Arcade

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: Bethesda Softworks. Produttore/editore: THQ. Piattaforma o cabinet: Q100047, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST, Mac OS.

Curiosità e contesto: Wayne Gretzky Hockey is an ice hockey-themed sports video game developed by Bethesda Softworks, and first published in 1988.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: Sega-AM2. Produttore/editore: Q122741. Piattaforma o cabinet: DOS, Q100047, Atari ST, Commodore 64.

Curiosità e contesto: Power Drift (パワードリフト, Pawā Dorifuto) is a kart racing game released in arcades by Sega in 1988. More technologically advanced than Sega's earlier 2.5D racing games, like Hang-On (1985) and Out Run (1986), in Power Drift the entire world and track consist of sprites.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: Tecmo. Produttore/editore: Tecmo. Piattaforma o cabinet: Nintendo Entertainment System, PC Engine, Commodore 64, Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

Curiosità e contesto: Ninja Gaiden, released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a 1988 hack and slash platform game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its development and release coincided with the beat 'em up arcade version of the same name.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: The Bitmap Brothers. Produttore/editore: Mirrorsoft. Piattaforma o cabinet: Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 64, Q100047, Q48263.

Curiosità e contesto: Speedball is a 1988 sports action video game developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Image Works. The game is based on a violent futuristic sport that draws on elements of handball and ice hockey, and rewards violent play as well as goals.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: Taito, TOSE. Produttore/editore: Taito. Piattaforma o cabinet: Nintendo Entertainment System.

Curiosità e contesto: Akira (アキラ) is a 1988 adventure video game by TOSE for the Family Computer console exclusively in Japan. It is based on Akira, the 1988 animated film version of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga of the same name.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: MicroProse. Produttore/editore: non indicato. Piattaforma o cabinet: DOS, Q100047, Atari ST, Commodore 64.

Curiosità e contesto: Red Storm Rising is a submarine simulator video game published by MicroProse in 1988 for the Commodore 64. It was co-designed and co-programmed by Sid Meier.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: Q94893. Produttore/editore: SCE Liverpool Studio. Piattaforma o cabinet: Q100047, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS.

Curiosità e contesto: Menace is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis. It was released for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1988, and for the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS in 1989.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: U.S. Gold. Produttore/editore: Strategic Simulations. Piattaforma o cabinet: ZX Spectrum, DOS, MSX, Amstrad CPC.

Curiosità e contesto: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance is a video game released in 1988 for various home computer systems and consoles. The game is based on the first Dragonlance campaign module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Dragons of Despair, and the first Dragonlance novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

Videogioco del 1988. Sviluppatore: Q383538. Produttore/editore: Q383538. Piattaforma o cabinet: Q209868, MSX.

Curiosità e contesto: Aleste (アレスタ) is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Compile, originally published by Sega in 1988 for the Master System and then by CP Communications for the MSX2. The Master System version was released outside Japan as Power Strike.