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