In 1988, the budget software publisher Mastertronic released a commercial port of Rogue for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit and ZX Spectrum computers.

Ultimate released a series of successful games for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, MSX and Commodore 64 computers from 1982 until its closure in 1988.

There was also a computer game called Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo released for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC platforms in 1988, by the now defunct computer game label Firebird.

Beginning in 1988, it was ported to the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Lynx, Amstrad CPC, Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Nintendo Entertainment System.

The game was ported to the Commodore 64 ( twice ) in 1987, the Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum in 1988, the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) in 1989, and the Game Boy Color in 1999.

Treasure Island Dizzy is a computer puzzle game published in 1988 by Codemasters for the Amstrad, Commodore 64, Spectrum, DOS, NES, Amiga and Atari ST.

is a skateboarding game released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Amstrad CPC, and IBM Compatibles running MS-DOS.

In 1988, the game was ported to the Sega Master System, MSX, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System ( published by Tengen ).

It was released by Sega for the arcades in 1987 and for the Sega Master System in 1988 ; Activision released the game for the Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Atari ST in 1989.

* Rockford ( 1988 – Arcade, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Arcade, Spectrum, Amstrad, C64 )-Rockford was originally a licensed arcade game produced by Arcadia Systems, and later converted to various home computer formats

There were several home versions of the original ; the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions were only released as part of the Game, Set and Match II compilation in 1988, and are poorly regarded by fans.

In 1987 it was ported to DOS, the Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ), Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Macintosh and finally, the Apple II in 1988.

The game was ported to several home systems, including the Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX and PC DOS in 1988 with the help of Imagine Software.

It was ported to the Apple II ( 1987 ), as a PC booter ( 1987 ), Apple IIGS ( 1988 ), Macintosh ( 1988 ), Amstrad CPC ( 1988 ), Atari ST ( 1989 ), Amiga ( 1990 ), Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1991 ), iPad ( 2011 ) and Windows Phone 7 ( 2012 ).

Ocean Software on their Imagine label, released licensed versions of Salamander for computer systems by Spectrum, Commodore and Amstrad in 1988.

Paperboy was ported to the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron ( by Andy Williams, 1986 ), Commodore 64 ( by Chris Harvey and Neil A Bate, 1986 ), Commodore 16 ( 1986 ), Amstrad CPC ( 1986 ), ZX Spectrum ( 1986 ), Apple II ( 1986 ), TRS-80 Color Computer ( 1986 ), DOS ( 1988 ), Apple IIGS ( 1988 ), Nintendo Entertainment System ( 1988 ), Game Boy ( 1990 ), Game Boy Color ( 1999 ), Atari ST ( 1989 ), Amiga ( 1989 ), Atari Lynx ( 1990 ), Sega Master System ( 1990 ), Game Gear ( 1991 ), and Mega Drive / Genesis ( 1991 ).

The same game was ported again, in 1987 and 1988, for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Enterprise 64 ; the game was also ported again for the Atari 8-bits and the Commodore 64.

A Star Wars: Droids ( computer game ) was released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC home computers.

It was released for Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari XL, Tatung Einstein ( all 1985 ), the BBC Micro ( 1987 ) and IBM Compatible and Atari ST ( both 1988 ).

* The Plot ( 1988 ; ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC ) titled ' The Gunpowder Plot '

Also, in early 1988, the marshes had become the refuge of deserters from the Iraqi army who attempted to maintain life in the fastness of the overgrown, desolate areas while hiding out from the authorities.

In desperation, Kaunda attempted to sever his ties with the IMF in May 1987 and introduce a New Economic Recovery Programme in 1988.

The magazine was again sold in 1988, after an uncertain period during which several candidates, including Rupert Murdoch, attempted to buy the magazine.

* Phobos 2 – 12 July 1988 – Mars orbiter / attempted Phobos landers ( contact lost )

No comprehensive reprint of the series had been attempted until Kitchen Sink Press began publishing the Li ' l Abner Dailies in hardcover and paperback, one year per volume, in 1988.

The Puerto Rican Renewal Party attempted to register again for the 1988 election but the effort failed for lack of support, and Padilla returned to the NPP in the Summer of 1988.

* A Very British Coup, 1988 3-episode miniseries, based on Chris Mullin's novel about an attempted right-wing overthrow of a left-wing British government

He attempted to quit the drug many times, but ultimately succumbed to his addiction, dying of an overdose on June 25, 1988 at age 26.

Also in 1988, loyalists working at the factory attempted to sell parts, information and knowledge of a new missile system to the apartheid government of South Africa.

In the spring of 1988, the government first attempted to find a compromise solution that would give easy access to abortion in the early stages of pregnancy and criminalize late term ones.

KCS also attempted to purchase the Southern Pacific Transportation Company from Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad Company, in 1988 only to be defeated by the Rio Grande's parent company Rio Grande Industries

Lewis attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1988 election, making an unsuccessful bid to represent Annapolis West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the Liberal Party.

Munro attempted to return to Parliament in the 1988 general election, in the riding of Lincoln but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Shirley Martin.

In 1988 it was attempted to resolve this by re-establishing all those genera split some 140 years earlier at subgenus rank inside Otus.

The next day, on June 26, 1988, Héctor attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the ninth floor of the Regency Hotel Condado in Puerto Rico.

Iraq attempted to annex Khūzestān and Ahvaz in 1980, resulting in the Iran – Iraq War ( 1980 – 1988 ).

The 1988 document indicated that 3. 7 percent of patients attempted suicide while on the blockbuster drug, a rate more than 12 times that cited for any of four other commonly used antidepressants.

On June 30, 1988, they attempted a repair on the Roentgen X-ray telescope.

Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram attempted the feat in a charity race on 29 October 1988.

In 1988, he was arrested and tried for the attempted murder of Kenneth " Tex " Clay, a Los Angeles area drug dealer who, prosecutors argued, had been shot by Bridges while on a binge.

It also attempted halting the book's Australian publication, but lost that action in 1987 ; it appealed but again lost in June 1988.

The firm, which was founded in 1905 was acquired by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in 1988 as it attempted to build an investment banking business.

E-II attempted to take over American Brands in 1988, but instead American Brands purchased E-II.