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Cabal is a coin-op conversion of Capcom's arcade game. The mechanics of the game are simple: shoot everything in sight!

The hero (there is a two player mode) runs back and forth along the bottom of the screen, ducking and dodging bullets and grenades from the enemy. The roll maneuver from the arcade was not implemented in the PC version. You return fire by moving a target around the screen which also moves your character, so be careful not to run into a bullet.

The enemies throughout the 5 levels, come thick and fast and there are loads of them, normal foot soldiers, tanks, helicopters and end of level bosses, like submarines and war machines.

Just about everything on the screen can be blown up or shot. There are bonus points to be picked up for destroying buildings and weapons to be picked up from the enemy, such as machine- and shot-guns.

Your player is a Cabbage Patch kid with pigtails who is having a day at the park. A day that includes jumping onto vines and leaping over holes and bouncing onto correct platforms. A misplaced jump will lose a life and additionally there are a few creatures such as bees who end the player's turn when touched.

There are several screens of challenge with different combinations of obstacles.

Cacoma Knight in Bizyland is a fantasy-themed take on the classic coin-op game, Qix. Instead of controlling a dot, you guide one of three characters from the kingdom of Bizyland. Your goal is to return the darkened lands to their former useridyllic state, which involves drawing lines across the terrain using "magic chalk." Enemies will patrol across the lines, threatening to end the game if they touch your character. Boxing enemies in with your chalk will safely eliminate them from the screen, while surrounding areas with treasure chests will reward you. Complete each stage's assigned percentage to advance to the next area. Cacoma Knight in Bizyland includes support for two players, either working cooperatively against the computer or versus each other in a head-to-head battle.

"Welcome!" says the king, "Long have I awaited your arrival. My kingdom of Dirzar was once a peaceful place until the Balrog came. He has abducted my daughter and laid waste to the land. Now I must trust in you to bring her back to me safely and rid us of this terror." With that, you begin your quest as either warrior or magician to rid the land of the evil Balrog. A scaled-down port of the hit arcade game.

A side-scroll fantasy platformer that strives for RPG variety but ultimately fails. The RPG element tends to slow down the game, as it needlessly complicates the power-up process. If they had just stuck to the arcade element, then Taito might have had something here.

CAESARS PALACE brings the action of the Las Vegas casino home. Five of the best casino games Baccarat, Roulette, Craps, Blackjack, and slot machines are brought to the Game Boy with surprising realism. To make sure that the game is as realistic as possible, Dr. William Bertram, a Vegas statistician, has verified all of the odds. If you don't know how to play a game, watch the official Caesars Palace Casino Tutorial. Vegas comes to your home with CAESARS PALACE.

Enjoy a full course of various games of chance at the legendary Ceasar's Palace casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

A very good gambling sim. It actually gives you the feeling of being in a casino. Lots of fun and excitement, and best of all, you don't lose any REAL money!

Cal Ripken Jr., the ironman of baseball, leased his name and image to this video game version of America's favorite pastime. You can play by yourself, compete against a friend, or you and your friend can team-up against the computer. Other than Cal Ripken Jr. himself, there are no other copyrighted images in this game such as players, logos, or team names. There are 18 generic baseball teams, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. You can choose from three different fictitious stadiums to play in, and you can organize an All Cal game where Ripken Jr. plays every position on the field. League play consists of a 20-week season, but if you want more practice before entering serious competition, you can play exhibition ball. Other options and features include leading off, stealing bases, bunting, substituting players, and passwords for each season game, so you won't have to begin anew every time you turn on your SNES.

It's twenty years after the end of the Vietnam War. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to venture forth once again on the Ho Chi Minh trail and try to rescue some of the downed American airmen left behind.

Okay, so it's an Ikari Warriors clone. At least it's a good one, and in some ways betters its inspiration.

California Games was the original "Extreme Games" -- what today's generation might call "X-Games in the sun". Compete in events such as skateboarding, footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc (frisbee) and BMX. Some events are ranked by judges (Surfing), which gives you a score to help you improve your routine.

The Lynx version of the game omits the flying disc and roller skating events, but adds a 2-player gaming mode via comlynx.

Hey Dude, get ready for the ultimate in rad video! Sega's California Games takes you to the sunny beaches and deserts of the California coast for some gnarly sports action.

Kick it down on the skateboard. Ride the waves to surfing heaven. Cruise the concrete on skates on the rough track on a BMX. Test your toes with a footbag or your long concentration with a flying disk. In a word, awesome.

But there's more. You can play with up to 8 of your friends. Practice events. Compete in one, some or all to become the total California Champion! And you can play for some of the hottest teams around representing the heaviest names on the circuit.

So what are you waiting for? Grab your board and get ready to achieve a new state of Sega cool.

Six events - skateboard, footbag, surfing, BMX, halfpipe and frisbee - are all fairly playable, if a bit simple for long-term appeal.

Take part in one of several activities related to the California beach culture in this multievent sports sim from Epyx, authors of the original Summer Games.

The definitive version of this hoary old Commodore 64 classic. Has the best graphics and sound of all the ports, but not as many events. Gameplay is what you would expect from the series - sometimes easy, sometimes hard. Still enjoyable after all these years.

California Games is a collection of extreme and leisure sports games. Featured are half pipe skateboarding, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag (hackysack), and frisbee.

California Games II is the sequel to the smash hit 1988 game.

Hanging ten may be fine in California but it's not very interesting on the Master System. Every event looks dated and gameplay is simple.

This time you compete in: hang-gliding, jetski, skateboarding, body boarding and snow boarding.

Hanging ten may be fine in California but it's not very interesting on the Master System. Every event looks dated and gameplay is simple.

Epyx' best-selling "Games" series makes its Super NES debut with California Games II. Compete in five timed events held throughout the Golden State. You'll snowboard on Mt. Shasta, bodyboard in Santa Cruz, go jet skiing on Monterey Bay, skateboard across the aqueducts, and hang glide over the Pacific Ocean. Play alone or compete against up to eight friends by alternating turns. As you rack up high scores by performing various stunts, you'll receive comments from "Zack," a judge of sorts, who will rate your performances in terms ranging from "dweeb" to "way cool."

1940's Detective show.

Candy Matson was the private eye star of Candy Matson, YUkon 2-8209, an NBC West Coast show which first aired in March 1949 and was created by Monty Masters. He cast his wife, Natalie Parks, in the title role of this sassy, sexy PI. Her understated love interest, Lt. Ray Mallard, was played by Henry Leff while her assistant and best pal, aptly named Rembrandt Watson, was the voice of Jack Thomas.

Every show opened with a ringing telephone and our lady PI answering it with "Candy Matson, YU 2-8209" and then the organ swung into the theme song, "Candy". Each job took Candy from her apartment on Telegraph Hill into some actual location in San Francisco. The writers, overseen by Monty, worked plenty of real Bay Area locations into every plot.

Candy was bright, tough, and fearless. She used her pistol infrequently, but was unintimidated by bad guys, regardless of circumstances. Threats, assaults, and even bullets would usually produce a caustic, but clever, response for this blond sleuth. She and Mallard were frequently working the same case, but she usually solved it first.

OTR experts generally agree that this show was the finest of all the female PIs. Although the show ran until May 1951, it never attracted a sponsor (although the first season's final episode ended with the announcement that "Candy Matson Is San Francisco's Most Popular Program").

An interesting variation of the original!

Cannon Fodder had previously been a hit on the Amiga platform before being ported to Dos by Virgin Interactive, who licensed it from Sensible Software. This cute little real-time wargame involves the player trying to complete a series of missions using a squad of hapless recruits. In order to finish each mission, you have to complete several objectives, most often the destruction of key enemy objects.

Rather than opt for a traditional wargaming approach, Cannon Fodder included action elements, as the player actually controls the firing of his/her troops. The general premise of the game involved you directly controlling a platoon of four soldiers, commanding them to walk around and blasting at any enemies that got in your way. In addition to standard gunfire, your troops can also make use of rockets, missiles, etc to clear out enemy forces.

The game was released to the European public at full price, and finally made it to the USA a few years later as a budget title. Thus American gamers didn't pay the product much attention, which is a shame since it's one of the best action/strategy hybrids of the early 90s.

Okay, men, here's the situation. We're going to go to war, but we need dolts who are willing to fight. That's right - you're the lucky volunteers. Now go out there, train your squad up to snuff, and blow away anything that isn't us. Got it? Good - so get in gear and go! Move it! Move-it-move-it-move-it-go-go-go!

A hilariously funny military shooter that had me in stitches the first time I played it. An almost faithful port of the original from the almighty Amiga, except for the sound.

Backed by a rockin' soundtrack that should've rocked harder, Cannondale Cup brings Road Rash-style mayhem to the seldom-explored bicycling genre. Players select from eight cyclists who can punch, jump, and collect speed-ups as they race on eight courses ranging from the city to the mountains. There are also an impressive number of selectable mountain bikes -- each rated according to turning, speed, tires, acceleration, and shocks. Though the tracks are boring in design and graphical appeal, the backgrounds are distinctive, and the object-throwing thugs placed around the tracks as well as the riders themselves look quite decent. A unique control system and solid racing/combat action will make players want to take this game out for a ride.

Steer the glider through the desert landscape and land him on the ground target.