Abadox: The Deadly Inner War

Release Year: 1990
Developer: Natsume (Milton Bradley?)

This game is weird...  But in a good way!  Floating eyeballs, brains, and other body parts seem hellbent on killing your flying, yellow guy.  The game seems to take place inside of some creature's body (as the title claims).  It's your standard sidescrolling shooter from the 90s - shoot things, shoot other things to get powerups, continue to shoot more things.  It's also INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.  I managed to get to the first boss (some weird zombie/alien/skeleton dog) before deciding to give up.

 

I'm beginning to remember how story and plot were not necessarily central to video games in my childhood.  With the huge budgets and massive teams of people working on today's AAA titles, it is easy to forget that video games can exist without even a semblance of plot or story - the only motivation to continue is to see how far you can get before breaking your controller in half.