Pinball Construction Set created a new genre of video games—the “builder” or “construction set” class of games. With PCS, users can construct their own virtual pinball machine, by dropping controls onto a table. Controls included [...]
Dive Bomber ## Description In World War 2, the Bismarck battleship has been dominant thus far. Armed with torpedoes and a machine gun, can you destroy the Bismarck with a well-aimed torpedo and turn the tide of WW2 in the Allies’ favour? Find out is [...]
Sherlock Holmes in “Another Bow” ## Description _Sherlock Holmes in “Another Bow”_ is the first title in the short-lived _Living Literature_ series of interactive fiction titles by Bantam Software. In this original story, an aging [...]
Lords of Karma ## Description The first clue as to the unconventional nature of this text adventure is the scant description within the game manual. Unlike most games of its era, _Lords of Karma_ doesn’t rely on a written narrative peppered with [...]
Close Assault ## Description From a time when the best graphics a computer game offered were on the front cover of the box, Avalon Hill’s _Close Assault_ offers a hybrid computer/board game experience by enclosing cardboard counters and a playing [...]
