Gunlock (known as Rayforce in outside Europe, ports were released under the names Layer Section and Galactic Attack) is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed and published by Taito. It was also released for Sega Saturn and PC.

Gunbird 2 is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed and published by Psikyo. It was also released for Dreamcast and PS2 (as part of a compilation).

You take control of one out of several characters who all chase the pieces of a magical medcine for different reasons. Out of all characters from the first game, only Marion returns in the sequel.

There are no weapons to find in the game, but each of the character comes with his own special weapons which differ in strength and bullet patterns. Weapons can be upgraded by finding P symbols. You can also find additional bombs. Bombs are limited in supply and individual to each character. They differ in damage, reach and delay. Finally, chacaters also differ in speed and size. New in the second part is the option of a melee attack.

Finally facing Marbosh.

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

Gunbird is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed and published by Psikyo. It was also released for Saturn and Playstation.

You take control of one out of several characters who all chase the pieces of a magic mirror. The mirro is needed to find a genie who is sealed inside the ruins of an acient civilization. The genie will grant the person who frees him one wish, whatever it is.

There are no weapons to find in the game, but each of the character comes with his own special weapons which differ in strength and bullet patterns. Weapons can be upgraded by finding P symbols. You can also find additional bombs. Bombs are limited in supply and individual to each character. They differ in damage, reach and delay. Finally, chacaters also differ in speed and size.

Getting closer to the stand-off with Leslie Marbosh.

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

Note: Sorry for using the "2 player trick" to go through the game.

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

You control a giant mech with guns and melee weapons. You do not find weapons in the stages, but your mech will be equipped with different weapons for each stage. Your melee weapon is always a sword. You also always have some kind of gun in each level. The gun has a charge meter which goes down while you use rapid fire. The shots will get weaker when the meter sinks significantly, but can continue to fire if the meter is empty. The meter will recharge automatically while you are not firing. There is a power-up which extends the size of the charge meter and also the power of your shots at maximum. You only have one life, but there is a health bar. Health can be restored by a power-up which comes in different sizes. If you die, you get sent back to a checkpoint.

Playing Socks Pistols for the snake.

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

I didn't expect Nepal, I have to admit.

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

Meeting Kairn's relatives.

Veil of Darkness is an adventure/RPG hybrid developed by Event Horizon Software (later known as Dreamforcge Intertaiment) and published by SSI. It was also released for PC-98 and FM-Towns.

You play a young pilot (whose name you choose) whose plane gets taken down by the evil vampire lord Kairn when he is flying over Romania. You crashland in the valley which has been ruled by Kairn ever since he became a vampire. The people of the valley are being tortured by Kairn, slowly being either killed, driven to madness or turned into creatures of the night. You get rescued from your plane's wreckage by several local people. Latger, they tell you that you fit the prophecy telling of a person who will slain Kairn and free the valley if its curse. Moreover, there is no other way to leave the valley alive except for defeating Kairn.

Now I'M the sheriff.

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

Unfortunately, due to a technical problem I lost my footage of the initial part 11. Moreover, the onyl save I have left before the crash seems to be broken in the sense that objects required for solving the game seem to be missing. I have uploaded the video since it still contains a few hints, but I have to see if I can continue the playthrough, or if I have to either abandon the game or start from scratch.

Chou-Jikuu Yousai Macross II (超時空要塞マクロスII) is an arcade game developed by NMK and published by Banpresto. It was only released in the arcades and only came out in Japan.

The game is based on the OVA series Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II - Lovers Again.

The game is basically a caravan shooter were you have to score as many points as possible within a given time limit. In case of Macross II, you also have a require number of points in order to beat the stage. If time has run out and you do not have enough points, it's game over. You have infinite lives during the stages, and getting hit will make you loose an upgrade level of weapons. You only loose a life if you have to upgrades to loose.

Metro-Cross is an arcade game developed and published by Namco. It was also released for C64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST and NES. A fan-made port to the Amiga was released in 2013.

Metro-Cross is about running through obstacle courses in some kind dark future. You have to reach the end of the course within a time limit, otherwise your character gets electrocuted.

Star Wars is a platformer developed and published by Namco. It was only released in Japan. The game is not related to the game Star Wars on NES released by JVC internationally.

At least we got rid of the bear.

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

Now what to do with a coktail shaker?

Wild West - The Incredible Adventures of Donald Reddish is a point-and-click adventure developed and published by German company Proline. It was released as a shareware game. As far as I know, the game was only released in german language.

The game is about a young man called Donald Reddish who lives during the time of the Old West. Inspired by novels about heroic deeds in the Old West, we decides to travel to the frontier and find his luck. He comes to a town called Laredo which is being terrorized by a bandit called Leslie Marbosh. Every sheriff so far has either fled or been killed. This doen't hold Donald back to decide to become the new sheriff and take out Marbosh. However, he first needs to pass several tests in order to get the job.

The last two levels. My gamepad wore, my nerves are sore.

Mustache Boy is an arcade game developed(?) and published by March. It was only released in the arcades.

You control a boy with a moustache in a red space suit through 60 levels. The game is a maze arcade game. Similar to games like Pac-Man or Skweek, you need to go through the maze and recolour every basic ground tile by walking over it. Once you you have coured the last tile, you win the level. There is a time limit, and the levels are filled with enemies. Touching an enemy, falling into a pit or getting caught by an explosion will kill you. Fortunately, all recoloured tiles remain if you loose a life, even when you use a continue. Your character can jump and double-jump. You can still move during a jump, which is laso need to get through some levels. Balloons will appear randomly in the levels. You can reach a balloon by jumping, and catching one gives you either points or an item. Items include a clock (more time), a brush (all tiles around you will also be recoloured) or a letter (if you collect all letters to form "mustache", you immediately win the current level, get an extra life and go to a bonus level). There a some special fields in many levels. One field switches between the words "stop", "kill" and "pow" over time. Walking on the field will trigger an effect once. The effect depends on the word the field shows. Stop freezes all enemies for a short time. Kill destroys all enemies ons creen. Pow is similar to Pac-Man'S power pills: you can destroy enemies by touching them for time, but enemies will run away from you. Walking over a field with a bomb will cause an explosion a short time after you leave it. The explosion covers the field and all tiles surrounding it. The explosion will kill both you and enemies upon touch, pits will be filled by an explosion.

Vadims is a puzzle game developed by Tetris-co-designer Vadim Victorovich Gerasimov in cooperation with ITC (Interactive Toys for Communication) and Metro, and published by Softbank. It was only released in Japan.

The game is a falling-tile puzzle game like Tetris, Columns, Puyo Puyo etc. Vadim's tiles are rectangular blocks which can be turned around one axis in 90 degree turns. The broader sides of each block have a pattern of triagonal half-squares which are either white or red. You need to align blocks in such a way that they form a mono-coloured square standing on its tip/ diamond. In this case, all blocks contributing to the square shape disappear. The smaller sides of the blocks are simply either red or white. Aligning blocks showing a mono-coloured side so that they form a mono-coloured square the blocks will turn to ice. Ice can be destroyed by making blocks next to them disappear.
The normal mode consists of stages where you have to clear a given heap of blocks within a time limit. The remaining time after beating a stage is the time limit for the next stage. If you run out of time, it's game over. You have infinite continues, but using a continue will erase your score. You can get additional time by performing combos, i.e. blocks falling down after others disappeared cause another blocks to disappear.

Levels 51 to 58.

Mustache Boy is an arcade game developed(?) and published by March. It was only released in the arcades.

You control a boy with a moustache in a red space suit through 60 levels. The game is a maze arcade game. Similar to games like Pac-Man or Skweek, you need to go through the maze and recolour every basic ground tile by walking over it. Once you you have coured the last tile, you win the level. There is a time limit, and the levels are filled with enemies. Touching an enemy, falling into a pit or getting caught by an explosion will kill you. Fortunately, all recoloured tiles remain if you loose a life, even when you use a continue. Your character can jump and double-jump. You can still move during a jump, which is laso need to get through some levels. Balloons will appear randomly in the levels. You can reach a balloon by jumping, and catching one gives you either points or an item. Items include a clock (more time), a brush (all tiles around you will also be recoloured) or a letter (if you collect all letters to form "mustache", you immediately win the current level, get an extra life and go to a bonus level). There a some special fields in many levels. One field switches between the words "stop", "kill" and "pow" over time. Walking on the field will trigger an effect once. The effect depends on the word the field shows. Stop freezes all enemies for a short time. Kill destroys all enemies ons creen. Pow is similar to Pac-Man'S power pills: you can destroy enemies by touching them for time, but enemies will run away from you. Walking over a field with a bomb will cause an explosion a short time after you leave it. The explosion covers the field and all tiles surrounding it. The explosion will kill both you and enemies upon touch, pits will be filled by an explosion.

Mustache Boy is an arcade game developed(?) and published by March. It was only released in the arcades.

You control a boy with a moustache in a red space suit through 60 levels. The game is a maze arcade game. Similar to games like Pac-Man or Skweek, you need to go through the maze and recolour every basic ground tile by walking over it. Once you you have coured the last tile, you win the level. There is a time limit, and the levels are filled with enemies. Touching an enemy, falling into a pit or getting caught by an explosion will kill you. Fortunately, all recoloured tiles remain if you loose a life, even when you use a continue. Your character can jump and double-jump. You can still move during a jump, which is laso need to get through some levels. Balloons will appear randomly in the levels. You can reach a balloon by jumping, and catching one gives you either points or an item. Items include a clock (more time), a brush (all tiles around you will also be recoloured) or a letter (if you collect all letters to form "mustache", you immediately win the current level, get an extra life and go to a bonus level). There a some special fields in many levels. One field switches between the words "stop", "kill" and "pow" over time. Walking on the field will trigger an effect once. The effect depends on the word the field shows. Stop freezes all enemies for a short time. Kill destroys all enemies ons creen. Pow is similar to Pac-Man'S power pills: you can destroy enemies by touching them for time, but enemies will run away from you. Walking over a field with a bomb will cause an explosion a short time after you leave it. The explosion covers the field and all tiles surrounding it. The explosion will kill both you and enemies upon touch, pits will be filled by an explosion.

Sky Adventure is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK. It was only released in the arcades.

Helping ghosts of the past.

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.

Superman is a beat'em up with some shoot'em up elements developed and published Taito. It was only released in the arcades and has no connection with the other video games titled "Superman".

The game does not seem to explain its story. According to the net, Superman needs to defend Earth against one evil Emperor Zaas, a character created for the game.

Superman can punhc, kick and fly. Kicks are much slower than punches and more difficult to place. Holding down punch will charge an energy blast which can be unleashed upon releasing the button. Superman cannot move while charging, only facing left or right. Some objects can be picked up and thrown at enemies. Enemies and objects sometimes leave behind colured rectangle which represent power-ups. Power-ups can increase health, increase the damage of the next punch or enhance the fire rate of Superman's laser eye shots during the shoot'em up stages. Some stages are scrolling automatically, with Superman flying through the air. These are shoot'em up sequences where you can shoot lasers with your eyes or punch.
The game can be played in 2-player co-op. the second player controls a colour-shifted second Superman.

Blade Master (known as Cross Blades!) is a side-scrolling beat'em up developed and published by Irem. It was only released in the arcades.

Blade Master is set in a sword-and-sorcery world with some steampunk elements. Two warriors, Roy and Arnold, need to save Arnold's sister, Princess Emina, who has been kidnapped by the King of Darkness and his phantom army.

You can play either Roy or Arnold. Arnold moves more slowly and is a larger target, but deals more damage and has a higher range. You can jump and attack with weapon. There is also a jump attack and the ability to stab upwards during a jump. Both characters can also jump and thrust down their weapon to unleash some fireballs on the ground in both directions. Some larger enemies can be jumped on and stabbed when they are lying on the ground. Smashing vases will reveal items which either give points or restore health.

Bucky O'Hare is a shoot'em up and run-and-gun developed and published by Konami. It was only released in the arcades. The game is not the same as the eponymous NES game.

The game is a tie-in to the animated series "Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars!" which again is based on the comic book Bucky O'Hare.

There are four characters to choose from. Everony can jump and run. Pushing both buttons will trigger a special attack. Holding jump button while in the air slows your fall. You also have a limited number of bombs which hurt all enemies on screen. Occasionally, door appear out of thin air and give out an item. Items are either additonal bombs, health restore or a weapon upgrade. If you die, you loose a weapon upgrade. While you are on foot in most stages, some stages have autoscrolling and you fly around.