Game-Star Heroes A-Z
Our collection of the greatest games of all time sorted A-Z.
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Daley Thompson's Decathlon
This is one of the first games I can think of that was licensed by a famous sportsman; for those who can't remember, or weren't old enough, Daley Thompson was a British Olympic gold medallist in the Decathlon and reckoned to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. More...
Darwinia
Darwinia is a game of absolute beauty. Set in a inside a computer (yes, a bit like Tron), your mission is to rid the system of viruses and rescue the inhabitants so that they can repopulate their world. More...
Defender
Defender was the next step forward on from 'Space Invaders' and 'Asteroids.' Instead of one static screen, you could fly around left and right, up and down. Crucially, the aliens were less predictable than the ones in ' Space Invaders' meaning that you had to keep adapting your strategy as you played. More...
Dig Dug
The boys at Namco decided that inflating subterranean monsters was the idea of '83. God knows why it didn't become a genre in itself. More...
Dungeon Keeper
Dungeon Keeper is set in the underworld and you play the Dungeon Keeper of the title... your task is to build a dungeon that is resistant to greedy heroes that venture in to steal your gold... there are also rival dungeon keepers to contend with. More...
Elevator Action
Elevator Action is one of the most cherished games of my childhood. I first played it on the Spectrum (an excellent conversion, Speccy fans) and was entranced by the irresistible gameplay and the neat animation. More...
Football Manager
One of the first management games and undoubtedly the most popular. Today its descendant is the Championship Manager series which has the same approach as Football Manager. More...
Frogger
The object of the game was simple enough: get your frog safely across a busy road, then carry on across a river. One would think that it was a case of just swimming across the river but no, that wasn't the case. For some reason the water was lethal to our little froggy friend, so you had jump onto logs, turtles and crocodiles. More...
Gauntlet
Gauntlet was one of Atari's greatest hits, even managing to succeed during the drop in demand for arcade games that occurred in the mid 80s. Your gang has to traverse the multitude of mazes, collecting potions, food and treasure whilst killing off the baddies that lurk within the dungeons. More...
Goldeneye 007
Everyone was dubious about the prospect of a video game version of a rather ropey Bond movie. The fact that it was going to be a first person shooter on a home console made it all the more likely that this game was going to be poor. Fortunately, Rare were on top, top form. More...
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