Independence Day - The Game

Probably my last entry in 2014, Independence Day - The Game, was published for PC, Playstation, Sega Saturn in 1997. It is, as expected, based in the movie with the same name. 

 

And, also as expected, it's a very bad game. You fly around with a plane (we can choose from 10 diferent planes), fighting alien ships, destroying targets, but the gameplay its not good.

 

I know that the movie is very "popcorn movie" example of the 90's, but i've very fond memories from it.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: Portuguese

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (16 pages, Portuguese)
Guarantee Card (Portuguese)
Instalation Instructions (Portuguese)

Portuguese Publisher: Ecogames

Midtown Madness 2

I've been lucky these days. Today i bought another pc game, and this time, it's sealed. Midtown Madness (the first two) are pc classics, and were developed by Angel Studios, that later become Rockstar San Diego, responsible for the Midnight Club series.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: CD
Sealed

Portuguese Publisher: Microsoft

  

NASCAR Racing 4

My latest aquisition (after xmas) is a game that i haven't play before. In fact, i only played the first version (Nascar Racing - 1994).

This game was developed by Papyrus and published by Sierra in 2001. Like many games published by Sierra in late 90's and early 2000's, it includes a games catalog. The manual, like so many pc games in that time, is huge (over 130 pages).

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual, Quick Reference Card, Games Catalog, Product Guarantee Card, Portuguese Garantee Card

Portuguese Publisher: Inforjogos

Red Ghost

The last game in today's aquisition is a strategy game called Red Ghost published by Empire Interactive. I don't know much about this game, but it seems it has similar features to a personal favorite - Battlezone.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (60 pages, English)
Registry Card (English)
Technical Supplement (English)

Portuguese Publisher: NA

      

Ravage D.C.X

Oh man, all games that i bought today are very obscure. Ravage D.C.X is a rail shooter, both air and ground. 

It was developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Inscape / Warner Interactive in 1996.

I don't know nothing about this one, let's see the descritpion in the box "A botched governement experiment has left a portar open for a villainous species of space travelling vermin to infiltrate our universe and ravage (ah, the connection with title :D) everything in their path. As a rebel leader, your mission is to locate and destroy these mecanisms of doom and ultimately blast away every last alien".

Details:

Big Box Language: Multi-language

Data Format: 2 CD
Manual (72 pages)
Portuguese Registry Card, Warnet Interactive Registration Card (English),

Portuguese Publisher: Inforjogos

Assassin 2015

Assassin 2015 is a first person shooter, developed by BlueSky Software and published in 1996 by Inscape / Warner Interactive.

This is a genre that i know well. I played so many and different first persons shooters in the 90's, but never heard about this one. That's what i like in collecting old games. 

...Althought, maybe there is a reason to never heard about this one...

There is a distinct characteristc in this game, anything you do in the game (kill someone, escape a iminent danger, etc) originates a video showing the action.

Details:

Big Box Language: Multi-language

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (100 pages)
Portuguese Registry Card, Warnet Interactive Registration Card (English), Portuguese PC Games publicity ("PC Louco"), Epilepsy Warning (French)

Portuguese Publisher: Inforjogos

                    

Loadstar - The Legend of Tully Bodine

Today i bought a pack of 6 old pc games, but two of them i already owned. Let's begin with the first one, called "Loadstar - The Legend of Tully Bodine". I must confess, i never heard anything about this one.

It was developed by Rocket Science Games, a company defunct since 1997, for PC and Sega CD. This game is a rail-shooter in a sci-fi world, but instead to travel in a ship, we drive a train in a magnetic rail in the moon. Also, use of full-motion-video justifies the 3 CD that comprises the game.

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 3 CD
Manual (25 pages)

Portuguese Publisher: NA

                  

Network Q RAC Rally

Today i bough two very old pc games.The second one is a racing game, the first game in the Rally Championship series.

I've never played this one, but i played alot the sequel International Rally Championship.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: Portuguese

Data Format: 4 Floppy Disk (3½-inch)
Manual (16 pages, Portuguese)
Registry Card (Portuguese)

Portuguese Publisher: Multitarefa

 

ATAC: The Secret War Against Drugs

Today i bough two very old pc games. The first one is a flight simulation published by Micropose called ATAC. I must confess, i didn't know about this one, althought i played many games from this time (i.e: F-15 Strike Eagle II, F-19 Stealth fighter).

This game has two features that i find interesting: you can pilot both planes and choppers and you fight against drugs cartels, not countries.

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 3 Floppy Disk (3½-inch)
Manual (176 pages, English)
Technical Supplement for IMB PC Compatibles (6 pages, English)
Warranty Registration Card (English)
Key Guide (English)

Portuguese Publisher: NA

     

Doom II: Hell on Earth

I found this gem lurking around in the web. Doom II is a pc classic. This is the sequel to the First Person Shooter more important in the history of pc gaming. 

Oh, i remember playing this game when i was a teeneger, i like some many others, thinking to myself "these graphics are insane, it's the peek in realism! It's impossible to improve the graphics!". 

In my school, the release of Doom, and it's sequel and the another "doom clones" was what the pc gamers needed to show off against the console gamers (then, most of my colleagues had Mega Drive from Sega).

Funny fact: me and my friends called these games (Doom, Wolfenstein 3d) "in your face" games, then "doom clone" and finally "first person shooters"...

 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 5 Floppy Disk (3½-inch)
Manual (23 pages, English)
Portuguese Publisher: NA

MechCommander 2

Today i bought two games. The second one is a real-time tactics developed by FASA Interactive, and distributed by Microsoft in 2001.

I love these games, mixing strategy and tactics. The graphics are still ok, and, like so many pc games in that time, we also have full motion video with real actors.
 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD Manual (98 pages, English)
Microsoft Subsidiary Information (English)
Installation Instructures (English)
Limited Warranty (English)
 
Portuguese Publisher: Microsoft

Hitman: Codename 47

Today i bought two games. The first one is well known: Hitman is played in third person perspective, combining stealth and shooter elements.
 

Details:

Big Box Language: Portuguese

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (27 pages, Portuguese)
Portuguese Publisher: Ecogames

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain

Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain is a sequel to a game published in 1992 for Macintosh. It's a strategy, empire-building game, but, in real time, not turned-based like Master of Orion 2.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD
Warranty Card (Portuguese)
Technology Tree (English)
Manual (49 pages, English)

Portuguese Publisher: Ecogames

Dark Reign: The Future of War

Dark Reign was published in 1997 by Activision. Let's just say that the 90's were a great time for those who enjoyed RTS games, although not all games released were good.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: Portuguese

Data Format: 1 CD Manual (113 pages, Portuguese)
Installation Instructions (Portuguese)
Registry Card (Portuguese)

Portuguese Publisher: Ecogames

Transarctica

Transarctica is a strategy game with elementos of exploration and adventure published in 1993 by Silmarils. I didn't play this game, althought i remeber other games published by Silmarils like the Ishar series or Ashgan - The Dragon Slayer.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: Multi Language

Data Format: 1 CD Manual (23 pages, Multi Language)

Portuguese Publisher: NA

Netstorm: Islands at War

Netstorm: Islands at War, was published by Activision in 1997. It's a rather obscure RTS, but with some original elements in the gameplay.

 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (107 pages, English)
Product Registration (Englsih)

Portuguese Publisher: Ecogames

Eastern Front Mission Pack 1

Talonsoft's Eastern Front Mission Pack 1 is a expansion for the Eastern Front Mission. Unfortunately, i don't own the original game...yet.
 

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (192 pages, English)
Warranty Registration Card (English)

Portuguese Publisher:NA

Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far

Close Combat II or Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far, is a well known strategy game, published by Microsoft in 1997. Unfortunately, i didnt' play this game when it came out.

The Big Box is in bad shape, especially in the bottom corner.

Details:

Big Box Language: English

Data Format: 1 CD
Manual (58 pages, English)

Portuguese Publisher: Microsoft

Die by the Sword

Die by the Sword is played in third person perpective. It's kind of a hack and slash type game. The difference in this game, is that we move the sword with the mouse, simulating the movement. It's a little clumsy.

By the way, this game was developed by Treyarch, who later developed serveral games in Call of Duty series.
 

Details:

Big Box Language: Portuguese

Data Format: 1 CD  
Manual (43 pages, Portuguese)
Garantee Certificaty (Portuguese)
 
Portuguese Publisher: Portidata