| Table Of Contents | |
| 1. Manhattan Dealers | |
| 2. Gangster Town | |
| 3. The Detective | |
| 4. Chicago 90 | |
| 5. Law Of The West | |
| 6. Raid 2020 |
Manhattan Dealers - Introduction
Manhattan Dealers is a single player, beat ‘em up game for the Amiga,
Atari ST & MS DOS. Originally released in France, it was developed
by Silmarils and published by Infogrames in 1988. Later that same year
it was published in the United States under the name Operation Clean
Streets by American publisher Brøderbund Software for the same
systems.
Manhattan Dealers - Gameplay
You play as inspector Harry, who has been sent to Manhattan, in order
to break up an international drugs gang known as the Manhattan
dealers.
Your goal is to seize and destroy the gang's supply of narcotics, each
enemy you defeat will drop the drugs they are carrying which can be
burnt in a skip in exchange for extra health.
There are a total of nine different sections of the game world each
representing a different part of Manhattan with its own enemy
type. There are several different enemies to defeat from spiky haired
punks riding bikes to whip wielding vampires on the side of the Hudson
River. While fighting these enemies, the locals will occasionally appear
at their windows to see what is happening and some will even throw
objects such as bricks and flowerpots at you.
Once all enemies have been defeated and the drugs have been
successfully destroyed, you have beaten level one. There are a total
of five levels of the game, each level is identical to the next, the
only difference being the amount of enemies to defeat and drugs required
in order to complete it.
Gangster Town - Introduction
Gangster Town is a shooter created by SEGA in 1987 for the SEGA master
system. The game required the use of the master system’s Light Phaser
accessory, which was a “light gun” controller. A “light gun” controller
is a pointing device usually shaped to resemble a pistol used for
targeting objects on a screen. Two Light Phasers can be used for local
multiplayer.
Gangster Town - Gameplay
The game takes place in the 1920’s in an unnamed American city that has
been overrun by gangsters. You play as a lone FBI agent, who has been
tasked with restoring order to the city by taking down the gangsters and
their leader, the infamous Big Boss.
The game is split up into a number of different stages, the first of
which is a practice stage, in the style of a police shooting range.
Other scenes include a car chase, a downtown street and a nightclub
where gangsters will attack from all possible angles including from
windows, behind curtains and even from underneath manhole
covers.
At the end of each stage Big Boss’s loyal second in command, Ferret
Face will attack you and must be defeated in order to proceed.
After completing a stage, your shooting record is displayed.This is
made up of three sections: shots fired, hit ratio & points earned.
You are awarded points by performing actions such as shooting gangsters,
scenery or even shooting the spirits of defeated gangsters. An innocent
bystander named Lulu will also occasionally appear on screen, who will
attempt to run to safety, extra points will be rewarded if you help
her.
The Detective - Introduction
The detective is a single player adventure game, released exclusively
for the commodore 64 in 1986. It was solely developed by Sam Manthorpe
& Paul Jay and published by Argus Press Software (APS) for the
European & North American markets.
The Detective - Gameplay
The game takes place in 1974 at the MacFungus Mansion located just
outside london. You play as inspector Snide from Scotland Yard, who has
been tasked with investigating the death of the mansion's owner, Angus
MacFungus.
Your goal is to solve the murder and identify the killer before time
runs out. You gain clues by gathering physical evidence from the various
rooms within the mansion and interrogating potential suspects.They can
be asked questions about objects you have found, other characters and
even Mr McFungus himself. There are ten envelopes each of which require
a piece of evidence before you can accuse a suspect.
The game features a range of suspects each with their own unique back
story and some with potential motives. Such as Reverend Wrinklebum, the
local vicar whose wife disappeared in mysterious circumstances or
Bentley the butler who is the lifelong servant to the McFungus family
and exhibits slight hostile behavior.
Occasionally the killer will strike again by murdering another suspect.
This can happen in a variety of ways from simply strangling their victim
to pushing a large piano from a great high onto their unsuspecting
victim below.
Chicago 90 - Introduction
Chicago 90 is a police themed racing game developed and published by
French games studio, Microids. It was released in 1989 for the Amiga,
Atari ST & MS DOS.
Chicago 90 - Gameplay
Chicago 90 is set in 1990’s Chicago as the name implies and is the only
game on this list which allows you to play as either the police or the
criminal.
The end goal for each side is different.If you choose to play as a
criminal, your goal is to escape the city without being caught by the
police. The police's goal is to prevent the criminal from escaping the
city. You do this by using a total of six police vehicles, one you
control directly and the others by issuing commands.
Regardless of the side you choose, the UI is exactly the same and is
themed to resemble that of a police command center.
When playing as the police you can issue several commands to your
police vehicles. Such as Intercept and stop the criminals car or head to
a set location and create a roadblock. While attempting to locate the
criminal's vehicle you will come across a number of other obstacles such
as shootings and car accidents.
Law Of The West - Introduction
Law Of The West is a wild west themed graphical adventure game
developed and published by Accolade Inc in 1985 for the Commodore 64
& Apple II series of computers in North America.
Law Of The West - Gameplay
The game takes place in a small frontier town known as Gold Gulch and
consists of four locations, the saloon, stagecoach office, train station
and bank. With the player taking the role of the town's sheriff.
The aim of the game is to maintain order in the town until sun down at
which point you will be scored on your performance. Along the way you
will encounter a range of characters from Mexican fugitives to the
town's doctor.
One at a time the town's residents will approach the sheriff with an inquiry. The player is presented with five lines of dialogue, the top
line in red is the character's comment and the other four lines are
potential responses, each of which has its distinct tone from apologetic
to aggressive.
The player also has the option to draw and fire their gun at any time
during the conversation with the use of the joystick. Beware however as
doing so at the wrong time could result in the conversation being
terminated or the character returning fire.
The interaction will end either after the player draws their gun or the
character has said all they wanted to say, at which point they will
perform an action. Depending on how the conversation ended the character
has a range of possible actions. This could be as simple as walking away
or immediately drawing their gun in an attempt to kill you. Some
characters will even pretend to be leaving by walking off screen just to
return immediately from behind an object to ambush you.
If you are unlucky enough to get shot, you will black out and the
town's doctor will be called. Depending on your previous interactions
with the doctor as well as the other residents within the town. The
doctor will choose whether or not to save your life. Occasionally the
doctor will be out of town resulting in the player’s immediate death.
The game will end after you have either been killed or have interacted
with all the available characters. The game tracks a number of things
from how well you maintained your authority to how many crimes you
committed during your play through. This information will be displayed
on screen in the form of several symbols.
Raid 2020 - Introduction
Raid 2020 is a single player side scrolling run & gun game
developed and published by Color Dream in 1989. It was released
exclusively in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Raid 2020 - Gameplay
Raid 2020, takes place in a futuristic sci-fi setting where America has
been overrun by a nationwide drug gang. The gang's leader is known
simply as Pit Bull, a ruthless murderer and martial arts expert from
Columbia.
The player takes the role of agent Shadow, a member of the last
uncorrupted law enforcement agency in America. Shadow lost his right arm
during an undercover drug bust that went wrong. luckily for him, a
talented neurosurgeon was able to attach a robotic prosthetic with an
integrated computer that allows him to communicate with the agency's
headquarters.
Your goal is to eliminate Pit bull and his various minions by any means
necessary.
The gameplay consists of two types of missions. The first type are on
foot missions where you are tasked with eliminating all the enemies in a
set area, using the money dropped by deceased enemies to purchase more
weapons and useful equipment from the black market.
The other type are top down vehicle missions in which you must destroy
enemy vehicles such as helicopters controlled by Pit Bull’s goons.
Here are some PDF files containing some interesting extras such as the
games manual and advertising materials. (All links go to google
drive)
