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A Famicom port of Enix's classic sci-fi horror adventure game, JESUS.
Last Armageddon was only released in Japan for the MSX and PC-8801 in 1988. Then for the Sharp X68000 on March 1st 1989, TurboGrafx CD on August 31st 1990, NES on November 10th 1990, and FM Towns.
Help Billy and Jimmy avenge Marion's death in this sequel to the beat-em-up arcade classic.
A post-apocalyptic RPG taking place in the Southwest United States shortly after the end of WWIII, the player took on the role of a group of Desert Rangers defending the last of humanity as they investigated mysterious disturbances within the desert and the surrounding ruins such as Las Vegas.
Was produced and released in 1988 to coincide with the anime movie of the same name released earlier that year.
Hoshi wo Miru Hito is a sci-fi themed Japanese RPG released for the NES in 1987, noteworthy for its difficulty and poor construction. It was only released in Japan.
The original game in the Megami Tensei franchise. Based on a novel by Aya Nishitani, it introduced many of the elements the series is known for such as demon bartering and fusing.
A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
A sci-fi horror adventure game developed by Enix.
An early action-platformer for home computers. Set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, the player is tasked with assembling old-world power armor to defeat humanity's alien slave masters.
An early role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the PC-88, PC-98 and FM-7 computers in 1986 and ported to MS-DOS by Brøderbund. An early RPG-shooter hybrid, it was one of the first computer games with polygonal 3D environments, along with full 360-degree third-person exploration for indoor environments.
The first Famicom adaptation of the Hokuto no Ken manga and anime franchise, best known in the US and Europe as Fist of the North Star.
This game was the first Hokuto No Ken that was released for the PC-88 computer that was an adventure game.
Time Gal must save the world by traveling through time and stopping an evil thief from using a time traveling device in order to become the supreme leader of his time. This game was originally released in Japanese arcades in 1985 and later ported to the Sega CD.
Brain Breaker is an epic open-world platform-adventure for the Sharp X1 Japanese home computer. It was an early Metroidvania-style game, predating both Metroid and Castlevania. It was designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and published by Enix in 1985.
Squaresoft's first RPG, this was an early futuristic sci-fi RPG for the PC-8801 and PC-9801 computers, featuring a post-apocalyptic setting and isometric, tactical turn-based battles.
Will: The Death Trap II is a video game developed and published by Squaresoft in 1985, for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Fujitsu FM-7 and Sharp X1 computers. Developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the game was a technical milestone for its real-time animated cutscenes, rendered using animated bitmap graphics, as well as its soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu.
The Screamer is a 1985 cyberpunk-horror action RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi setting. It was released by Magical Zoo, for the PC-8801 in 1985 and for the PC-9801 and X1 in 1986. An English fan translation was released in January 2015.
An early Japanese RPG released by Hot-B in 1984 that departed from the fantasy themes of most other early RPGs in favour of what is possibly gaming's first sci-fi cyberpunk plot. Set in a post-apocalyptic city, the game revolves around an amnesiac protagonist with psychic powers.
A sci-fi adventure game from Enix, released in 1983. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story is about the last survivors of a nuclear war going into crygenic sleep and waking up a hundred years later. The game features a day-night cycle that impacts the story, where certain events may only occur at a specific time.
An early 1983 laserdisc video game released by Nihon Bussan and Data East, based on the anime film Harmagedon released that same year.
A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.
1979 first-person shoot 'em up, from the developer of Space Invaders, Taito.
Originally called Space Invaders Part II in Japan, this is the first sequel to the coin-munching hit Space Invaders. This game is notable for introducing the concept of a cut-scene.
Space Invaders, released in arcades by Taito in 1978, is one of the most influential and successful video games of all time, laying the foundations for most shooters and action games that followed. It revolutionized the game industry and has become a pop culture icon.
Zombie apocalypse-themed roguelike no longer in active development.
A post-apocalyptic third-person RPG that was to be released in 2014.
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Zombie Highway 2 is an endless runner in which the player controls a moving vehicle by tilting their mobile device’s screen. The objective is to keep your vehicle from falling over by zombies who latch onto the car and attempt to knock it down.
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