Games D – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Dungeons & Dragons: Order of the Griffon – NEC TurboGrafx-16 – 1992

On November 30, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Nice box art. Shame about the hairstyles. Order of the Griffon is the second RPG I have played on the TurboGrafx-16 after the highly enjoyable Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes. This game was published by SSI and developed by Westwood Associates who were also responsible for the Eye of […]

Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride – Nintendo SNES – 1992

On November 16, 2017September 9, 2018 By Wingnut

While gamers in North America were still playing Dragon Warrior III, and a month before Dragon Warrior IV was released there, those lucky Japanese gamers were already getting their teeth into Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride. Poor sales of the previous games and the cost of localisation […]

Dragon Warrior III – Nintendo NES – 1992

On September 3, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Dragon Warrior is a long running series of RPGs dating back to the mid-eighties and still going strong today. The first game in the series, Dragon Quest, was released in Japan in May 1986. It predated both Final Fantasy and Phantasy Star making it one of the first (and arguably one […]

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes – NEC TurboGrafx-CD – 1992

On August 1, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes is the sixth installment in the Dragon Slayer series of RPGs. Its initial release was in 1989 for the NEC PC-8801 before being converted to other computers and consoles. The English translation was released on the NEC TurboGrafx-CD in 1992. The game takes the […]

Dizzy: Prince of the YolkFolk – Commodore Amiga – 1992

On July 14, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

With a main entry in the Dizzy series you know exactly what you are going to get – a fairly easy adventure game combining platforming, inventory based puzzles and slightly awkward controls. Dizzy: Prince of the YolkFolk is no exception. The game was first released in 1991 for the Sinclair Spectrum, […]

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf – Sega Mega Drive (1992) & Commodore Amiga (1993)

On June 5, 2017September 9, 2018 By Wingnut

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf was released in the first half of 1992, a year after Operation Desert Storm had ended and with the Middle East still fresh in mind. The plot involves a Middle Eastern despot invading a small Emirate and trying to gain weapons of mass destruction. […]

Defenders of Oasis – Sega Game Gear – 1992

On May 1, 2017September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

It can safely be said that I‘m not a fan of mobile gaming. I have never been tempted to download a game to my phone and the only portable system I have is a barely used Nintendo DS Lite I won many years ago in a competition. Until I started […]

The Dark Queen of Krynn – PC (MS-DOS) – 1992

On April 5, 2017September 9, 2018 By Wingnut

As I’ve said before, the longer the Gold Box series of games have gone on, the weaker they seem to have become. They certainly started well enough with Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds, but none of the subsequent games have managed to match them. Maybe the […]