaxy's greatest factions and wage war across countless planets.
Director: Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz | Stars: Bob Bergen, Christina Rumbley, Corey Burton, David Boat
Votes: 7,298
27. Twisted Metal (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Follow the story of three desperate souls being driven by their most intimate desires and weaknesses.
Director: David Jaffe | Stars: J.S. Gilbert, Annie Hayden, Jimmy Hodson, David Gazzana
Votes: 317
28. Trials of Mana (1995 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Six kingdoms are fighting each other for power over the Mana stones and are battling for world dominance. Six warriors are sent out from their homes to save the world.
Director: Kôichi Ishii
Votes: 153
29. Dynasty Warriors 8 (2013 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Fight off hordes of ancient Chinese soldiers.
Directors: Atsushi Miyauchi, Juergen Peretzki | Stars: Yasunori Masutani, Masaya Onosaka, Hirohiko Kakegawa, Yukimasa Kishino
Votes: 147
30. Black & White (2001 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
You are a god of a land known as Eden, you choose a creature, which you must train and look after. As you progress through the story, your creature will increase in size and knowledge. Your... See full summary »
Director: Peter Molyneux | Stars: Marc Silk, Shelley Blond, Hugo Myatt, Earl Boen
Votes: 369
31. Tropico (2001 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy
Ruling an island paradise during the cold war. Social engineering, political circuses, international intrigue, tourism and industrial growth all rolled together like a fine Havana cigar, Tropico style.
Director: Phil Steinmeyer
Votes: 128
32. The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003 Video Game)
T | Animation, Action, Adventure
When mysterious surveillance equipment, mind control cola and aliens terrorize Springfield, only the Simpsons can find out why and save the town.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Votes: 2,975
33. Minecraft (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Welcome to the world of Minecraft where you can build, brew potions, enchant your armor and tools and adventure other biomes. Visit the Nether, or even defeat the Ender Dragon in the End.
Director: Agnes Larsson | Stars: Pierre Coffin, Katie Crown, CW21, Luke Harrison
Votes: 13,923
34. Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The vulgar adventures and exploits of a squirrel with a hangover, just trying to get back home while being forced to save the world.
Director: Chris Seavor | Stars: Chris Seavor, Louise Ridgeway, Chris Marlow
Votes: 1,501
35. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A republic soldier, training to become a Jedi Knight, is given the task of halting the conquest of Darth Malak by discovering the location of a weapon known as the Star Forge.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Raphael Sbarge, Rafael Ferrer, John Cygan
Votes: 9,258
36. Icewind Dale (2000 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy
An adventuring party becomes enlisted as a caravan guard while in Icewind Dale, in the wake of strange events, and eventually discover a plot that threatens the Ten Towns of Icewind Dale and beyond.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Jim Cummings, John Kassir, Tara Strong, Gregg Berger
Votes: 706
37. Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (1993 Video Game)
Beat 'em up platform game that follows two Battletoads, Rash and Pimple, on a quest to stop Silas Volkmire and the evil Dark Queen from ruling over the world. Much content is enhanced or remixed from the original "Battletoads".
Votes: 85
38. Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Doom 2 follows the story of Doom-Guy, killing hell creatures, for the future of mankind.
Stars: Kevin Cloud, Bobby Prince, John Romero
Votes: 3,272
39. Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A pirate-woman named Ruby-Heart who united fifty-two of the Earth's strongest heroes and villains, transports them to another dimension on her enormous battleship to fight an evil shape-shifter named Abyss who wants to rule all realities.
Stars: Kae Araki, Lawrence Bayne, Rick Bennett, Chris Britton
Votes: 866
40. Battle Chess (1988 Video Game)
Unrated | Action, Fantasy, Sport
Animated chess game set in a medieval setting with some fantasy elements. Each time a piece takes another, short battle animation plays. These short animated battles to the death sometimes have a funny twist to them.
Votes: 51
41. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
You play an exiled and depowered Jedi Knight who has returned to the Republic and must restore both your powers and the devastated Jedi Order to challenge the Sith.
Stars: Sara Kestelman, Nicky Katt, Roger Guenveur Smith, Kelly Hu
Votes: 5,504
44. Myst (1993 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The player is the Stranger, an unknown person mysteriously transported to the island of Myst. Alone and without clues, the Stranger must solve the mysteries and discover the secrets of this strange place.
Directors: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller, Hiroshi Yamada | Stars: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller
Votes: 820
45. Riven: The Sequel to Myst (1997 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
After the events of Myst (1993), the Stranger travels to Riven to help Atrus by rescuing his wife Catherine, trapping his father Gehn and saving the Rivenese before their world collapses.
Directors: Robyn C. Miller, Richard Vander Wende, Tim Greenberg | Stars: John Keston, Sheila Goold, Rand Miller, Christine Steel
Votes: 531
47. The Oregon Trail (1971 Video Game)
Adventure, Family, History
The player takes on the role of a wagon leader guiding a group of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in the year 1848.
Star: Richard Ellman Kennedy
Votes: 198
48. RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (2002 Video Game)
E | Adventure
Sequel to RollerCoaster Tycoon, introducing a more robust system for building structures, greater flexibility by allowing pieces of scenery, rides, and other structures to be placed at varying heights above and below ground.
Votes: 449
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