The game is divided into a number of cases that must be solved in order to progress through five different ranks. To solve each case witnesses need to be interviewed which will provide the player with descriptions of the criminal and the criminal's next location. Using a crime computer a possible suspect can be found and a warrant can be issued.

The notorious ringleader of an international band of thieves, Carmen Sandiego is back on the prowl. Prison doesn't seem to hold Carmen or her group for very long and this time they've broken into a super-secret laboratory and gained control of the latest model Time Machine. That's right, in this mission, you'll track Carmen Sandiego through time itself.

Carmen and her thieves are using the time machine to loot the most famous treasures of the past 1500 years: Napoleon's hat, Don Quixote's lance, and even Paul Revere's horse! You are being issued the latest in portable time travel devices -- the Chronoskimmer 325i. Using this machine, you'll be able to travel through 1500 years and 48 locations, electronically scan the crime scene, and translate conversations with witnesses.

Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? is a single-player game in which you gather information and travel to different places to discover the whereabouts of a criminal. You'll have a limited amount of time in which to solve a case and if you don't finish within this time, the game is over.

In the position of Time Cadet, you'll travel through time, track the criminals' movements, figure out where he or she is going next, obtain a warrant for his or her arrest, and send a "Capture Robot" to arrest the thief. By interviewing eyewitnesses and finding objects, you'll gain the clues necessary to figure out where each criminal is traveling to next. In order to obtain a warrant, you'll need to have enough details about the criminal for a Positive ID. Simply knowing the hair color of the criminal won't do the trick.

Each time you catch a criminal and complete a case, you'll get closer to receiving promotions. In the beginning you start as a Time Cadet, but as you move up the ranks you'll become a Time Patroller, Time Investigator, Time Inspector, Time Detective, Ace Time Detective, and Super Time Sleuth. Travel all the way back to the year 400 A.D. when the Roman empire crumbled and then forward to 1750 A.D. where Carmen is interested in stealing the crown jewels.

In Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? you must learn your history in order to capture Carmen and her thieves. ACME is counting on you to save the precious treasures of the past and nab this notorious criminal. So pack your bags and prepare to travel back in time!

Carmen Sandiego and her gang are loose once again, and it is your job to capture her! This time round you not only have to find where she is, but also when she is. Traveling to various locations, you need to assemble clues by questioning witnesses and searching locations to close in and capture Carmen Sandiego. Included with the game is The New America Desk Encyclopedia to help make clues more meaningful (and act as a form of copy protection!).

You are one of the top sleuths of the ACME Detective Agency who has been called in on an alarming case. The notorious art thief Carmen Sandiego is on the loose again, and its your job to stop her.

Carmen and her gang have stolen a time machine and are stealing the great historical treasures from around the world - originally packaged with the 1992 New American Desk Encyclopedia.

A well-written and immensely popular series of games that first made their appearance on the venerable Commodore 64 and have been kicking around in one form or another ever since. Only the first and third in the the series were ported to the Genesis; it is unclear why the second (Where in the USA...) was not.

The Rambler is a side scrolling platform game featuring six-levels of action adventure for the Game Boy Color. Each level features a different character from the globetrotting animated series.

Williams was one of the companies that pioneered the arcade game revolution, and many of its titles have now become the stuff of gaming legend. This multipack includes five of their most beloved titles: Joust, Robotron 2084, Sinistar, Defender, and Defender 2 -Stargate.

As faithful as arcade ports can be given the porting process and the limitations of the hardware. This was actually the first in a series of classic arcade multipacks planned for release. The others never made it beyond the discussion stage due to the death of the platform; however, they are available for several popular personal computers.

Wing Commander, released in 1990 by Origin Systems, is a simulation style action game interwoven with a cinematic storyline set in the 27th century. In the first scenario, the player takes the role of a young Lieutenant who has just been assigned to the carrier ship Tiger's Claw, the pride of the Confederate Navy. As the primary goal of the game unfolds, you learn of the Confederation's campaign to take Vega Sector from the Kilrathi.

What made this game so popular was that it didn't attempt to model real-world physics with a completely accurate simulation of space flight, but concentrated instead on providing a fun, intense, first-person space dogfighting experience. Several things distinguished it from other games upon its initial release: the graphics, music, and sound were all revolutionary, surpassing most (if not all) other competing products in the industry at the time. The storyline, of which a short segment unraveled after each mission the player flew, had many plot devices rarely used before in a computer game of its type: character development, interpersonal conflict, ethics, and more

Wing Commander: The Secret Missions is a Space Combat Sim game, developed and published by Mindscape Inc., which was released in 1993.

The Tiger's Claw, on maneuvers in the Goddard System, receives an abortive distress call from Goddard colony. When the Claw arrives, though, nothing is left but wreckage and corpses; a quarter of a million colonists have been killed. Confed realizes that this is the work of a new Kilrathi weapon, the "Graviton weapon," which is able to increase the power of gravity by over a hundred times. Clever work by the Claw's crew and pilots allows them to capture a Kilrathi courier ship, which reveals that this weapon is mounted on an entirely new class of ship; CNC codenames it the Sivar-class dreadnought, after the Kilrathi god of war. Bluehair leads the strike against the Sivar and destroys it in the Vigrid system; for unexplained reasons, ships of that class and armament are never seen again.

Legacy of Llylgamyn is the third scenario in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was published in 1983 by Sir-tech Software, Inc.

It is a first-person dungeon-crawling RPG. The player assembles a party of up to six characters and explores a large maze-like dungeon, fighting randomly appearing enemies in turn-based combat and occasionally returning to the game's only town to rest, buy supplies, and outfit the characters.

Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom is the fifth scenario in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games.

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Following from the events of Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn, Heart of the Maelstrom begins after a period of peace brought about through the use of L'Kbreth's Orb is shattered when the powers of chaos literally begin to emerge into the world. These unnatural energies are especially focused in a series of tunnels beneath the Temple of Sages in Llylgamyn, fittingly called the Maelstrom. Adventurers, namely the player party, are recruited to journey into these caverns and track down a means of summoning a being known as the Gatekeeper who can seal these chaotic energies once more. Unfortunately, he has been imprisoned by a rogue sorceress known as the Sorn.

The classic dungeon crawler RPG series continues in Wizardry II. The sequel to the original Wizardry follows the defeat of the evil Werdna and the return of Mad Overlord Trebor's amulet. Following your party's success in that adventure, they were inducted into Trebor's personal honor guard. Unfortunately this particular honor didn't last very long as Trebor's madness and obsession with the amulet and preventing Werdna's return drove him to suicide.

With both Trebor and Werdna dead all seemed well within the kingdom of Llylgamyn. Unfortunately this peace didn't last very long. Besides Werdna, it seems that there was another evil fella living in Llylgamyn named Davalpus. With Werdna dead and out of the limelight, Davalpus felt it was time to make his move. He stormed the castle, slaughtered the royal family, and declared himself supreme dictator for life.

Don't worry, this game isn't about preparing for a big final battle with Davalpus. That's already been done for you. The Prince of the land fought and killed Davalpus using the legendary Staff of Gnilda and wearing the armor of the Knight of Diamonds. Unfortunately the god Gnilda, more than a bit ticked off with all this bickering, took the staff back and placed it deep within his heavily guarded six-level temple. Since the staff's power protects the land from invasion by hostile outlanders, someone will need to venture into the temple and get it back along with Gnilda's blessing. That someone is you.

In order to hold the staff one of your party user will need to retrieve all five pieces of the legendary armor and become the Knight of Diamonds. Only then may they quest for the staff and return it to it's rightful place. But beware, each of the the armor pieces is a living entities and will not be taken without a fight.

Wizardry II uses the same basic engine and graphics as the previous game. Players have the option of transferring characters from the previous Wizardry, or generating new characters from scratch.

The first Wizardry game was one of the original CRPG dungeon crawlers, and stands along with Ultima and Might & Magic as one of the defining staples of the genre. You generate and control a party of up to six different adventurers and send them into a 3D vector dungeon to fight monsters and find treasure.

The game takes place in the domain of Trebor, the titular Mad Overlord. Trebor was once only power-mad, but went off the deep end after he acquired a magical amulet of immense power only to have it stolen from him by his nemesis the evil arch-mage Werdna. Werdna, not quite sure how to use the amulet properly, accidentally causes an earthquake which creates a ten-level dungeon beneath Trebor's castle. To avoid looking silly, Werdna declares the dungeon to be the new lair for him and his monster hordes. Trebor, not to be outdone, declares the labyrinth is in fact his new Proving Grounds where adventurers must prove themselves for userhip in his elite honor guard (and incidentally retrieve his amulet in the process). Thus your goal in the game is to descend to the tenth floor of the labyrinth, defeat Werdna, and retrieve the fabled amulet.

You are Kuros, a powerful knight who enter the woods of Elrond.Legend says that a powerful wizard named Malkil has has gone completely mad during his years and turned his powerful magic to the dark side.Malkil has his base on the castle IronSpire where he has imprisoned a young and beautiful princess. It is up to Kuros to save the princess once and for all.

The third installment of Wizards & Warriors for the NES divulges during the intro that the evil wizard Malkil was not actually vanquished at the end of the second game. In fact, after the mighty battle with the hero Kuros, Malkil retreated to a nearby self-contained castle kingdom and conducted a hostile takeover. Kuros comes on the scene and must attempt to relieve Malkil of his ill-gotten command of the kingdom, its subjects, and especially its princesses.

The third game in the Wizards & Warriors NES franchise features a similar feel to the first two games in that Kuros' movements are very quick and nimble. The player also has the ability to control Kuros' sword swing movements. However, Kuros has three different character classes to alternate between-- the knight, the thief, and the wizard. Each represents trade-offs between speed, attack strength, and defense strength. There are various guilds throughout the game devoted to training knights, thieves, and wizards where the player must complete challenging obstacle courses in order to increase their character class level.

The gameplay proceeds up a large vertical city/castle with dangerous, monster-filled hallways and caverns. Kuros must kill monsters, gather money, buy goods and services, raise his character class levels, rescue a variety of apprehended princesses and gather special jewels, all in a quest to face off with Malkil once again.

Fortress of Fear: Wizards & Warriors X is an Action game, developed by Rare Ltd. and published by Acclaim, which was released in 1990.

The "Wonder Boy" in question is a character known as "Tom-Tom" - a caveman-like character whose girlfriend, by the name of Tanya, has been captured by a monster. The player must guide Tom-Tom through seven "areas", each consisting of four "rounds". The levels are made up of forests, hills, oceans, caves, ice palaces and occasionally mountains lands. The levels always run from left-to-right, with some vertical movement.

Tom-Tom can arm himself with a stone hammer, which he can throw at oncoming foes, a skateboard with which he can rush through the levels and survive one attack by an enemy, and temporary protection by a fairy which allows him to destroy foes by simply running into them. All of the aforementioned power-ups are obtained by breaking open eggs. These eggs can also contain unpleasant surprises - curses which cause Tom-Tom to lose vitality more quickly than usual, and poisonous mushrooms which reduce Tom-Tom's vitality in one go.

Brave deep dark forests. Cross endless oceans. Endure arid deserts. All the while, fending off nasty creatures and natural disasters. Until you find her. Until you rescue your girlfriend, Tanya, from the clutches of a brutish king.

This still holds much appeal for many arcade adventurers.

As Tom-Tom the Wonder Boy, it's up to you to rescue your girlfriend Tanya from the vile clutches of the monster that has kidnapped her. To do so, you must navigate a series of worlds in a race against time to reach your goal. Along the way, you'll battle foes and collect fruit that will add to the amount of time you have to complete your mission.

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap takes place immediately after the events of Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy travels into the Mecha Dragon's lair in order to slay him. (Some sources refer to this creature as the "MEKA dragon".) However, upon doing so, he is inflicted by a curse that transforms him into "Lizard-Man". In the game, the player controls Wonder Boy as he tries to undo this curse by journeying across the land, defeating other dragons, and defeating the Vampire Dragon to obtain the Salamander Cross

One game in a popular series of Japanese arcade game conversions featuring the superdeformed warrior Wonderboy and his cute green-haired girlfriend as they undertake various quests, visit strange lands, and battle terrifying monsters. Wonderboy has a long legacy going back to the 8-bit Sega Master System. This is the first game in this series for the G/MD.

As the legendary hero Wonder Boy, it's up to you to rid Monster World of the terrible creatures that have taken over. Purchase your armor, weapons and spells, and embark on a quest through fantastic lands in search of the source of the evil monsters!

Huge game area, great graphics and a few puzzles thrown in for good measure. Can you do without this one?

The once quiet town of Xenobia is under attack by fierce and gruesome monsters, and no one can stop them. As Leo, it is up to you to save Xenobia and the world from danger as you navigate through a series of worlds in a race against time to reach your goal. Battle your foes with your sword and jumping abilities. Look out for power-ups that will increase your health and add to the amount of time you have to complete your missions.

Get ready for the third Wonder Boy adventure! To save Monster Land from the evil Meka Dragon, you've entered his castle and are about to go into battle. If you defeat the dragon, a terrible surprise awaits you... a curse! You'll turn into a lizard-man, and more. The only way you can return to human form is to find the Salamander Cross, a magical item with the power to remove curses.

But where is it hidden? Finding it is an adventure that will take you across strange lands, against strange creatures, into battles where you never know what strange shape you'll turn into! Hawk-man, Lion-man and more! You'll be able to buy armor, weapons and use magical items! Hidden rooms hold even greater surprises!

Can you beat the dragon's bosses and recover the Salamander Cross? When you look at the shape you're in, it's your only hope!

If you like the previous games, you'll go wild over the third outing which is the best by miles. A great arcade adventure.

Wonder Boy is back! But this time he's playing for keeps. No more cute dolls, fruit or milk.

Now it's swords, armor, shields, labyrinths and fire breathing dragons.

Help Wonder Boy through 12 perilous, monster filled levels of challenging adventure.

This is one of the best SMS games! The Boy's second outing continues the challenging gameplay. You have 12 levels to progress through and the action is constantly fast with some furious baddies.

After the defeat of the evil king, the kingdom of Wonder Land was a paradise... for a time. The peace was broken when a ferocious fire-breathing dragon struck without warning and took over Wonder Land with a swarm of evil, monstrous henchmen, turning the once-peaceful land into one of utter chaos; turning it into Monster Land! Unable to fight, the people looked to Wonder Boy. Realizing that he was Wonder Land's last hope, Wonder Boy set out on an incredible journey to rid the country of the monsters and to ultimately defeat the "invincible" evil dragon. Guide Wonder Boy through various environments and dungeons and defeat enemies, using special weapons and spells during the course of your journey!