From: musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jonathan N. Deitch)
Subject: The Killer List of Video Games -- Orphans
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:30:08 GMT


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[                      The Killer List of Video Games                       ]
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[                                 Orphans                                   ]
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[                              January  1993                                ]
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[ Original list compiled by Mike Hughey with extensive mods by Jeff Hansen. ]
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[ Converted to Appleworks Database and enlarged with help from USENET       ]
[ folks by Jonathan Deitch (jdeitch@gisatl.fidonet.org)                     ]
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[ Please send all additions, comments, corrections, and suggestions to the  ]
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The Following KLOV entries have either no manufacturer's info or no game
description or both.  Please help expand this list by contributing missing
information for these game entries ...

BTW ... response has been fantastic ... keep the info coming !

Air Duel  {Fabtek '91}
Alley Master  {Cinematronics}
American Football  {Tecmo '87}
Anti-Aircraft  {Atari}
Aqua Jack  {Taito}
Arcade Driver  {Atari}
Atomic Castle  {LDCS '84, Laser}
AV Mah Jong Part II  {Nihon Bussan}
Baseball Season II  {Leland}
Battlewings  {}
Big Event Golf  {Taito}
Big Run  {Jaleco '90}
Birdie Try Golf  {Data East}
Blue Shark  {}
  You're a shark, merrily chomping divers.
Bottom of the Ninth  {Konami, 2P}
Bouncer  {}
  Supposedly advanced for its time (manufacturer/date anyone?) with lots
  of memory used for animated graphics.  Anyone got the scoop ?
Bowl-o-Rama  {Exit}
Buggy Challenge  {Data East}
Bull's Eye  {Sega '88}
Calypso  {}
Castle of Dragon  {Romstar}
Challenger  {}
  Button shifts you from floor to ceiling.
Champion Baseball  {Sega}
Champion Baseball II  {Sega}
Chopper I  {SNK '88}
Cocoon  {Williams(?)}
Colony 7  {}
  Shoot-em-up.  Protect city/energy field.
Compugraph Foto  {Atari}
Congorilla  {}
  The black-market version of Donkey Kong, and much better.  Bizarre
  ladder construction, higher resolution.
Cool Pool  {Catalina '91}
Cops 'n Robbers  {Atari, 4P, BnW}
Crossfire  {Atari}
Crowns Golf  {SNK<Kitkorp '84}
Cruisin'  {Jaleco}
Dark Mist  {Taito}
Darwin 4096 (?)  {}
  Vertical scrolling shoot-em-up with a ship that 'evolved' when certain
  capsules were caught.  Seen alongside Last Apostle in O.C., NJ; both may
  have been bootlegs.
Deep Scan  {}
  Select between space game, and sub-hunt game.
Devil Zone  {Nichibutsu}
Dirt Fox  {Namco}
Dirtbike  {Atari}
Dominos  {Atari}
Dr. Pong  {Atari}
Dragon Buster  {?<Namco}
Dragon Saber  {Namco}
Dungeons & Dragons(?)  {}
Dyger  {Sharp Image}
Extermination  {Taito}
F-1 Dream  {Romstar}
Fighting Golf  {SNK}
Flak Attack  {Konami}
Flashpoint  {Sega}
Flipull  {}
  Some kind of Tetris derivative.
Flying Tiger  {Taito}
Formation Z  {Jaleco}
Galaga III  {Midway}
Galaxy Ranger  {Sega/Midway, Laser}
Gang Wars  {SNK}
Gemini Wings  {Tecmo}
Goalie Ghost  {Sente}
Goindol  {Sun Electonics}
Golf  {Atari}
Gran Trak 20  {Atari '74, 2P, BnW}
Great Guns  {Stern}
Great Swordsman  {Romstar}
Grobda  {?<Namco}
Halley's Comet  {}
  Shoot-em-up similar to Nemesis/Gradius.
Haunted Castle  {Konami}
Herbie's Olympics  {}
  An attempt at a Track 'n' Field ripoff ... Featured a fat guy and one
  red button to control all action.  Had a joystick, but it didn't do
  anything ...
Hit 'n Miss  {Exidy}
Hot Chase  {}
  Similar to Roadblasters, but in a Porsche.  Better graphics.
Image Fight  {Irem}
Indoor Soccer  {Universal}
Iron Horse  {Konami}
Jet Fighter  {Kee '74}
Karate Master  {Data East, 2P}
King and Balloon  {}
  Speech: "Help!" "Bye-bye!"
Kuuga  {Data East}
Kyros  {Alpha Desnhi}
Laguna Racer  {Midway, BnW}
Laser Shuffle, The  {, Laser}
Last Apostle (?)  {}
  MARVELOUS graphics (like TROG's Claymation, but years in advance).
  Puppet battles evil undead puppet ninjas (I am not kidding.)
  Last seen in Ocean City, NJ.
Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf  {SNK '88}
Legend of Hero Tonma  {Irem '89, 2P}
Legion  {Nichibutsu}
LeMans  {Atari '76}
Libble Rabble  {?<Namco}
LSA Squad  {Taito}
Mah Jongg Summer Story  {Video System '89}
Mega Force  {Tecmo}
Mermaid  {Rock-Ola '83}
Metro Cross (Part I)  {?<Namco}
Moon Wars  {Stern}
Motorace USA (Zippy Racer)  {Irem}
MX5000  {}
N-Sub  {}
N. Y. Captor  {Taito}
Naughty Boy  {Nichibutsu}
New York, New York  {}
  BAD Japanese import.  Similar to Galaxians.  Speech: digitized Japanese
  voice.
Ninja Princess  {Sega}
Omega Fighter  {UFL}
Oscar  {Data East}
Pac-Man '88  {Midway '88}
Phozon  {?<Namco}
Pin Pong  {Atari}
Pioneer Balloon  {Rock-Ola}
Piranha  {}
  yet another rip-off of Pac-Man ala Barracuda.
Pitfall II  {Sega}
Pollux  {Invega/Dooyong '91}
Pong Doubles  {Atari '73, BnW, 2P}
Pop Flamer  {Stern '83}
Pot Shot  {Atari '88}
Pro Quarterback  {Konami}
Psychic Five  {}
  Running jumping game; scrolling.
Pursuit  {Atari}
Quiz Show  {Atari}
Rad Action  {UPL}
Radarscope  {Nintendo}
Rally Bike  {Taito '88}
Rim Rockin' Basketball  {Strata}
Ring King II  {Data East}
Road Fighter  {Konami}
Roc 'N' Rope  {}
  Archeologist battles dinosaurs & monsters with harpoon-gun and "flash"
  button. Reach the Roc's Egg at the top of the screen to advance.
Rock 'N Rage  {Konami}
Rocket Race  {Rock-Ola '83}
Salamander  {}
  Overseas version of Life Force.
Scramble Spirits  {}
Search & Rescue  {SNK}
Sebring  {Atari}
Seicross  {}
  Motorcycle riding - grab buddies and supplies.
Shooting Gallery  {}
Sinbad 7(?)  {}
  Was this ever put into production?
Sky Diver  {Atari}
Sky Rider  {}
Slap Fight  {}
  Little ship heads towards big ship and destroys it.  Kind of familiar ?
  Process repeats, but bullets fly faster and faster.  Bar along bottom of
  screen with choices (SpeedUp, Shot, Bomb, Laser, Homing, Shield, Etc.) and
  you pick up stars to select the different selections.
Snow Brothers  {}
  Two snowmen battle cute Japanese critters over 50 screens.
  Just popped up in our arcades, but apparently it's older than that.
  Helluva fun game ... until level 20 or so where it gets insanely hard ...
Soccer  {Atari}
Solar War  {Atari}
Son Son  {}
  Two, two, TWO sons in one!
Space Hawk  {Cinematronics}
Special Project Y (S.P.Y.)  {Konami}
Speed Rumbler  {Capcom}
Spiders  {}
  Shoot-em-up involving spiders that ran around on spreading webs.
  Not Black Widow, really.
Spiders  {}
  You have a ship at the bottom of the screen and you shoot spiders
  which are being created from a huge Something in the middle of the screen.
Sprint  {Atari '75}
Star Base Omega  {'88}
Steeple Chase  {Atari}
Stompin'  {Sente}
Storming Party  {}
  Vertically-scrolling death-themed game.  Hop in vechicles for better
  firepower/protection.
Strength & Speed  {}
  (or was that Speed & Strength?) -- rip-off of Track & Field/Hyper Spts.
Strike Zone Baseball  {Leland '88, 2P}
Super Ranger  {}
  Sequel: Rolling Thunder(?).
Super Volleyball  {Video System '89}
SuperPong  {Atari '73}
Swimmer  {}
  Swim around, dive, energize.
Taito Volleyball  {Taito}
Tank II  {Atari}
Terra Force  {Nichibutsu}
Tiger-Heli  {}
  Screen-scrolling tank shoot-em-up.
Time Scanner  {Sega}
TKO Boxing  {Data East '87}
TNK III  {SNK}
Top Shooter  {Taito '88}
Tornado Baseball  {Midway, BnW}
Touchdown Fever  {SNK '87, 2P}
Tournament Table  {Atari}
Tower of Druaga, The  {?<Namco}
Trak 10  {Atari '74}
Trick Shot  {Sente}
Triple Hunt  {Atari}
Tube Chase  {Atari}
U.S. Classic Golf  {Taito}
UFO Invasion  {}
  Really wild game with a combination of projected video graphics and
  real stuff underneath.
Ultra Tank  {Atari}
Vertigo  {Exidy}
Viper  {Leland '88}
Vorfeed  {Taito}
Vs. Baseball  {Nintendo, 2P}
Vs. Freedom Force  {Nintendo}
Vs. Super Mario Brothers  {Nintendo}
Vs. Tennis  {Nintendo, 2P}
Vs. TKO Boxing  {Nintendo<Data East}
Vulgus  {Konami}
Walter Payton Football  {Sega}
War Of The Insects  {}
  (last word may be wrong) -- Centipede rip-off.
WEC Le Mans  {Konami}
Whack  {Midway}
Wheels Runner  {}
  Clone of Atari's Super Sprint.
Who Dunit  {Exidy '88}
Witch's Way(?)  {}
  Was this ever put into production?
World Series  {Leland}
World Series Baseball  {Cinemetronics}
World Stadium '89  {Taito '89}
Zero Wing  {Williams}
Zoar  {}
  Shoot-em-up similar to 1942.
ZZYZZYXX  {Cinematronics}
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