Tag Archives: 1989

10/28/20 Battle of Olympus (1989)

Battle of Olympus (1989) by Infinity, published by Broderbund for NES. Taking clear inspiration from Zelda II, released two years prior, Battle of Olympus puts you in the shoes of Orpheus, whose girlfriend is captured by Hades. To get her back, he must venture throughout Greece, gaining the favor of the gods to acquire specialContinue reading “10/28/20 Battle of Olympus (1989)”

10/16/20 North and South (1989)

North and South (1989) developed and published by Infogrames for DOS, Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari ST, and more. I wanted to like this one more than I could. It’s a combined strategy and action game set in the American Civil War, where you take control of the Union army against the Southern separatists. The strategyContinue reading “10/16/20 North and South (1989)”

10/14/20 Pipe Dreams (1989)

Pipe Dreams (1989) by The Assembly Line and pulished by LucasArts (RIP) for Amiga, DOS, Apple II, Arcades, Commodore 64, Windows, and many, many more. Also known as Pipe Mania, this is a good, simple puzzler where the aim is to place pipes for the “flooz” to flow through until the target distance is met.Continue reading “10/14/20 Pipe Dreams (1989)”

9/11/20 Clash at Demonhead (1989)

Clash at Demonhead (1989) developed and published by Vic Tokai for the NES. I don’t generally like the term “Metroidvania,” but this game has been called an early one. In truth, it’s ironically more like Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse. You play as Bang, whose island vacation is interrupted by a call telling him that theContinue reading “9/11/20 Clash at Demonhead (1989)”

Astaroth: The Angel of Death (1989)

Astaroth: The Angel of Death (1989) by Eldritch the Cat and published by Hewson Consultants for Amiga. I don’t like this game. I want to like this game, it has a cool art style with nice pixel graphics, it has some surprisingly good music, it’s just that playing it is kind of miserable. You areContinue reading “Astaroth: The Angel of Death (1989)”