Category System

This category is for a game like Doom where the emphasis is set firmly on action within a 3D environment.

This category is for a game like Mercenary where the emphasis, on balance, is placed on finding keys and puzzle solving, within a 3D environment.

This category is for games like Carrier Command or Midwinter where combat is simulated in some detail, within a 3D environment.

This category is for games that fall somewhere between Action games and Adventure games. Or to put it another way, Den wasn't prepared to classify Flashback as a Platform game, and I suppose that's fair enough.

This category is for games like Steel Empire where in addition to making strategic choices you have to get your hands dirty and join the action.

This category is for games like Zork, Bureaucracy, Beneath A Steel Sky, Monkey Island and Myst, where you are progressing through a game by solving puzzles without the use of your legendary arcade skills. It might be text only, have static graphics or have a character which you can move around the game.

Oh come on! The emphasis is placed on giving another character a damned good slapping!

This category is for games like UFO: Enemy Unknown, Hostages or Laser Squad, where within a 2D environment a detailed simulation of Combat takes place. .....and yes, I know Hostages has a 3D section!

Could be a Motorcycle game like Super Hangon or cars like Hard Drivin', you get the idea.

This category applies to games like Falcon and Gunship 2000, where flight is simulated with a certain level of realism.

This category applies to action based games that don't readily fit into the other categories, like Wings and Sword of Sodan.

This category is for games like Powermonger, Populous Civilization and Millenium 2.2 where you are controlling the affairs and destiny of your people from a god-like position.

Now come on, get a grip.

This category is for games like Prince of Persia and Impossible Mission where you're spending a lot of time climbing and jumping, and most likely falling to a messy death.

Ah, the enigmatic one. Gazing at the screen with your brow furrowed and your mind confused? Probably a puzzle game, then. Examples would be Lemmings, and erm.... Lemmings 2.....

This category is for Role Playing Games, like Dungeon Master and Hired Guns where your character or characters have various attributes that will improve with experience, enabling them more easily to achieve their aims.

This category is for games ranging from Space Invaders to Turrican and Uridium 2. The emphasis is on blasting.

This category ranges from footy games like Sensible World of Soccer to Pool Sims like Archer Maclean's Pool. You will notice that each, unsurprisingly, involves sport.

This category could be for stodgier games like Ardennes '44, or relatively sexy titles like Battle Isle or Full Metal Planette. The emphasis though, is on making decisions on a Strategic or possibly Operational level (impressed, huh?) that will lead your forces to victory. No! Not Cannon Fodder!

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