The most interesting games released in 1989

Racing 29 May 1989

Indianapolis 500 is the most famous car race in the world, held with short breaks since 1911. A game by Papyrus Design Group will let you sit behind the wheel of a car and see for yourself how great this event is.

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Racing 23 March 1989

In the near future, traditional car racing has become a thing of the past. The ability to cope with the wagon in difficult conditions, sports competition and this type of frenzy ceased to count. The era of destruction began, which sowed several tons of machines, from the bumper to the roof loaded with various means of extermination.

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Arcade 22 August 1989

Fast Food! is an arcade game with the popular Dizzy in the lead role. Codemasters programmers have completely abandoned the adventure here, serving the lovers of the egg-shaped hero clone of the great hit called Pac-Man.

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Arcade 20 August 1989

James Bond resigns from service in a British interview, wanting to fall into the hands of a ruthless drug dealer who, out of revenge, kills our hero's long-standing friend and his newly baked wife.

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Arcade 10 February 1989

Die Hard is a shootout which refers to the famous action film with Bruce Willis, under the same title. The player will play the role of John McClane, who declares war on ruthless terrorists occupying the forty-storey skyscraper Nakatomi Plaza.

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Arcade 10 November 1989

The Untouchables is an arcade game based on the story of the popular Brian de Palma film under the same title. The player plays the role of the federal agent Elliot Nessa, who, together with a group of trusted people, sets out to war with the gang Ala Capone.

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Arcade 20 June 1989

Batman: The Movie is an arcade game, which, as you can easily guess, is based on the plot of the film under the same title. The player playing the role of the Dark Knight will have to curb the criminal drive of Joker and save the city of Gotham from extinction.

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Racing 12 March 1989

Street Rod is an extensive car race created by Polish developers from the California Dreams group, in which, in addition to competing with other road users, you will also have to take care of the purchase and expansion of your vehicle.

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Adventure 12 July 1989

Snoopy & Peanuts is an adventure game for younger computer users, in which we will play the role of a dog named Snoopy. The program uses a license of a popular comic book, known in our country under the name "Fistaszki".

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Arcade 20 September 1989

Pipe Mania is a European version of the game called Pipe Dreams, produced by The Assembly Line studio. Compared to the prototype created by the famous George Lucas corporation, this program has a slightly better graphics. Other aspects of the game remained unchanged.

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Puzzle 20 June 1989

Developed by the Image Works team (including Predator 2), the main character is the title game. His task seems theoretically simple: on small islands there are bombs that need to be blown up while keeping alive. In practice it looks much more complicated....

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Action 20 September 1989

P-47: The Freedom Fighter is a shooter first created in 1988 by Jaleco for coin-op machines. The plot of the program takes us back to the times of World War II. The player, as the fearless pilot of the title fighter, is sent with a suicidal mission to stop the numerous forces of the opponent.

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RPG 19 April 1989

Dungeon Master is one of the most famous RPG games (the so-called "dungeon crawler"), which was created in 1987 for the Atari ST computer. PC conversion debuted two years later. The plot of the program focuses on an expedition of fearless daredevils ready to face the Dark Lord, inhabiting the lowest level of the giant sow in terms of size.

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Sports 11 March 1989

Windsurf Willy is an arcade game prepared by Silmarils company, dealing with the subject of crazy races on a windsurfing board. Players playing the role of one of the players must not only swim a short distance in the set time, but also show off spectacular acrobatics, which will be judged by demanding referees on an ongoing basis.

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Adventure 11 August 1989

Targhan is an action/adventure game created by French studio Silmarils. The player will have the honour of playing the skin of the title warrior and performing a very dangerous mission.

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Simulation 12 February 1989

The second episode of the F-15 aircraft simulator cycle, launched in 1985 by Sida Meier and MicroProse. This time, one of the most famous video game designers shared his function with Andy Hollis, who later took over the production of the third installment of the series on his own.

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Arcade 12 March 1989

The greatest defender in the history of the Earth - the Cosmic Ace - faces a difficult challenge. An angry and cunning commander Borf, taking advantage of the hero's inattention, decides to kidnap his girlfriend named Kimberley. In the hands of the biggest enemy Ace is a powerful weapon Infanto Ray, turning enemies into children.

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Arcade 23 September 1989

Like many arcade games, Qix made her debut on coin-op slot machines in 1981. PeCet members waited only eight years later for a version for their computers from Taito.

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Arcade 25 May 1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade turned out to be such a profitable topic for LucasArts that it was decided to make not one, but two games based on the third part of the film adventures of the title archaeologist. Thus, not only the adventure game was published, but also the classic platforming game, in which more emphasis was put on the arcade character of the game.

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Adventure 07 July 1989

The Crack of Doom is the third and last game in a series of text adventures based on the story of J.R.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee are already in Mordor and undertake the final stage of their journey to throw the Only Ring into the crater of Mount Destiny.

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Simulation 22 August 1989

The A-10 Tank Killer is another simulator developed by Dynamix. This time his hero is the A-10 Thunderbolt II plane. Because of its purpose, which is to combat ground targets, most of the seven missions are bombardments.

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Action 20 October 1989

Despite a quick and effective retaliation in the first part of the game, Marian was murdered by members of the mysterious Shadow Boss gang. Billy Lee had no choice but to stand up again and administer justice. Our hero doesn't know yet that there is a way to restore a woman's life, but in order to do this you have to penetrate the underground hiding place of the main opponent.

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Racing 21 October 1989

OutRun is a popular SEGA car race that first appeared on coin-up machines in 1986. The player will play the role of the sports driver Ferrari Testarossa and will try to complete the route mapped by the authors of the game in the shortest possible time.

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Action 30 March 1989

Continuation of the game titled Barbarian (or Death Sword in the United States). The evil sorcerer Drax, who spoiled the main character with some blood in the original, returns and is preparing for revenge. Gorth must of course get him before he can realise his dark plans, but it's not that easy. To get to his headquarters, you must first go through the whole land and defeat many fantastic creatures.

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Racing 20 May 1989

The second edition of the programme sponsored by Ford, combining information functions (car database) and typical entertainment functions (possibility of driving in several game modes).

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Racing 20 May 1989

The player plays the role of one of the drivers of extremely spectacular car races, in which stunts will be of primary importance. All the daredevils were divided into four divisions, three players each. We start the game in the lowest ranked group and our main goal is to reach the top of the league, which of course requires a lot of driving skills and steel nerves.

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Arcade 07 July 1989

Arkanoid 2: Revenge of DOH is a direct continuation of the well-known arcade game, which, thanks to simple rules and high playability, used to be very popular. The second installment of the program offers a new audiovisual setting, premiere stages, a board editor and several other changes of a smaller calibre.

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Racing 20 May 1989

The second part of the car races signed with the Crazy Cars logo. This time, the authors have changed the philosophy of the game and instead of racing on time with different cars, we get only one - Ferrari F40. The action of the program takes us to the state of Utah, and we play the role of a fugitive, who must leave his area as soon as possible. The police are on our back all the time, which, of course, does not make the task any easier.

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Adventure 21 April 1989

The first part of one of the most interesting, but also the most underestimated series of adventures signed with the Sierra On-Line logo. Lori Ann Cole, the main initiator of the project, decided to make the classic convention more attractive by adding elements close to the RPG genre.

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Adventure 15 June 1989

The third part of Larry Laffer's amorous adventures, who, abandoned by his wife, brings his conquests to a tropical island, where he tries to drag half of the female population into bed.

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Adventure 20 May 1989

The Hound of Shadow is a representative of text adventure games, very popular especially in the eighties. The program is loosely based on Howard Phillips Lovecraft's short stories about the powerful deity of Cthulhu. The action of the game takes place in England, just after the First World War. Our hero is entangled in a murder, which will soon turn into an occult chase for mythical beings from hell.

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Action 30 May 1989

The next installment of the adventures of the last of the shadow warriors. Kunitoki's bad shogun returns and this time Armakuni has to face him on his terms - in 20th-century New York.

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Action 29 September 1989

Operation Wolf is a classic representative of the so-called "rail-shooters". What distinguishes him from other shooters is that we do not have any influence on the movement of our hero, and the only interactive element is a mouse-controlled viewfinder.

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Arcade 20 December 1989

The second part of Rick Dangerous's adventures. This time our hero will have to oppose the invasion of aliens, and all this in five fabulously colorful lands.

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Arcade 21 November 1989

A platform game in which we play the role of the title archaeologist. The player's task is to break through four trapped stages: an Amazon temple, an Egyptian pyramid, a medieval castle and a Nazi rocket base.

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Sports 30 March 1989

Soccer, the action of which is presented from a bird's eye view. Extremely playable and extensive program for its time.

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