The King of Grabs

Magical Vacation is a GBA RPG, developed by Brownie Brown and published by Nintendo, in Japan only, in 2001.

Developed by Polyphony Digital and first published by Sony in 2001, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec is the third in the famous series of driving games on the PlayStation.

Although Capcom's Mega Man might feel like a Nintendo exclusive (because it primarily appeared on Nintendo systems), he was given an appearance on the Sega Game Gear, courtesy of US Gold in 1995.

Woody Pop is a bat-and-ball-style Breakout/Arkanoid clone, developed and published by Sega, and released for the Sega Master System in 1987, and the Sega Game Gear in 1991.

I have to say that I'm quite surprised by Super Space Invaders on the Sega Game Gear.

Known as "Kishin Dōji Zenki" in its native Japan, and translated to both English and Spanish by fans, Demon Child Zenki is based on the anime by Kuroiwa Yoshihiro.

Developed by Realtime Associates and published by Sega in 1993, Quest for the Shaven Yak is a Game Gear platform game based on The Ren & Stimpy Show.

Published by 1995 by Electronic Arts, NHL Hockey is an officially-licensed ice hockey game featuring real players and teams from the North American National Hockey League.

Phantasy Star Gaiden is a handheld RPG, released only in Japan for the Game Gear in 1992.

Released exclusively for the Game Gear - in Japan only - by Sega in 1992, Phantasy Star Adventure is a spin-off from the main Phantasy Star series and is a kind of RPG/adventure controlled with a simple menu system.

The fourth instalment in the Gradius series was released into arcades in 1999, by Konami.

Star X is a third-person space shooter, of a similar style to Star Fox.

The Addams Family games are seen as being among the best British-made platformers of all time.

The Addams Family for TurboGrafx-CD was developed by ICOM Simulations, Inc. and first published by NEC Technologies in 1991.

The Megadrive version of Ocean Software's The Addams Family is excellent - definitely on-par with the SNES version; arguably even better because it has a nice little intro animation that the SNES version doesn't have.

The Amiga version of Ocean's classic platform game, The Addams Family, was created by an internal team at Ocean Software in Manchester in 1992, working on multiple ports simultaneously, and trying their best to make great games under pressure.

The Amstrad CPC version of Ocean's ubiquitous The Addams Family is probably the ugliest out of all the 8-bits.

Developed and published by Ocean Software for the NES in 1992, The Addams Family is a cute and spooky platform game based on the 1991 Paramount film of the same name, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

The Sega Master System version of The Addams Family is very good.

Sega's classic ice-pushing arcade maze game, Pengo, is well-represented on the Game Gear, with this jolly conversion by Coreland Technology (the original developer of Pengo arcade).

The Amstrad version of Steve Turner's Ranarama is every bit as good as the Spectrum original, although it is probably fair to say that it isn't quite as colourful.

Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 was an attempt by Sega to update one of its most famous IPs onto the Sega 32X (a hardware add-on for the Megadrive/Genesis).

Developed by Namco Hometek, Inc. and published by Namco in 1993, the Game Gear version of Ms.

The Game Boy conversion of the classic Ms.

The Amstrad version of Batty was written by Mark Crane and first published by Hit-Pak in 1987.

First published by Hit-Pak (the 'budget' label of Elite Systems) in 1988, the C64 version of the classic bat-and-ball action game, Batty, is more or less the same as the ZX Spectrum original, but with chunkier graphics.

Written by Mark Crane and first published by Hit-Pak (the budget label of Elite Systems) in 1987, Batty is a clone of the games Breakout, and Arkanoid, but with a few of its own unique features.

Holy moley...

I would have to say that David Lubar's Pastfinder is one of my favourite games of all-time.

The Nintendo Game Boy version of Qix was developed by Minakuchi Engineering.

Originating on the Amstrad CPC, Spindizzy is a genius piece of coding and game design.

Wee Ninja is a homebrew scrolling platform game for Atari 8-bit home computers (with 32K of RAM).

My jaw nearly hit the floor when I first saw Venom Wing on the Amiga.

Developed by The Code Monkeys and published by Accolade in 1991, Turrican on the Game Boy is a decent scrolling run-and-gun shooter.

The PC Engine/Turbografx-16 version of Capcom's classic arcade game, Strider, was programmed by Capcom themselves, and first published by NEC Avenue in 1994.

Developed by BlueSky Software and Zono, The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire is a Marvel-licensed platform/action game featuring the infamous web-slinger.

Written by Jason J.

What I love about Jeff Minter's Gridrunner Plus Plus is that it combines the simplicity of the arcade hits of old, with modern, trippy visuals.

Anteform is a tiny, futuristic RPG, written for the PICO-8 development platform, and was first released in 2019.

Written for the PICO-8 development platform and first released in 2018, Minima is a miniature version of the early Ultima games and runs on Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi.

Chuckie Egg 3 is a homebrew sequel to the classic Chuckie Egg Spectrum games (Chuckie Egg and Chuckie Egg 2) by A'N'F Software.

This excellent Spanish homebrew game is a well-produced platform/action adventure, starring a titchy version of DC Comics' Batman (aka The Dark Knight).

Another superb tribute to Ultimate's isometric adventures, this one called Melkhior's Mansion.

Released in 2015 by author Adam Strange, Viva Mortis is a brilliant tribute to the classic isometric Ultimate games.

The second H.E.R.O. tribute game from Luca Carminati was released for the PC in 2020.

Created by Luca Carminati and first released in 2025, H.E.R.O.

Wycheweald is a rare thing on the ZX Spectrum - an actual Role-Playing Game, with a first-person viewpoint and turn-based combat.

Written by Marco Leal and first released in 2023, Pac-Man Arcade on the ZX Spectrum is about as close as you could possibly get to the original Pac-Man, without using voodoo.

Written by BonusJZ and first released in 2016, Ghosts 'N Demons is an amazing homebrew tribute to Capcom's Ghouls 'N Ghosts arcade game.

Developed by Knights of Bytes and published by Protovision, Sam's Journey is a super-polished platform game released for the C64 in 2025.