1001 Video Games you Must Play Before You Die
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The list of all the Games in the Book "1001 Video Games you Must Play Before You Die" in order. Well, the ones that I could Find on IMDb!
I am still making this list. A lot of the games that I want to list aren't even on IMDb. Hopefully I will be done soon. Sorry to keep you all waiting.
The list of all the Games in the Book "1001 Video Games you Must Play Before You Die" in order. Well, the ones that I could Find on IMDb!
I am still making this list. A lot of the games that I want to list aren't even on IMDb. Hopefully I will be done soon. Sorry to keep you all waiting.
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- StarsRichard Ellman KennedyThe player takes on the role of a wagon leader guiding a group of settlers from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon's Willamette Valley on the Oregon Trail via a covered wagon in the year 1848.
- Two players play a video version of table tennis. The first to score 11 points wins.
- DirectorJoe SerkesStarsAnn SappJohn BanksPat Louis
- Western shooter arcade game released by Midway in 1977 and a sequel to Gun Fight.
- Commonly considered as one of the most influential video games of all time, the goal is to defeat wave after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser cannon to earn as many points as possible.
- The player controls a square avatar whose quest is to explore an open-ended environment to find a magical chalice and return it to the golden castle. Three dragons and an item-stealing bat roam the castle as well.
- DirectorEd LoggYour spaceship is trapped in an asteroid belt. Watch out for enemy spacecraft and maneuver your way out.
- Face waves of aliens descending on your spaceship and clear the screen to achieve victory.
- The player controls a lunar landing module, with the goal of landing safely on the Moon.
- Featured game.
- Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens.
- An adventurer undertakes dangerous quests against numerous enemies to earn riches and experience
- Missiles from the sky are attacking the cities, you, as the player, must defend the 6 cities as long as you can.
- Embark on a quest for the amulet of Yendor in the Dungeons of Doom! Magical items help you, the hero, to overcome the increasingly powerful monsters. Find the amulet to break the spell to enable an ascend to freedom.
- DirectorJohn GorrieStarsMichael HordernDerek GodfreyDavid WallerExiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
- A multi-user dungeon (MUD) is both a style of role-playing game and the name of one of the original text-based multiplayer online role-playing games of this genre. MUD was created by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle in 1980. MUD was modeled after earlier text-based adventure games and became a popular game to play over Telenet, an early commercial Internet. Multi-user dungeons are sometimes referred to as multi-user dimensions or multi-user domains.
- Navigate Pac-Man through a maze escaping ghosts and eating Pac-Dots.
- Players control a spaceship, shooting at a variety of alien birds of different sizes and attack patterns.
- Told in second person, you play an AFGNCAAP (an Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally-Ambiguous Adventure Person) who begins in a serene setting, a house nestled in a thick forest. But your adventure really begins when you discover that the house leads to an expansive dungeon of forgotten lore and you must recover it's treasures from a tricky thief.
- The players use shields to defend their castle walls from the fireballs that ricochet around the playfield. Players can capture and catapult the fireballs at opposing castles. Fireballs destroy pieces of the castle walls they hit.
- The player controls a gun that can only move in the bottom fifth of the screen. The object is to shoot a centipede that works its way down to the player area through a field of mushrooms. Other attacking enemies are fleas, spiders, and scorpions.
- The sequel to Galaxian (1979), the player controls a spaceship and faces waves of enemy aliens that try to destroy, capture, or collide with the spaceship.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoArcade video game and the first in the "Donkey Kong" series in which Jumpman (later retconned to be Mario) runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong.
- The player's ship flies over a horizontally scrolling planet surface, protecting friendly humanoids from alien abduction. Destroying all enemies advances you to the next wave. Loss of all humanoids destroys the planet until it is reinstated every fifth wave.The Sequel to Defender!!!
- This update to Pac-Man (1980) changed the character to a lady, added moving fruit, smarter monsters, cut scenes and more mazes.
- In this arcade game, you must help a frog cross a highway and a river while avoiding obstacles so he can get to his home safely.
- The player controls a spaceship that must blast its way through five missions, each a different challenge. The game features a pistol grip joystick and robotic speech synthesis that heckles the player during gameplay.
- Your job is to complete several quests and gather special stones to defeat the evil wizard, Mondain.
- Your mission is to travel to alien planets, wipe out enemy bunkers, gather fuel units, and make solar systems safe for future generations of space pioneers.
- As a joust wielding yellow armored knight riding a flying ostrich. You must navigate through a series of floating rock platforms above molten hot lava. With a berserk of enemy knights, many of them riding buzzards who want you for dead. In order to survive, you must use your joust to kill the enemies without getting killed first whether it be by an enemy or accidentally falling into the lava.
- An interactive illustrated text adventure game in which the player assumes the role of Bilbo Baggins, an average hobbit who lives in the region known as the Shire. One day he meets a wizard named Gandalf and a group of dwarfs, in which they are on an expedition that involves the dwarfs reclaiming their ancient home known as the Lonely Mountain. The only problem is that the mountain is guarded by a powerful and fearsome dragon known as Smaug. Gandalf proposes that Bilbo should join the group as the expedition's burglar. The dwarfs ridicule the wizard's idea, but the dumbfounded Bilbo ends up joining the group as they venture to the Lonely Mountain.
- A combat helicopter must save as many rebels as possible from the p.o.w. camps set up by the evil Bungeling Empire and take out all enemy forces that stand in its way back to safety in this side-scrolling shoot 'em up.
- It is the year 2084, the world we all once knew is now overrun by robots. The majority of mankind was eliminated by the robots during a cybernetic revolt. As the player, you must rescue the surviving humans while defeating an endless wave of killer robots.
- DirectorMasahisa IkegamiIn the video game DigDug you are the character Doug who has been sent to clear this underground area of all the enemies.
- DirectorRobin Spry
- Player drives a moon buggy jumping over craters, rocks and land mines, shooting simultaneously at rocks in front and aliens above while dodging their missiles.
- You are a clown who moves around a maze. You can dig new paths to avoid monsters and collect cherries. Kill monsters with a "powerball" or drop apples on them. Kill them all or eat all the cherries to go up a level.
- Q*bert must to make the top of the blocks the color shown and avoid enemies.
- An epic battle between a Solvolou fighter and the forces of Xevious in mysterious and futuristic world.
- You are a construction worker, who must move a certain amount of boxes on different levels of a warehouse, to look for something.
- Can you survive the game grid?
- Players navigate an airplane through several time periods while battling enemies.
- CreatorDennis KellyStarsAdeel AkhtarPaul HigginsNeil MaskellAfter a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.
- Game Overview The player is an Interface Robot (#1984) in rebellion against Big Brother and his Evil Eyes in I,Robot. Players will enter another world where they must face off against Big Brother on different terrains, trying to shoot through a protective shield and advance to the pyramid where Big Brother's Evil Eye can actually be shot and destroyed. I,Robot provides players with exciting challenges as they attempt to lead a rebellion against the control of Big Brother. Game Play I,Robot begins with the Interface Robot facing off against the Evil Eye. The player has to collect all of the red squares on the playfield in order to destroy the shield that protects the Evil Eye and enter the pyramid. The Robot can only jump to the red squares when the Evil Eye is not watching (i.e., yellow or green). If the Evil Eye is red, it will detect the Robot jumping and destroy him. At the acquisition of each red square, the protective shield is weakened. When the Robot has obtained all of the red squares, the shield is automatically destroyed and the Robot can get into the pyramid and destroy the Evil Eye. After the destruction of the Evil Eye, the Robot travels through a space wave where the player muse either shoot and destroy or avoid the objects flying toward him. At the completion of each space wave, the Robot lands on another geometric terrain, where once again he must face another Evil Eye. Every third terrain contains a red pyramid which the Robot must enter after destroying the Evil Eye. Once inside the pyramid, the Robot has one chance to collect as many of the jewels as he can before he is destroyed. If the Robot is destroyed while he is inside the pyranid, he is immediately thrust back into space. The player must get through three more terrains before he has another chance to get to the jewels inside of the pyramid.
- A strategic board game with some similarities to chess. Two sides, a light one and a dark one, consisting of 18 pieces each compete on a board divided into (9 by 9) squares. You win the game by having one of your units on each of the five powerpoint squares, by removing all opposing pieces from the board or by imprisoning the last remaining creature of the opposing side.
- StarsHarrison FordMark HamillJames Earl JonesAssume the role of Luke Skywalker and fight past many enemies to reach and destroy the Death Star.
- StarsChuck NegronChuckie NegronJulia NegronChuckie, 28, is the son of a famous musician, and was born into the rock 'n' roll world of the 70's. Surrounded by famous musicians and privilege all his life, he aspired to be an athlete or singer. However, drugs have over-shadowed every moment of Chuckie's life.
- DirectorDon BluthTony BozekStarsDan MolinaVera PachecoMichael RyeA valiant knight, Dirk the Daring is on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.
- DirectorChris HarrisonStarsTony OsobaIan CullenJeff HannanOn the crashed shuttle "Nozomu", Theo Aldiss finds himself alone with a limited period of time before the ship self destructs.
- You play as a spy in a car that is advanced and destroy enemies vehicles with weapons.
- Bentley Bear gathers gems found along the paths of many three-quarters-view castles. Wear the magic hat to kill the witch, Berthilda, and eliminate the gem eaters while they are eating. Secret warps take you to higher levels.
- Jetman must assemble his rocket (which spawns in pieces scattered around the map), and then fill it with fuel before taking off to the next planet, where the procedure is broadly repeated with alternate procedures.
- A character named Lode Runner must traverse and dig through fanciful designs of architecture to collect tons of gold, while utilizing physics and avoiding man-crushing, though foolish, guards.
- DirectorMatthew SmithMiner Willy battles through the robot-filled underground mines of Surbiton, featuring fast, colorful graphics and very weird enemy creatures. You are chased by deranged robots, pirouetting rabbits and mutant toilets as you race to collect enough keys to escape. And they aren't your only problem because there's limited oxygen in each cave, so move fast or be asphyxiated.
- You are a soda jerk serving root beer to patrons.
- You play an athlete competing in a series of track and field athletic competitions.
- Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation: reach people trapped in an underground mine maze using a VTOL gadget before running out of power.
- You are Rockford, and you must guide him through a series of caves to hunt for diamonds. You must collect enough of them in order to exit each cave, while at the same time dodging deadly falling rocks, fireflies, and other perils.
- DirectorMichitaka Tsuruta
- The classic space trading game. You and your Cobra Mk III battle wagon have to become 'Elite.' but this is only achieved if you do very suicidal things You start the game with the rating 'Harmless,' and must work your way up the ranks by trading and blowing the rocket fuel out of everything you see.
- Thomas must use his punches, kicks, and jumpkicks to save Sylvia from Mr. X and his henchmen.
- StarsJon PertweeDonna BaileyIan DuryTake control and follow the life of a "defect", which takes the shape of a human body that was formed inside a machine. The defect goes through all stages of life from cells to senility, as it grows and evolves it must avoid the defect police who try to detain it.
- You are Arthur Dent, and you must survive the worst day of your life. For one thing, your house is being demolished. For another thing, so is the planet. Having found out your friend is an alien, you hitch a lift onto a Vogon spaceship, and find a way to escape. You are then picked up by the Heart of Gold, and must get to the planet of Magrathea using the Infinite Improbability Drive. While everyone relaxes in the sauna, you must do all the dirty work. Throughout the course of your day, you will collect pocket fluff from throughout time and space, get alien fish stuck in your ear, lose your common sense, and listen to excruciatingly bad poetry. Be careful, for the fate of this one pitiful man lies in your hands.
- Hyper Sports, known in Japan as Hyper Olympic '84 is an arcade game published by Konami.
- Marble Madness is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny, in which the player must guide a marble through six courses, populated with obstacles and enemies, within a time limit.
- The player, as Sabreman, has been bitten by the Sabre Wulf and now transforms into a werewolf at nightfall. He has 40 days to collect items throughout Melkhior the Wizard's castle and brew a cure for his curse.
- Doomdark has woken from his slumber and the lands of Midnight are plunged into Winter. The Solstice is the peak of the Witch king's power and it is now that you must defeat him. The computer plays the role of Doomdark and intelligently pits the evil forces against you. A cold blast of fear emanates from the Citadel of Ushgarak, blowing across the Plains of Despair ever southwards to where you are busy marshalling troops. Victory for Doomdark is eliminating Luxor the Moonprince and Morkin, his son. Alternatively he can creep south into the peaceful land of the Free, striking at its figurehead of serenity and happiness - the Citadel of Xajorkith. You take the role of Luxor the Moonprince, Lord of the Free and your first task is to travel abroad and gain the support of the other citadels and keeps throughout the land of Midnight and amass an army. As Luxor you have the Power of Vision and the Power of Command which enable you to control other characters loyal to you, move through the land of Midnight and look through their eyes. The closer a character or army is to Luxor and his Moon Ring the less demoralising is the effect of the Ice Fear that emanates from the Plains of Darkness as the ring radiates the strength and warmth of his mind. Your most trusted companion, and the most important person in the quest, is your own son Morkin who is half human and half fey. By virtue of his unique ancestry Morkin can withstand the utter coldness of the Ice Fear which is increasingly directed at him as he approaches the Citadel of Ushgarak and so lifts some of the burden upon the armies of the Free. You initially have control over four characters: Luxor, Morkin, Corleth the Fey and Rothron the Wise but as you progress such characters as the Lord of Shimeral and the Lord of Brith and their armies add support to the forces of the Free.
- DirectorMatthew SmithReleased on the Spectrum, this was a free-roaming version of Manic Miner. After a wild party, Willy woke up in the bath and had to tidy up the house (ie pick up about 100 objects in 60 rooms) before he was allowed to bed by Maria.
- Safeguarding her under his hat, Pac-Man must return a fairy to the Fairy Queen in Fairy Land before making his way home with the assistance of magical boots, as well as Ms Pac-Man and Baby Pac-Man.
- StarsBrandon Scott MillerYou play a kid delivering papers on his treacherous route.
- DirectorFernando HerreraRichard M. SpitalnyThe lovable characters from MAD Magazine battle it out to seize important documents and escape with their lives.
- DirectorJared IshamStarsJarret LeMasterMichelle AcunaAustin O'BrienNate is a scruffy outlaw who can't pay off on a bad debt; so he's forced to become a bounty hunter in order to escape being lynched. Shortly after he arrives in the tough little town of La Guijas.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsChang ChenDu JuanAn alcohol advertisement cut to look like a movie trailer.
- The year is 2031 and the world is near the brink of economic collapse. To avoid this, the president comes up with a plan to stop the disaster - but before applying it, the long-term impacts on the world need to be validated. This is done with a simulation visited by the computer project PRISM, designed to be a true AI. The game starts when PRISM awakes from a simulation of his own, human life and is told that he is in fact the world's first sentient machine. At this point, the player takes control over PRISM.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerRae Dawn ChongDan HedayaA retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.
- An early "Beat em-up" Yie Ar Kung-Fu sees our hero venture across Japan battling various rivals to prove his dominance in the kung-fu world.
- A nice game with up to four cooperative players exploring dungeons and fighting monsters from a top-view perspective. The four characters that could be played included: - Thyla the Valkarie (female human sword warrior in blue) - Thor the Warrior (male human axe warrior in red) - Merlin the wizard (male human magic-user in yellow) - Questor the Elf (male elf archer in green) Each player's character has different strengths and weaknesses. The players collect food, potions, and treasure in return for points, health, magic and power-ups.
- A knight, named Sir Arthur, must defeat zombies, ogres, demons, cyclops, dragons and other monsters in order to rescue Princess Prin Prin, who has been kidnapped by Satan, king of Demon World.
- A spacecraft known as the Vic Viper must defend itself from the various alien enemies, in this horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game.
- In 1985, the Activision Research Group found the cause all common home computer glitches: little computer people were crying out for attention from inside the machine. By providing them with a house on a disk (or cassette) to live in, computer owners could make contact with their own personal LCP, as well as their dogs, communicate with them, play games and most importantly, provide them with food and drink.
- DirectorShigeru MiyamotoA plumber named Mario and his brother Luigi travel through the Mushroom Kingdom to save the princess from the evil Bowser.
- The evil wizard Mangar has cursed your hometown, Skara Brae, with eternal winter. It is up to you to assemble a party of adventurers to save Skara Brae.
- The Land of Fairlight was once a happy, jolly place - but this is no longer the case. More than three thousand years have passed since the worthy King Avars held court over the land from his Castle, and the whole county is enveloped in gloom and despondency. The Light has gone from the land, and the days are perpetually grey and gloomy when once the sun shone endlessly in clear blue skies. Over the years, partly as a result of a series of weak rulers, the social fabric of Fairlight declined - the people once lived happily in a peaceful land, full of music, jollity and magic. Now the county has a feudal system; society is fragmented, overseen by merchants and barons. Castle Avars stands alone in the middle of the plain of Avarslund, impenetrable and surrounded in rumour and myth. Folktales suggest that a perpetual summer shines within the castle; other myths tell of Segar the Immortal who dwells within the castle, awaiting the moment to return, when he'll bring Light back to the land. Isvar is the reluctant hero of this game, which forms the first part of the Chronicles of the Land of Fairlight and is subtitled A Prelude: The Light Revealed. Musing one day on the state of life he decides to enter Ogri's Wood - a wood that is universally acclaimed as dangerous. Ignoring the wisdom of the Elders, (Isvar is sure they must be hiding something - perhaps a great treasure) he enters the wood and is captured by the woman-monster Ogri and carried off to her cave, unconscious. When Isvar comes round, Ogri has departed. The figure of a old man in a hooded cloak appears before him and tells Isvar that he is now on the shelf of Ogri's larder! Not one for being eaten, Isvar follows the old man out of the cave towards Castle Avars. Suddenly an entrance opens up in a wall that moments before was featureless. Isvar is in the castle and the old man explains that he is the court sorcerer of King Avers and has been imprisoned for thousands of years. Then the old man disappears - the figure which lured Isvar into the castle was merely an apparition, created by the imprisoned sorcerer for just that purpose. Isvar is now trapped in the castle. and can only escape by finding the Book of Light hidden within its walls and taking it to the sorcerer. Isvar, the character you control, is moved round in a world which is not only three-dimensional in aspect, but realistic in terms of the way objects behave.
- DirectorJohn DuiganStarsJessica AlbaIain GlenJeanne TripplehornA fashion model, living in London, attends a dinner party in the country side. Her "friend" just leaves and she's stuck there. She's drugged, abused and filmed. She tries to escape and is chained. Who'll help?