Cult Video Game Essentials

What are the classics?

007: Licence to Kill (1989)

The movie of 007: Licence to Kill featured Hero of Cult Robert Davi but the computer game unfortunately did not. Instead ...
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10-Yard Fight (1983)

10-Yard Fight was a 1983 American football arcade game that was one of the first games released on the NES. It was ...
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10th Frame (1986)

In 1986 Access Software were the Godfathers of computer games. Their Leaderboard Golf game was universally acclaimed and they followed ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1989)

Something frightening has been happening on Elm Street lately. It seems that with each waking day another gruesome discovery is ...
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Action Force II: International Heroes (1988)

Action Force II: International Heroes is a video game released by Virgin Games in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum home computer ...
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Action Force: International Heroes (1987)

Action Force: International Heroes is a video game released by Virgin Games in 1987 for the Sinclair Spectrum and Commodore 64, ...
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Action Max – The VHS Console (1987)

The ‘Action Max’ was a VHS based console system released in 1987 by ‘World of Wonders’. The console, which required ...
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance (1988)

Released in January 1988, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance was a video game based on the first Dragonlance campaign ...
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Amidar (1981)

Amidar is an arcade game programmed by Konami and published in 1981 by Stern. Its basic format is similar to ...
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Arkanoid (1986)

"THE TIME AND ERA OF THIS STORY IS UNKNOWN. AFTER THE MOTHERSHIP "ARKANOID" WAS DESTROYED, A SPACECRAFT "VAUS" SCRAMBLED AWAY ...
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Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (1986)

Released in 1986, Asterix and the Magic Cauldron was a graphical adventure game that was released for the Amstrad PC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum home ...
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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior (1987)

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior or "that game where you can chop the guy's head off" was released by Palace Software ...
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Baseball (1983)

Baseball was a video game made by Nintendo in 1983 for the Nintendo Family Computer, making it one of the first games released ...
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Beach Volley (1989)

Beach Volley was a video game developed by Ocean France for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum, released by Ocean Software in 1989 ...
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Beast Wars: Transformers (1997)

Beast Wars: Transformers is a third-person shooter released by Hasbro Interactive on December 5, 1997 for PlayStation and May 31, 1998 ...
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Bionic Commando (1988)

Remember that kid's video game where Hitler's head explodes at the end? Wait that wasn't Hitler! It did look like ...
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Black Tiger (1987)

Black Tiger was a 1987 platform game released for the arcades by Capcom. The hero of the game is a ...
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Bubble Bobble (1986)

Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and ...
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California Games (1987)

Epyx Sports released California Games in 1987 and introduced the world to a mulitiple sports event that included skateboarding, freestyle ...
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Castlevania: Bloodlines (1994)

Castlevania: Bloodlines is a platform game developed and published by Konami for Sega in 1994. It is the only Castlevania ...
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Chambers of Shaolin (1989)

Debuting in 1989 for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, and Commodore 64, Grandslam Entertainment's Chambers of Shaolin took much inspiration from ...
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Clu Clu Land (1984)

Clu Clu Land is an arcade and Nintendo Entertainment System game released in 1984 in Japan, later released in North ...
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Cobra (1986)

Cobra was a 1986 platform game based on the Sylvester Stallone film of the same name. It was developed and ...
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Donkey Kong (1981)

Donkey Kong was released on July 9th 1981 by Nintendo and it went on to become one of the biggest ...
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Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983)

Donkey Kong Jr. Math was a Nintendoedutainment video game where players must solve math problems in order to win. It was ...
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Double Dragon (1987)

Double Dragon is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in North America and Europe ...
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DreamMix TV World Fighters (2003)

DreamMix TV World Fighters is a crossover fighting video game developed by Bitstep and published by Konami, Takara and Hudson for the ...
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Duck Hunt (1984)

Duck Hunt is a light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video ...
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Dungeons of Daggorath (1982)

Dungeons of Daggorath was one of the first games that attempted to portray three-dimensional space in a real-time environment, using ...
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Ecco the Dolphin (1992)

Ecco the Dolphin was an action-adventure game originally developed by Ed Annunziata and Novotrade International for the Mega Drive and published by ...
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Excitebike (1984)

Excitebike is a motocross racing video game franchise made by Nintendo. It debuted as a game for the Famicom in Japan ...
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Fortnite (2017)

QP Unleashed takes a look at the phenomenon that is Fortnite ...
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Friday 13th – The Game (2018)

Friday the 13th The Game isn’t your typical video game as each play through has a 20-minute time limit for ...
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Frogger (1981)

Frogger is an arcade game introduced in 1981. It was developed by Konami, and licensed for North American distribution by ...
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G.I. Joe – The Arcade Game (1992)

G.I. Joe is a rail shooter video game produced by Konami and released in 1992 exclusively for video arcades. It ...
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985)

G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a 1985 action shoot 'em up video game. It was developed and published ...
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1991)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a 1991 run and gun game published by Taxan for the Nintendo Entertainment ...
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G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike (1983)

G.I. Joe: Cobra Strike is the title of a video game released for the Atari 2600 in 1983. The game ...
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G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor (1992)

G.I. Joe: The Atlantis Factor is the title of a Nintendo Entertainment System video game developed by KID and published ...
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is the title of a video game adaption of the film of the same ...
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Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins (1985)

Ghosts 'n Goblins is a 1985 side-scrolling platform game developed by Capcom for video arcades and has since been released ...
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Golden Axe (1989)

Golden Axe is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up, hack and slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the ...
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Golf (1984)

Golf is a sports-simulation video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan in ...
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Granny’s Garden (1983)

Granny's Garden is an educational adventure game for the BBC Micro in 1983. It served as a first introduction to ...
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Gyromite (1985)

Gyromite was a video game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, designed for use with the Robotic Operating Buddy (R.O.B.): ...
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He-Man: Defender of Grayskull (2003)

He-Man: Defender of Grayskull is a 2005 multi-platform action-adventure game follow up to the 2003 Game Boy Advance game He-Man: ...
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Highlander (1986)

Highlander was a video game tie-in to the Highlander movie that was released in 1986, the same year as the film. It was published by Ocean ...
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Hogan’s Alley (1984)

Hogan's Alley is a 1984 video game by Nintendo. It was one of the first games to use a light ...
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Ice Climber (1985)

Ice Climber was a vertical platform video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Family Computer in Japan and the ...
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Joust (1982)

Joust was an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released on July 16th 1982. The development of the game ...
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Jungler (1981)

Jungler is a maze-based arcade game developed by Konami in 1981. Distributed by Stern in the United States beginning in ...
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Kettō Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen (1999)

Kettō Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen is a video game for the Game Boy Color handheld. It was ...
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Mancopter (1984)

Datasoft brought Mancopter (designed by Scott Spanburg) to Commodore 64 users in 1984 and featured the player controlling a person piloting ...
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Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems (1996)

Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems was a2D action platform video game developed by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, ...
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Match Day (1984)

Match Day was a football computer game, published by Ocean Software in 1984. It was initially only available on the ...
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015)

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 stealth game, with high features of an action game, published ...
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Middle Earth: Shadow Of Mordor (2014)

Well... where to begin. I can't explain to you how fresh of a game this is, with its dynamic gameplay/ ...
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Middle-Earth – Shadow Of War (2017)

Middle-Earth Shadow Of War is the follow up to the 2014 sleeper hit Shadow of Mordor offering hack and slash ...
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1994)

The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version is a one-on-one competitive fighting game, featuring two different game modes, a 1-Player Scenario Mode and ...
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Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out (1987)

Hitting the NES in September 1987, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (later re-released just as Punch Out) was your chance to earn ...
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Monkey Island Collection (1990)

QP Unleashed returns to review the Lucas Arts Classic Monkey Island ...
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Mr. Wimpy (1984)

The 1984 Mr. Wimpy video game was a promotional tie with Wimpy restaurants with their logos, company mascots, and theme ...
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Nosferatu the Vampyre (1986)

Developed by Design Design and published by Piranha in 1986, Nosferatu the Vampyre was a computer game based on the film of ...
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Operation Wolf (1987)

Operation Wolf aka Operēshon Urufu is a one-player shooter video game made by Taito in 1987. It spawned three sequels: Operation ...
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Paperboy (1985)

Paperboy first arrived in 1985 from Atari Games and caused a revolution in the computer games market. School playgrounds across ...
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Pit-Fighter (1990)

Pit-Fighter is a 1990 arcade fighting game by Atari Games that broke new ground by using digitized live actors. The ...
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Player Manager (1990)

Player Manager was developed by Dino Dini and Anco and released on the Amiga and Atari ST, way back in ...
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Questprobe (1984)

Questprobe is a trilogy of graphical adventure computer games that came out in 1984/85 that features Marvel Comics characters. The games ...
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Radar Rat Race (1981)

Before the days of virtual reality gaming, GTA and online co-ops if a video game player really wanted to live ...
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Renegade (1986)

Renegade is a video game released in American and European arcades in 1986 by Taito. It is a westernized conversion ...
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Robotron 2084 (1982)

Developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics (part of WMS Industries) in ...
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Scooby Doo Mystery (1995)

Scooby-Doo Mystery was released by Acclaim in 1995 based on the Scooby-Doo animated series. The Sega Mega Drive version is a traditional adventure ...
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Scramble (1981)

Scramble aka Sukuranburu is a 1981 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was developed by Konami, and manufactured and distributed ...
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Space Ace (1983)

Produced by Don Bluth Studios, Cinematronics and Advanced Microcomputer Systems (later renamed RDI Video Systems), Space Ace landed in October 1983 and ...
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Space Invaders (1978)

Space Invaders is an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and ...
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Spider-Man – Atari 2600 (1982)

In 1982 Parker Brothers made history by releasing Spider-Man for the Atari 2600 - it wasn't only the first ever video ...
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Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom’s Revenge (1989)

Spider-Man and Captain America in Doctor Doom's Revenge was a side-scrolling computer game starring Marvel Comics'superheroes Spider-Man and Captain America ...
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Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994)

Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game for the Super NES and Sega Genesis and ...
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Star Raiders (1979)

It was deemed the first violent video game! Released in 1979 it remains in the mind of cult gamers everywhere. It ...
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Streets of Rage (1991)

Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Genesis. It is ...
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Sunset Riders (1992)

Sunset Riders is a side-scrolling run-and-gun style shoot-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1991. The game is ...
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The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)

The Adventures of Batman & Robin is a 1995 video game based on the popular DC Comics critically acclaimed animated cartoon ...
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The Amazing Spider-Man (1990)

The Amazing Spider-Man is an action / puzzle platformer video game. The game was developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises Ltd., ...
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The Astonishing Adventures Of Mr Weems And The She Vampires (1987)

Released in 1987, The Astonishing Adventures Of Mr Weems And The She Vampires was a video game developed by RamJam ...
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The Attack of the Phantom Karate Devils (1983)

Hitting the Commodore 64 in 1983, The Attack of the Phantom Karate Devils was developed by John Orthel for Phantom Software ...
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The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback! (1991)

The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback! released in 1991 by Acclaim Entertainment is the Game Boy version of the 1990 NES console ...
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The Revenge of Shinobi (1989)

The Revenge of Shinobi takes place three years after the first game, the criminal organization Zeed from the original game ...
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The Transformers (1986)

The Transformers was a platform / shoot 'em up game based on the Transformers franchise. It was written by Denton Designs and released ...
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The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (1986)

The Transformers: Mystery of Convoy is a 1986 Famicom video game developed by ISCO and published by Takara exclusively in Japan ...
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The Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth (1986)

In 1986 the Transfomers movement was in full swing and Activision did not want to be left behind! They soon ...
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Track and Field (1983)

Track & Field aka Hyper Olympic (in Japan) is a 1983 Olympic-themed sports arcade game developed and published by Konami. The Japanese ...
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Transformers (2003)

Transformers aka The Transformers: Call of the Future, is an action role-playing game released by Takara in October 2003 for PlayStation ...
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Transformers (2004)

Transformers (also known as Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon) is a PlayStation 2 video gamebased on the Transformers: Armada animated ...
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Transformers (2007)

Based on the film, the game is a third-person action-shooter. All the robots have at least five attack types: a ...
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Transformers Animated: The Game (2008)

Transformers Animated: The Game is a video game for the Nintendo DS handheld based on the Transformers television incarnation, Transformers: Animated ...
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Transformers Autobots (2007)

Transformers Autobots is a video game based on fictional alien robots, Transformers. This version follows the plot of the 2007 ...
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Transformers Decepticons (2007)

Transformers Decepticons is a video game based on fictional alien robots, Transformers. This version follows an alternate plot of the ...
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Transformers G1: Awakening (2008)

Transformers G1: Awakening is a turn-based tactics mobile game in the Transformers franchise developed and published by Glu Mobile. It ...
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Transformers Prime: The Game (2012)

Transformers: Prime – The Game is a brawler video game developed by Nowpro for the Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo ...
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Transformers Universe (2011)

Transformers Universe was a third person multiplayer online battle arena game developed by British game develop Jagex Games Studio in ...
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Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (1999)

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals is a 1999 versus styled fighting game based on the Beast Wars cartoon series and toy-line ...
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Transformers: Cybertron Adventures

Transformers: Cybertron Adventures is the Wii version of the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron. It was developed by Next ...
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (marketed as Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Stealth Force Edition for Nintendo 3DS and Wii) ...
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012)

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is a third-person shooter video game developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision. It ...
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Transformers: Human Alliance (2013)

Transformers: Human Alliance is an arcade rail shooter developed by Sega and released in 2013, based on the live action ...
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 third-person shooter video game based on the 2009 live action film Transformers: ...
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Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (2014)

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark is an action-adventure video game based on the Transformers toy franchise. It was developed ...
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Transformers: The Headmasters (1987)

A video game based on the cartoon series of the same name was released by Takara in 1987 for the ...
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Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010)

Transformers: War for Cybertron is a third-person shooter video game developed by High Moon Studios and published by Activision. It ...
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Transformers: War for Cybertron – Autobots/Decepticons (2010)

Transformers: War for Cybertron - Autobots and Transformers: War for Cybertron - Decepticons are the Nintendo DS iterations of Transformers: War ...
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Vice-Project Doom (1991)

In the distant future, the B.E.D.A. Corporation, a company involved in the development of electronic equipment and military weapons, is actually ...
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WWF Wrestlemania (1991)

WWF WrestleMania was a game developed by Twilight and published by Ocean Software in 1991 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and DOS. It ...
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