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- Circus is a variant of the 1977 arcade game. The player controls a springboard at the bottom of the screen and must launch clowns into the air in order to pop balloons. There are sixteen different variations included.
- Bowling · Ninepins is a bowling game with sixteen different variations. Players take turns trying to knock over all the pins trying not to throw their ball in the gutter. The first player to hit 99 points wins the game. Different variations use different pin layouts, a different number of balls, or bonus points for leaving the lead pin standing, simultaneous play for two players, and single-player practice mode for all variations. In the fox hunting variation, one player starts with a lead and the other player must catch up before that player reaches 99 points.
- Super Invaders is an action game in which the players must prevent aliens from landing on the earth. Players fire guided missiles which must be led to the alien UFO. The UFO releases a landing craft that will try to construct a platform for the UFO to land on, which ends the game. The player must shoot down the landing crafts to prevent the platform from being constructed. The UFO also becomes vulnerable at times. Hitting it while it is vulnerable will cause part of the platform to be destroyed again. The UFO can also try to dodge the incoming missiles and go into hyperspace, where it is invisible. Hitting the invisible UFO actually damages it and can destroy it after which a new UFO will appear. There are multiple game variations and it can be played solo or with two players playing at the same time and competing for the highest score.
- Hyperspace is an action game in which the players control spaceships. Moving the spaceship to hyperspace, firing missiles, and absorbing hits from enemies all cost energy. Players must find the mothership to refuel before energy runs out and eventually destroy all enemy ships. There are nine sectors in which the mothership can be located and players can use an overview map to find out where it currently is and where enemies can still be found. When playing with two players control is switched between players when using hyperspace. Only one player is active at a time, the other is always in hyperspace.
- Chess is a version of the classic board game of the same name.
- Soccer lets two players play association football. The game is divided into two halves of 4.5 minutes and the sides are switched in the second half. Players use the keypad to select one of the 11 footballers in the field and move them around with the joystick. When in control the ball can be kicked in the direction of the joystick. The game also detects off-side, corners, and throw-ins.
- Shooting Gallery features 32 variations of target shooting for one or two players. Games feature various targets that run, swim, or fly across the screen for the player to shoot at. Later releases contained an additional modifier for 64 variations. The players are displayed at the bottom of the screen with animals moving in different layers above them.
- Draughts allows for one or two players to play the board game checkers. When playing against the computer the player can choose to play either black or white and between three difficulty levels. Also included is the easy difficulty level where pieces must be captured if possible. The last mode allows the player to set up the board in any desired way. It's possible to switch between game modes mid-game.
- Chess II is an updated version of Chess (1979).
- Intelligence IV/Attack (Reversi) is a conversion of the board game Othello/Reversi. Players take turns to put markers on the board and capture any pieces that are enclosed in a straight or diagonal line. The game features variants for one or two players, with different handicaps and turn time limits.
- Horse Racing is an action game in which the player must jump a horse over hurdles at the right moment to prevent getting slowed down. There are sixteen different game variations, for one or two players, with water jumps, double oxers and moving the horses or scrolling the playfield.
- Super Maze is a maze game in which one or two players must try to escape a maze. There are 24 different game variants, ranging from time-limited, one or two players, grid mode (passages only show after passing through), blind mode (walls only show after bumping into them), changing labyrinths, and a mode with a computer pawn that navigates the labyrinth in reverse order but may not be touched. Each game a point can be won. Points are reset once a player reaches 10 points.
- Casino allows one or two players to play either roulette or a slot machine. In both games, the players decide the stakes and must try to reach 1000 points in pretend money or have the other player go bust.
- Golf allows one or two players to play on a par-71 course. The player on stroke moves the golfer into position and stroke the ball. Clouds give an indication of wind speed and direction. Each hole has a different distance that must be crossed. In two-player mode, the player furthest away is the next to be on stroke.
- Computer Challenge is a computer version of Connect Four. Two players can play against each other or one player can play against the computer with three skill levels and two board sizes (7x6, 8x6). Just as in the popular board game players insert tokens and try to match up four in a row. Unlike tic-tac-toe, a token cannot be placed anywhere, but only in the bottom-most available row in a column.
- Metropolis/Hangman is a Hangman variant in which the player must guess cities by inputting letters. If the letter is in the city name that must be guessed the letter's location is shown (can be multiple locations). If the letter is not correct a man moves closer to the gallows. After six wrong guesses, the man is hanged and disappears through the floor. The score is kept for up to nine games so two players can compete for the best score.
- Spider's Web is a pac-man variant. The player controls a spider-monster and must gobble up all insects in the top-down maze. Each insect eaten earns the player points. The player is chased by four horrors that must be avoided. When the player eats a green insect he briefly gains the power to defeat the horrors. If the player manages to eat four horrors within five seconds an extra life is won allowing the player to score even more points. There are twelve game variations with different maze layouts, insect locations, and game speeds.
- Basic Maths is an educational game in which players solve sums of addition and subtraction. Players can compete for score. There are four difficulty levels.
- Super-Space is a game similar to Defender (1981). The player controls a spacecraft and can fly either left or right in a scrolling environment. Zylon spacecraft need to be shot down and energy stations defended. Indicators at the bottom of the screen show which energy station is currently under attack. When taking damage from enemy projectiles the ship's shields will deplete. Shields can be recharged in special stations. While recharging the player can fire homing missiles. When playing with two players one of the players controls the Zylons.
- Maths Two is a similar game as Basic Maths (1977), with the addition of division and multiplication.
- Backgamon (sic) is a computer version of the board game backgammon. Players roll dice to move men over the game board with the aim of being the first to move all fifteen off of the board. The typical rules of backgammon apply. Players roll two dice (if a pair is rolled it becomes four for that turn with the extra two being a copy of the original pair) to move their pieces to an empty slot, a slot occupied by their own pieces, or a slot that contains only one of their opponent's pieces. Doing that will send their opponent's piece back to their own home base. The game can be played against the computer or against another player.
- Cockpit puts the player in the role of a pilot of a civil aircraft. The player must first successfully take off the plane and while in the air keep the horizon level and once the landing strip is shown land the plane again. If things go wrong the player can eject the pilot and must try to land him safely in between to cacti.
- Auto Sports 10 is a top-down racing game with 10 variations. There are three different game types. Grand Prix uses a scrolling racetrack that is straight on which the player must avoid collision with other cars. Monte Carly Rally is similar but with bends in the road and other hazards. Brands Hatch shows a fixed-screen top-down racetrack with many tight bends that must be lapped.
- Blackjack plays the classic card game using Las Vegas rules. Players try to get their card value as close to 21 without going over. On a turn, the player can either hit, stay or double. The player can also accept or refuse insurance.
- Tank/Plane Battle features 26 different game variations. There are sixteen top-down tank battle games with different playfield conditions (day/night, clear or with various different barricades or minefields) and ten top-down flight combat games with different types of airplanes (biplanes, jets) and cloud formations.
- Solitaire is a peg jumping game for one person. A cross of 33 locations occupied by pegs is displayed on the screen. The player can jump pegs over others to remove the jumped peg. The goal is to clear the entire cross, leaving one final peg in the middle.
- Winter Sports features two skiing games: ski jumping and slalom. Ski jumping uses both a side-view and a perspective birds-eye view to display the action. In the side view the skier can be seen going down the ramp and in the birds-eye view, the landing is witnessed. Different game settings have different wind behavior. The slalom game has no settings. The goal is to move the skier through the various gates.
- Code Breaker is a computer version of the board game Mastermind. The computer thinks of a code and the player must try to guess it. After each guess the number of correct symbols and correct symbols in the correct location is made known, giving clues for the player to induce the actual code. There are 16 different game variants for one or two players, using four-digit codes. Depending on the game variation codes can consist of numbers and or symbols and a time limit can be present.
- Motocross is confusingly, a drag racing game. Cars are shown in side-view similar to Atari's Drag Race (1977). The players must change gear at the right moment to reach top speed. After eight laps a winner is declared and a high-score is kept.
- Outer Space Combat contains multiple space-related games. Variant one has a cross-hair in the center of the screen that is used to fire at enemy space ships. Using the controller the player can line them up. Ships that aren't shot will ram the player and reduce points. Variant two is for two players where both players must coordinate to dock a spaceship on a space station. One player controls the ship the other the station. The third variant has one player attacking the other from the left side of the screen. The other must dodge the laser fire. The fourth variant again places one player in the role of a combatant and the other making defensive maneuvers, but this time the combatant uses the first person targeting from variant one. All games last 99 seconds and are about scoring the most points. Additionally, each game has two speed variants.
- Air/Sea Attack features 20 different game variants. Eight variants feature air battles, the other twelve are sea battles. Games generally involve controlling a submarine, destroyer, or airplane each trying to drop bombs or fire torpedoes in an attempt to destroy each other. Different variants allow for one or two players.
- Invaders is a Space Invaders (1978) variant. Players control a tank at the bottom of the screen and fire at incoming aliens that fly in diagonal patterns. There are various bunkers at the bottom of the screen to hide from incoming fire. A UFO can fly by at the top of the screen periodically which earns bonus points when shot down. The game plays significantly slower than the arcade original, something that was rectified in the release for the Voltmace Database console variant. The game features a day and night mode for different difficulties as well as one and two-player variants with different weaponry and/or no bunkers.
- Pinball is an early pinball game with support for one or two players. The playfield features six obstacles, whose labeled point values increment sequentially from one to nine when struck by the ball. Two turning mills at the top of the screen can be struck to close gates on the left and right sides of the playfield. After the score exceeds 200 points, the flippers become shorter, leaving more space between them for the ball to fall through. There are four different variations of gameplay, allowing the player to choose one or two pairs of flippers with normal or fastball speed. Each player is allotted five balls per game.
- Follow the Leader/Electronic Music is a music cartridge that plays tunes and allows the player to record their own tunes. A game is also included in the form of a musical version of Simon Says. A series of notes are played and the player must repeat them by hitting the corresponding keys. The sequences get harder and longer the further the player gets without errors.
- Prizefight is a boxing game for two players. Players fight until a knockout or when a winner is declared based on points earned each round.
- Treasure Hunt features 16 different game variants for one or two players. There are two basic variants. A concentration game in which pairs of tiles need to be found and a treasure hunt where one flag is hidden in the cards and players receive hints when looking around but are limited in movement.
- Olympics contains 60 game variations, most of them Pong variants. Games included are 10 Ping Pong variants, 10 Hockey variants, 5 Tennis variants, 5 Volleyball variants, 10 Basketball variants and 20 Breakout variants. Many of the variants incur different penalties to the left or right player.