Brøderbund Software Games - LaunchBox Games Database

A.E.

Apple II

Released

1982

Community Rating: 4.24
Total Votes: 33

4.2

A.E. is a Space Invaders inspired game with a 3D view. In A.E. the earth is under attack by swarms of aliens who...

A.E.

Commodore VIC-20

Released

1982

Community Rating: 3.55
Total Votes: 10

3.5

A.E. is a Space Invaders inspired game with a 3D view. In A.E. the earth is under attack by swarms of aliens who...

A.E.

Atari 800

Released

1982

Community Rating: 4.19
Total Votes: 13

4.2

A.E. is a Space Invaders inspired game with a 3D view. In A.E. the earth is under attack by swarms of aliens who...

Airheart

Apple II

Released

1986

Community Rating: 4.65
Total Votes: 24

4.6

Operating a floatation device similar to Toobin', but jet-propelled, you challenge for supreme title of “Airheart”...

Alien Rain

Apple II

Released

1980

Community Rating: 4.55
Total Votes: 22

4.5

Alien Rain (also called Apple Galaxian) is a clone of the arcade game Galaxian. It is a shoot-'em-up where a...

Alien Tales

Windows 3.X

Released

1995

Community Rating: 3.88
Total Votes: 4

3.9

With more than 30 award-winning science-fiction novels as inspiration, this creative game gets kids into reading by...

Alien Typhoon

Apple II

Released

1981

Community Rating: 4.37
Total Votes: 19

4.4

Alien Typhoon is an enhanced version of Apple Galaxian (Alien Rain),with more aliens on screen. In essence it is a...

Apple Panic

Apple II

Released

1981

Community Rating: 4.59
Total Votes: 17

4.6

Apple Panic is a platform game based on the arcade game Space Panic (1980, Universal) and ported to the Apple II by...

Apple Panic

MS-DOS

Released

1982

Community Rating: 2.71
Total Votes: 8

2.7

Apple Panic is a platform game based on the arcade game Space Panic (1980, Universal). You control a digger, armed...

Apple Panic

Atari 800

Released

1982

Community Rating: 3.25
Total Votes: 6

3.2

Apple Panic is a platform game based on the arcade game Space Panic (1980, Universal) and ported to the Apple II by...

Arcade Game Construction Kit

Commodore 64

Released

1988

Community Rating: 4.67
Total Votes: 6

4.7

Arcade Game Construction Kit is a 1988 game creation system that allows users to design arcade-style games. It was...

Arthur's Birthday

Windows 3.X

Released

1994

Community Rating: 3.55
Total Votes: 11

3.5

Arthur's Birthday is an interactive storybook adaptation of Marc Brown's original picture book. Arthur is very...

Arthur's Reading Race

Windows 3.X

Released

1996

Community Rating: 3.15
Total Votes: 10

3.1

In Arthur’s Reading Race by Living Books, the main character Arthur challenges his younger sister D.W. to read 10...

Ascendancy

MS-DOS

Released

1995

Community Rating: 4.02
Total Votes: 30

4.0

Ascendancy is similar to, but nevertheless very different from, Master of Orion. You play one of many races, each...

Breakers

MS-DOS

Released

1986

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 3

3.0

The protagonist of the game finds himself among the Breakers, an ancient race still harboring the hopes for a day...

Breakers

Commodore 64

Released

1986

Community Rating: 0.50
Total Votes: 1

0.5

The protagonist of the game finds himself among the Breakers, an ancient race still harboring the hopes for a day...

Breakers

Apple II

Released

February 17, 1986

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 6

5.0

The protagonist of the game finds himself among the Breakers, an ancient race still harboring the hopes for a day...

Breakers

Atari ST

Released

1986

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

The protagonist of the game finds himself among the Breakers, an ancient race still harboring the hopes for a day...

Brimstone

Commodore 64

Released

1985

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

This real time all-text tale puts you in the role of Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table. It takes place in a...

Brimstone

Apple II

Released

1985

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 6

5.0

This real time all-text tale puts you in the role of Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table. It takes place in a...

Brimstone

Atari 800

Released

1985

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

This real time all-text tale puts you in the role of Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table. It takes place in a...

Brimstone

Apple Mac OS

Released

1985

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

This real time all-text tale puts you in the role of Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table. It takes place in a...

Brimstone

MS-DOS

Released

1985

Community Rating: 3.67
Total Votes: 3

3.7

This real time all-text tale puts you in the role of Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table. It takes place in a...

Captain Goodnight and the Islands of Fear

Apple II

Released

1985

Community Rating: 4.81
Total Votes: 8

4.8

An ultimatum has been received at F.O.G. HQ. The ultimatum: 200 billion dollars in gold bullion must be delivered...

Carmen Sandiego Math Detective

Windows

Released

1998

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 2

3.0

Carmen Sandiego has shrunk famous landmarks into crystals using the Quantum Crystallizer machine, which the player...

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

Windows

Released

1997

Community Rating: 3.14
Total Votes: 11

3.1

Carmen Sandiego, international fugitive and head of V.I.L.E., has hatched a brand new scheme. Using her latest...

Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

Windows 3.X

Released

1997

Community Rating: 4.62
Total Votes: 4

4.6

Carmen Sandiego, international fugitive and head of V.I.L.E., has hatched a brand new scheme. Using her latest...

Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition

Windows

Released

June 1, 1995

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 2

3.0

Carmen is up to her old tricks again but now there's some young blood at ACME. This Carmen Sandiego game,...

Carmen Sandiego: Junior Detective Edition

Windows 3.X

Released

June 1, 1995

Community Rating: 2.67
Total Votes: 3

2.7

Carmen is up to her old tricks again but now there's some young blood at ACME. This Carmen Sandiego game,...

Cauldron

Commodore 64

Released

April 1, 1985

Community Rating: 4.19
Total Votes: 18

4.2

Playing a witch, you must assemble the six ingredients required to kill off your arch-rival, an evil pumpkin. The...

Centauri Alliance

Commodore 64

Released

1990

Community Rating: 4.00
Total Votes: 2

4.0

Describing Centauri Alliance as "The Bard’s Tale in Space" would be fitting since it was designed by Michael...

Centauri Alliance

Apple II

Released

1990

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 4

5.0

Describing Centauri Alliance as "The Bard’s Tale in Space" would be fitting since it was designed by Michael...

Championship Lode Runner

Microsoft MSX

Released

1985

Community Rating: 2.50
Total Votes: 3

2.5

A follow-up to the original Lode Runner, with identical gameplay. This package contained 50 of the most challenging...

Championship Lode Runner

MS-DOS

Released

1984

Community Rating: 3.67
Total Votes: 6

3.7

A follow-up to the original Lode Runner, with identical gameplay. This package contained 50 of the most challenging...

Championship Lode Runner

Apple II

Released

December 1, 1984

Community Rating: 4.71
Total Votes: 7

4.7

A follow-up to the original Lode Runner, with identical gameplay. This package contained 50 of the most challenging...

Championship Lode Runner

Commodore 64

Released

1984

Community Rating: 3.90
Total Votes: 5

3.9

A follow-up to the original Lode Runner, with identical gameplay. This package contained 50 of the most challenging...

Championship Lode Runner

Atari 800

Released

1985

Community Rating: 4.50
Total Votes: 3

4.5

A follow-up to the original Lode Runner, with identical gameplay. This package contained 50 of the most challenging...

Choplifter!

Apple II

Released

1982

Community Rating: 4.86
Total Votes: 11

4.9

Choplifter! is a side-scrolling action/arcade game that puts you in command of an attack chopper. Your mission: Go...

Choplifter!

Atari 800

Released

1982

Community Rating: 4.03
Total Votes: 15

4.0

Choplifter! is a side-scrolling action/arcade game that puts you in command of an attack chopper. Your mission: Go...

Choplifter!

Commodore 64

Released

July 1, 1982

Community Rating: 3.97
Total Votes: 27

4.0

Choplifter! is a side-scrolling action/arcade game that puts you in command of an attack chopper. Your mission: Go...

Cyborg

Apple Mac OS

Released

1984

Community Rating: 4.50
Total Votes: 1

4.5

A science fiction text adventure game in which an artificial intelligence is electronically merged with your body...

Darby the Dragon

Windows

Released

1996

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 1

5.0

Darby the Dragon is a beautifully animated variation on the classic 'Dungeons and Dragons' critical thinking...

Darby the Dragon

ScummVM

Released

1996

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 1

5.0

Darby is the prince of Dragondale, and one day he finds a magic wand just lying around. Intrigued, he takes it and...

David's Midnight Magic

Apple II

Released

April 21, 1982

Community Rating: 2.50
Total Votes: 1

2.5

David's Midnight Magic is a simple pinball game designed for 1-4 players. The game was modeled on the popular Black...

David's Midnight Magic

Atari 800

Released

1982

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 2

5.0

David's Midnight Magic is a simple pinball game designed for 1-4 players. The game was modeled on the popular Black...

David's Midnight Magic

Commodore 64

Released

1983

Community Rating: 4.13
Total Votes: 6

4.1

David's Midnight Magic is a simple pinball game designed for 1-4 players. The game was modeled on the popular Black...

Deadly Towers

Nintendo Entertainment System

Released

December 15, 1986

Community Rating: 2.62
Total Votes: 56

2.6

You are young Prince Myer, setting out to defend the ancient kingdom of Willner. Rubas, King of Devils, has built a...

Discover Space

MS-DOS

Released

1992

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 1

5.0

Discover the universe inside your computer! With Discover Space, you can explore the full spectrum of the universe....

Downhill Challenge

Commodore Amiga

Released

1988

Community Rating: 3.77
Total Votes: 4

3.8

Downhill Challenge is a sports game, developed by Microïds and published by Brøderbund Software, which was released...

Downhill Challenge

MS-DOS

Released

1989

Community Rating: 2.30
Total Votes: 5

2.3

This skiing game is viewed from behind the player in 3D. There are four different events available – Slalom, Giant...

Downhill Challenge

Apple IIGS

Released

1989

Community Rating: 3.33
Total Votes: 6

3.3

Downhill Challenge is a view-from-behind 3d skiing game developed by Microïds in 1988, published in the US by...

Downhill Challenge

Atari ST

Released

1988

Community Rating: 4.50
Total Votes: 2

4.5

This skiing game is viewed from behind the player in 3D. There are four different events available – Slalom, Giant...

Downhill Challenge (Brøderbund Software)

Commodore 64

Released

1988

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 3

3.0

This skiing game is viewed from behind the player in 3D. There are four different events available – Slalom, Giant...

Drol

Commodore 64

Released

1983

Community Rating: 3.50
Total Votes: 2

3.5

Drol is a platform game where you play a cute robot that can fly and shoot. Your goal is to rescue children that...

Drol

Apple II

Released

1983

Community Rating: 4.62
Total Votes: 5

4.6

Drol is a platform game where you play a cute robot that can fly and shoot. Your goal is to rescue children that...

Drol

Atari 800

Released

1983

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 2

5.0

Drol is a platform game where you play a cute robot that can fly and shoot. Your goal is to rescue children that...

Dueling Digits

Apple II

Released

1982

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

Dueling Digits is a 1 - 2 player competitive math game for the Apple II. It's a dark age. The art and science of...

Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball

Nintendo Entertainment System

Released

October 27, 1989

Community Rating: 3.52
Total Votes: 44

3.5

Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball is a one- or two-player NES video game where players can pick and choose various...

Essex

Commodore 64

Released

1985

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

In this real time all-text game, a sightseeing tour of the Starship Essex turns into hard work when a dying agent...

Essex

Apple II

Released

1985

Community Rating: 2.50
Total Votes: 1

2.5

In this real time all-text game, a sightseeing tour of the Starship Essex turns into hard work when a dying agent...

Essex

MS-DOS

Released

1985

Community Rating: 3.12
Total Votes: 4

3.1

In this real time all-text game, a sightseeing tour of the Starship Essex turns into hard work when a dying agent...

Galactic Saga I: Galactic Empire

Apple II

Released

August 13, 1980

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 1

5.0

Galactic Empire is the first game in what was to become the Galactic Saga. It is an early example of the space...

Galactic Saga II: Galactic Trader

Apple II

Released

1980

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 1

5.0

Galactic Trader is the sequel to Galactic Empire and the second game in the Galactic Saga. The planet Galactica's...

Galactic Saga III: Galactic Revolution

Apple II

Released

August 15, 1980

Community Rating: 5.00
Total Votes: 1

5.0

Galactic Revolution is the sequel to Galactic Empire and Galactic Trader and the third game in the Galactic...

Galactic Saga IV: Tawala's Last Redoubt

Apple II

Released

August 15, 1981

Community Rating: 4.50
Total Votes: 1

4.5

Tawala's Last Redoubt is the fourth and final game in the Galactic Saga. In the previous game, Galactic Revolution,...

Galaxy Wars

Apple II

Released

1981

Community Rating: 4.00
Total Votes: 1

4.0

Galaxy Wars is a 1-player space-themed arcade game for the Apple II. The player controls a small rocket ship...

Galleons of Glory: The Secret Voyage of Magellan

MS-DOS

Released

1990

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 2

3.0

This historical simulation game recreates the voyage of Portuguese explorer Magellan as he attempted to...

Genetic Drift

Atari 800

Released

1982

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

You are surrounded on all 4 sides by genetic mutations. Positioned in the center of the screen, the player can fire...

Genetic Drift

Apple II

Released

1981

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

You are surrounded on all 4 sides by genetic mutations. Positioned in the center of the screen, the player can fire...

Golden Mountain

Apple II

Released

1980

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

Golden Mountain is a 1-player versus computer low-res strategy game for the Apple II. A large house stands atop...

Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon

ScummVM

Released

October 1, 1996

Community Rating: 4.07
Total Votes: 7

4.1

Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon is a children's adventure game (aimed at ages 4-7) that tells the story of Gregory...

Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon

Windows

Released

October 1, 1996

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

Gregory and the Hot Air Balloon is a children's adventure game (aimed at ages 4-7) that tells the story of Gregory...

Gumball

Commodore 64

Released

1983

Community Rating: 4.08
Total Votes: 6

4.1

You play as a worker at a gumball factory, where you must move through the ranks of the factory by successfully...

Gumball

Apple II

Released

1983

Community Rating: 4.75
Total Votes: 2

4.8

You play as a worker at a gumball factory, where you must move through the ranks of the factory by successfully...

Gumball

Atari 800

Released

1983

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 1

You play as a worker at a gumball factory, where you must move through the ranks of the factory by successfully...

Hyper Head-On

Apple II

Released

1981

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

Hyper Head-on is a one player arcade racing game featuring two vehicles travelling in opposite directions on a...

If It Moves, Shoot It!

MS-DOS

Released

1989

Community Rating: 2.71
Total Votes: 6

2.7

It is up to you to combat the Korts and free the lost settlers in this classic-style top-down shooter. Newer and...

In the 1st Degree

Windows

Released

August 31, 1995

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

You take the role of a prosecuting attorney in this legal thriller. Using film of real actors, you must question...

In the 1st Degree

Windows 3.X

Released

August 31, 1995

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 1

3.0

You take the role of a prosecuting attorney in this legal thriller. Using film of real actors, you must question...

Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword

MS-DOS

Released

1989

Community Rating: 2.25
Total Votes: 2

2.2

In the 14th century, England has a presence in France, and as Charles, it's up to you to get rid of them. You are...

Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword

Commodore Amiga

Released

1988

Community Rating: 2.92
Total Votes: 6

2.9

In the 14th century, England has a presence in France, and as Charles, it's up to you to get rid of them. You are...

Karateka

Commodore 64

Released

July 15, 1984

Community Rating: 3.33
Total Votes: 20

3.3

Returning home after years of study under a Master of Karate, you find your village burned to the ground. Your...

Karateka

Atari ST

Released

1988

Community Rating: 2.75
Total Votes: 2

2.8

The evil Akuma has destroyed the protagonist's homeland, killed many of his friends and kidnapped the princess...

Karateka

Amstrad CPC

Released

1990

Community Rating: 3.50
Total Votes: 1

3.5

The evil Akuma has destroyed the protagonist's homeland, killed many of his friends and kidnapped the princess...

Karateka

Atari 7800

Released

July 1, 1984

Community Rating: 1.92
Total Votes: 38

1.9

The game begins with an impressive graphic of the fortress of the evil Akuma. Akuma is holding the lovely Princess...

Karateka

Apple II

Released

1984

Community Rating: 4.21
Total Votes: 14

4.2

Karateka is a 1984 martial arts action game by Jordan Mechner, and was his first published game, created while...

Karateka

MS-DOS

Released

1986

Community Rating: 4.12
Total Votes: 16

4.1

The evil Akuma has destroyed the protagonist's homeland, killed many of his friends and kidnapped the princess...

Karateka

Atari 800

Released

1985

Community Rating: 4.06
Total Votes: 8

4.1

The player controls an unnamed protagonist who is attempting to rescue his love interest, the Princess Mariko, from...

Kid Pix

MS-DOS

Released

1991

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

Kid Pix is an educational software used for art, originally created by Craig Hickman in 1989 and later published...

Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge

Windows 3.X

Released

February 3, 1997

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

Koala Lumpur is a mystical, Zen-master wanna-be, spouting mystical and karmic nonsense in a wacky cartoon world....

Koala Lumpur: Journey to the Edge

Windows

Released

February 3, 1997

Community Rating: 3.50
Total Votes: 1

3.5

Koala Lumpur, mystic marsupial, mistakenly utters an incantation starting a chain reaction which, if left...

Labyrinth

Apple II

Released

1982

Community Rating: 2.50
Total Votes: 1

2.5

This is a maze style single shooter rescue game involving a labyrinth named Prince Julians's diamond mines, beneath...

Labyrinth

Atari 800

Released

1982

Community Rating: 4.00
Total Votes: 1

4.0

This is a maze style single shooter rescue game involving a labyrinth named Prince Julians's diamond mines, beneath...

L'Art de la Guerre

Atari ST

Released

1990

Community Rating: None
Total Votes: 0

The Ancient Art of War is a real-time strategy game based on the very basic elements of war: unit types, formation,...

L'Art de la Guerre

Amstrad CPC

Released

1990

Community Rating: 3.00
Total Votes: 2

3.0

The Ancient Art of War is a real-time strategy game based on the very basic elements of war: unit types, formation,...

Legacy of the Wizard

Nintendo Entertainment System

Released

July 10, 1987

Community Rating: 3.71
Total Votes: 59

3.7

Long, long ago, an evil dragon terrorized the forest until it was imprisoned by a powerful wizard. Now, years...

Lemonade Tycoon

Web Browser

Released

May 14, 2002

Community Rating: 3.75
Total Votes: 4

3.8

Lemonade Tycoon, first released as Lemonade Inc., is a Shockwave-based game. A free, limited version is available...

Living Books: ABC by Dr. Seuss

ScummVM

Released

1995

Community Rating: 3.92
Total Votes: 7

3.9

Dr. Seuss’s ABC is a Living Book adaptation based on Dr. Seuss’s original picture book. In this book, children...

Living Books: Arthur's Birthday

Windows

Released

February 2, 1999

Community Rating: 3.58
Total Votes: 6

3.6

Arthur's having a birthday party on Saturday. But - oh no! - Muffy's having a party the same time. What a...

Living Books: Arthur's Birthday

ScummVM

Released

1994

Community Rating: 3.17
Total Votes: 3

3.2

Arthur's Birthday is an interactive storybook for children, created with the Mohawk Living Books player. The book...

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A.E.

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1982

4.2

A.E.

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1982

3.5

A.E.

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1982

4.2

Airheart

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1986

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Alien Rain

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1980

4.5

Alien Tales

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1995

3.9

Alien Typhoon

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1981

4.4

Apple Panic

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1981

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Apple Panic

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1982

2.7

Apple Panic

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1982

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Arcade Game Construction Kit

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1988

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Arthur's Birthday

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1994

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Arthur's Reading Race

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Ascendancy

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Breakers

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Breakers

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1986

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Breakers

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Breakers

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Brimstone

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Brimstone

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1985

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Brimstone