Gauntlet
Multi-player dungeon crawler from Atari Games. Converted by Gremlin Graphics. British Golden Joystick Game of the Year 1986. Deep editorial on the flagship page.
Published Titles
Commando
Capcom's vertical scrolling arcade shooter. The C64 version with Rob Hubbard's legendary SID music was published by Elite Systems in 1985; US Gold published later home computer versions. Deep editorial on the flagship page.
California Games
Epyx multi-event sports game - surfing, footbag, BMX, skating, frisbee. US Gold held European rights to the entire Epyx sports series.
Bionic Commando
Capcom arcade action game. One of the first titles under the 1988 Capcom deal. The grappling-hook mechanic was unlike anything else at the time.
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Capcom's platformer sequel by Tokuro Fujiwara. Converted by Software Creations. Arthur must complete the game twice to see the true ending. Deep editorial on the flagship page.
Strider
Capcom's acrobatic arcade action game. Hiryu scales the Kazakh mountains and battles the Grandmaster. One of the most visually ambitious Capcom titles of the late 1980s.
Black Tiger
Capcom's action-RPG hybrid. The player rescues captured sages, upgrades equipment and battles dragon bosses across scrolling fantasy levels.
World Cup Italia '90
Official FIFA World Cup 1990 football simulation. Released to coincide with the tournament. England's semi-final run made it a must-have title that summer.
Street Fighter II
Capcom's defining fighting game. Tiertex conversion for Amiga/ST; US Gold published the SNES version in Europe. Shop queues, sold-out shelves, and a genre reborn. Deep editorial on the flagship page.
World Cup USA '94
Official FIFA World Cup 1994 title. US Gold returned to the tournament licence four years after Italia '90. Brazil's triumph gave the game a fairytale ending for European players.