Alien Sydrome is a shoot'em up developed by Sims Co. and published by Sega. It is based on the eponymous arcade game, but not a straight port of it.

The story is actually a sequel to the arcade game's. Five years after the events of the arcades version, the aliens return and infest a spaceship called Dagal. Ricky and Mary, the heroes from the original game, come to the rescue.

The formula has not been changed compared to the original. You go through each level in order to rescue hostages.The game uses a top-down view. Aliens are spawning constantly and you die on one hit. You have a gun with infinite ammo and you can pick up other weapon which are place on the walls. Once ouy have rescued enough hostages, the exit will open and you can leave the level. There is a time limit to beat each level, and you have to fight a boss before reaching the next level. the graphic sets, enemies and level layouts differ from the original game. Also, you can call a level map which shows the position of all remaining hostages at any time, while you had to pick up an item for that in the original.

The defiler's endgame was underwhelming.

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.

Cyberpunks is a shoot'em up developed by British company Mutation Software and published by British company Core Design.
Fun fact: The game received a sequel after 30 years, in 2023, by the same developer, again for Amiga.

The game is a shoot'em up similar to Alien Syndrome and Alien Breed, but with a view extras. You control three characters, each with their separate weapons and inventory.

Edward Randy or The Cliffhanger - Edward Randy is a beat'em up developed and published by Data East. It was only released in the arcades.

The game is basically an Indiana Jones action scene simulate. You can punch, use your whip, hang on to platforms, jump and roll. You often fight on moving vehicles with enemies coming from all sides.

Dr. Tomy is a puzzle game developed and published by Italian company Playmark. It was only released in the arcades.

The game is a clone of Dr. Mario with some adult content, as you play for pictures of topless women.

Space in Motion - Future Trade is a managerial game and economic simulation developed by German company Lightrock Entertainment and published by German company Kelly Media. It was probably only released in German language.
The game is now open source
https://github.com/Burkersroda/FutureTrade

The game is set in the year 2145. Mankind has spread throughout the galaxy and colonized various planets. Unfortunately, various syndicates and mafias have also risen. You play an unnamed person whose home planet has been taken control of by one of these crime syndicates. You had a company, but the syndicate forced you to pay protection money, and you had to ask them for a "credit". In exchange, they got control over your life. After a while, you decided to live under such conditions, you flee with the rest of your money from the planet. However, the syndicate has sent a hitman after you. Now you're on the moon Hi-Eco-Le and need to earn enough money while avoiding the killer, in order to buy a spaceship and shake off persecutors once and for all.

The game's environment is calculated randomly. It consists of a bunch of locations, both cities, farms or industrial complexes, where you can travel to. You can buy and sell different goods at these places. You can also accept errands like shipping a certain amount of a certain good from one location to the other within a time limit. Travelling between places costs you money, so you need to make sure to make enough money along the way. The game takes place in real-time, and the hitman moves around the map in search of you. You can see his position and on the map, and you need make sure to keep your distance, as the hitman is also faster than you. The game takes the distances between places into account. Since there is no way to cancel a travel between two locations, the hitman can catch up with you if he's close to you.

Big Fight - Big Trouble in the Atlantic Ocean is a beat'em up developed and published by Tasumi. It was only released in the arcades.

The game does not really explain its story. A group of three fighters is dropped on a cruise ship to take down a villain called Dr. D, but there seems to be no further explanation.
You can choose between three fighters to play. Each of them has his own fighting style, special move and differs in strength, reach and speed. Similar to Final Fight, you have a punch and a jump command, and you can perform various moves and combos. Pushing both buttons will perform a life-draining roundhouse attack. Picking food restores your health. There weapons which you can pick up and use, e.g. grenades, planks, daggers or chains. Weapons will wear off after a view hits and vanish if they get knocked out of your hand twice. Your character can get knocked down to the ground. If this happens, he will lie down a few seconds, and an anger meter appears. You can fill the meter by rapidly pushing the attack button. If you manage to fill the meter within in time limit, you can perform the character's special move.
After the first stage, you can choose the order in which to play the next three stages. At the end of each stage, there is a boss fight. After you beat the boss, he will join your group and you can choose this character to play. Some these characters have their own weapon. They cannot loose this weapon, but in term they cannot use the weapons found in the game.
The has two multiplayer modes. You can play the game in co-op, or you have one-on-one fights against the second player.

Conveneant allergies.

Die Krone des Midas ("The Crown of Midas") is a point-and-click adventure game developed by German company Independent Arts and published by German company SevenOne Intermedia. It was also released for Wii and Playstation 2. To the best of my knowledge, the DS version was released in German language only, while the Wii version was released in English.

You play a young student called Stephan who has started a side job as a night guard at a natural history museum. The first night does not start promising, as he has to present when his boss fires his predecessor, and just after the former night guard leaves, strange things start to happen at the museum.

Legionnaire is a beat'em up developed and published by Fabtek (in North America) and TAD Corporation (in Japan). It was only released in the arcades.

The story takes place in the city of Blood City. The city is being swept with crime, drugs and violence are everywhere. No-one dared to do something against this, but now the Legionnaire Force, a group of four vigilantes, has risen to bring down the Crimson Kings, a criminal gangs which are dominating the city. However, in an attempt to stop the force, one of their members - Judy - is kidnapped. But the others refuse to give in and set out to rescue Judy.

Legionnaire follows the Final Fight formula pretty closely. You can choose between the three remaining members of the Legionnaire Force, who differ in strength, speed and reach. You have have an attack and a jump button, and both commands can be combined with the directional buttons for combos. Pressing both buttons will trigger a health-draining special attack. Health is restored by collecting food items. Unlike many other games of the genre, you cannot grab enemies, and there are also no weapon in the game.

Marc & Penny Kniffelspiel is a puzzle game developed by German company CAPS Softwaredesign ULM and published by National Association of German Cooperative Banks (German: Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken, BVR).

Marc & Penny were two advertisement characters BVR used from 1981 to 2007. They appeared in a children's magazine which was handed out for free in subsidiaries of the BVR. Marc & Penny Kniffelspiel was publsihed as a free promotional game to promote the BVR's bank account for children and youngsters.

The game is a slightly reworked version of the developer's game Arcy 2. Marc and Penny only appear on the title screen, but not in the game. Instead of collecting keys, you now collect coins. Several levels from Arcy 2 also appear in this version, but I don't know if all levels are from Arcy 2.

Each level consists of a single screen. You need to collect all coins in the level in order to unlock the exit, and then manage to get to the exit. You need to avoid enemies and make clever use of your environment to reach all coins. There are boulders which can be pushed around and slippery boulders which fall down, Boulder Dash style. Water cannot be crossed, but it can be filled with boulders. Lasers shoot periodically and transform everything they hit into blue crystals, which can be collected. Some creatures are lethal to the touch while others are non-lethal but may block you. Some creatures only go after you if they see you. Sometimes you even need to use other creatures for cover in order to pass. Certain creatures will turn themselves and all adjacent obects into crystals when closed in with boulders, which is sometimes the only way to get through an obstacle.

Disturbing the ritual.

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.

Roses are red, rubies are blue...

Die Krone des Midas ("The Crown of Midas") is a point-and-click adventure game developed by German company Independent Arts and published by German company SevenOne Intermedia. It was also released for Wii and Playstation 2. To the best of my knowledge, the DS version was released in German language only, while the Wii version was released in English.

You play a young student called Stephan who has started a side job as a night guard at a natural history museum. The first night does not start promising, as he has to present when his boss fires his predecessor, and just after the former night guard leaves, strange things start to happen at the museum.

Cleaning out my castle...

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.

Whoop - Abenteuer in den Weiten des Weltraums ("Whoop - Adventures in the Vastness of Space") is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed by German company Rainbow Arts under their label Rainbow Kids and published by German company Softgold. It was only released in German language.

It is the year 2703. A spaceship(?) called Xedi takes a group of little space scouts on a trip. Unfortunately, the evil sorcerer Whoop appears and kidnaps the scout with a giant vortex. Xedi does not hesitate and flies after the scouts to rescue them. The vortex takes him to four different worlds. Xedi must find his way through these worlds and rescue the scouts.

You take control of Xedi. Each world is divided into three stages, with the third stage being a boss fight. There are four weapons in the game which can be obtained by collecting power-ups. Power-ups are dropped by defeated enemies. You can upgrade your shots by collecting the same power-up. If you loose a life, your weapon is downgraded one level. You have a health bar and there is also a power-up to regain health, and there is also a speed upgrade. If you loose a life, you need to start the current stage all over.

Thunder Dragon 2 is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed and published by NMK. It was only released in the arcades.

There is no story given in the actual game, and apparently no story relation to the first game.

You have a single main weapon and limited number of bombs. Bombs will deal damage to everything along the screen's length and roughly half the screen's width depending on your position. You can find upgrades to your main weapon and an upgrade which gives missiles as an additional second weapon. Loosing a life will downgrade your weapons, but you do not loose all levels at once. Apart from weapon upgrades, there are additional bombs and item which give bonus points.

If the queen had just listened...

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.

Space Math is an educational game developed by Intracorp and published by Computer Spectrum and Intracorp.

The game is combines the concept of Lunar Lander with solving basic arithmetic exercises. You need navigated a lander to a platform by steering it left and right, and using thrusts. The lander will fall towards the surcface. You can use a thrust to alter its velocity upwards. You need to make sure you do not collide with objects, do not leave the screen and do not hit the platform with a high velocity. In order to perform a command (left, right, thrust), you need to select it and enter the answer to the corresponding math question. Thrusting requires fuel, and there is also a fuel command to gain fuel by solving math questions. If you land on a platform, you move on to another screen.

I sink I spider.

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.

Thunder Dragon is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed and published by NMK. It was only released in the arcades.

There seems to be no story referred to in the actual game.

You have a basic shot and you get a second weapon by collecting one of the power-ups with a number on it. There are four additional weapons in total. Collecting the power-up for the weapon you currently have will upgrade it. Collecting a different power-up will change the weapon, but you will keep the current power level for the weapon, fortunately. Apart from weapons, the only power-ups are extrea lives and bombs. Bombs have a large radius, but do not cover the whole screen.

The game can be played in 2-player co-op.

An ally up to the head in Wyverns.

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.

Crime City (not to be confused with the 1992 home computer game) is a shoot'em up, platformer and run'n'gun developed and published by Taito. It was only released in the arcades.

The game is about two Lethal Weapon type cops who take on various severe crime cases.

The game plays like a striped-down version of Rolling Thunder and Shinobi. While you can also jump very high in addition to normal jumps, there is no leap up and down from platforms. You walk through the level and shoot everything coming at you. Your ammo is limited, but enemies will drop weapons with ammo. Apart from you standard gun, you also have single grenades, shotguns or machine guns. You have a health bar, which goes down if you collide with enemies and objects, or get punched. If you are out of health, you loose a life. If you get hit by bullets, grenades or molotow cocktails, you die immediately. You can regain health if you pick up a bottle. There is also time limit and an item which gives you additional time.

Strike Gunner S.T.G (also known as Super Strike Gunner in Europe) is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed by Athena and published by Tecmo. It was also released for SNES.

In 2008 aliens have invaded Earth and threaten to destroy mankind. Earth's scientists have built two ultimate weapons, the Strike Gunner, piloted by Mark McKenzie and Jane Sinclair, defend Earth against the aliens.

Your ship has a single shot and secondary system. At the beginning of each level, you pick one out of several systems for your second system. Most options are weapons, but there is also shield, for example. The second system can be used as long as you have energy for it. The energy can be replenished by collecting an item. There is only one item in the game, which switches between speed upgrade, shot upgrade and energy replenishment until it's collected.

Earth Squad is a shoot'em up developed by German company Fakt Software and published by German company Kellas International. It was only released in German language.

The story is set in the year 2018. Aliens have invaded and conquered most of Earth. The last surviving humans have withdrawn to secluded areas and installed remote defence systems to fend of the aliens. You take control of one remote gun and need to shoot down waves of aliens.

Saboten Bombers (サボテンボンバーズ, saboten is Japanese für cactus) is an arcade game developed by NMK and published by Tecmo. It was only released in the arcades.

The inhabitants of a house go outside for a while. A bunch of vermin take the chance and invade the house. Two cacti decide to bring an end to this and leave their pots to kick the vermin out.

Saboten Bombers is a game similar to Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros. or Nightmare in the Dark. The game is divided into stages. Each stage consists of a single static screen with platforms. You need to defeat all enemies on screen. You can jump and throw bombs. Bombs will bounce off of surface and explode after a while. A thrown bomb will sweep along every character, both enemies and player characters. You can press jump to jump away from a bomb. You only get harmed, i.e. loose a life, if you get hit by an explosion of a bomb. Some enemies also throw bombs. These bounce higher, which can use to reach high platforms. Bombs also alter their velocity if they collide.
Defeated enemies will leave behind items. Most them only yield points. Flowers will make your character move faster, while an hour glass gives you more time(There is a time limit. If the timer is zero, you can still continue, but the screen will be littered with bombs until you either complete the stage or loose a life). A piece of gateau can be collected. Once you have enough to form a complete gateau, you get an extra life and the current stage is complete immediately. A diamond ring will destroy all enemies on screen. This even holds for bosses. If you loose a life in a normal, a diamond is dropped. If you use a continue during a boss fight, a ring is dopped, as well.
The game can be played in 2-player co-op.

Getting to the first village.

Dark Sun - Shattered Lands is an RPG developed and published by SSI.
Apparently, Data East was working on ports of the game for Sega Saturn and Sony Playstation, but both ports got cancelled.

The game is based on the Dark Sun campaign setting for AD& D. It takes place on the fantasy world of Athas. Athas was once peaceful and pleasant - until wizards found a way to increase their power by draining the planet's energy. The let to plant life dying, seas evaporating, the sun transforming into a crimson fireball, and Athas becoming a desert world. The wizards then gained control over the land, becoming sorcerer-kings and enslaving most of the population. One of such kings, Tectuktitlay, rules the city-state of Draj. By his orders, hundreds of slaves are sent to a battle arena to find monsters. You take control of a party of four who have also been imprisoned and sent to fight in the arena. Your initial goal is, of course, to escape. However, you learn that Tectuktitlay plans to raise an army in order crush the few remaining independent villages out side the city states. So you need to find a way to bring the villages to unite to be able to fend of the army of Draj.

The game is played from a top-down view. You move only the party leader when you're not in combat. Combat is turn-based and uses the same view. Dark Sun follows the AD&D rules regarding stats, fights, magic etc. You can talk to people via multiple choice dialogues. You often have the option to tasks and conflict in several ways, violently or not violently. The game allows you to create your own party, but there is pre-made party available for a quickstart.