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As a nameless karateka, infiltrate the fortress of the vile warlord Akuma to rescue your beloved Princess Mariko in this 1984 side-scrolling martial arts action game from Jordan Mechner.
Players climb the tower, defeat Druaga and rescue Princess Ki in this maze-style, action role-playing game. Originally released by Namco for arcades in 1984, its combination of hack & slash combat and RPG elements laid the foundations for the action RPG genre.
Sinistar is a space shooter that revolves around the destruction of a malevolent world-eating star known as Sinistar. Being a twitch-based game, it rewards quick reflexes over tactics, strategy, or problem-solving.
Spider-Man casts you as the web-slinger in a neverending quest to save New York from the Green Goblin. You must swing your way to the tops of skyscrapers to disarm bombs, avoiding attacks by the Goblin and his minions.
Travel through time and shoot biplanes, fighter jets and alien spacecraft in this 1982 shoot 'em up from Konami.
Taito side-scroller released for arcades in 1982 and for the Atari 2600 in 1983, is a modified version of Jungle King. A three phase platformer that puts the player in the shoes of a typical jungle survivalist, tasked with rescuing a lady from the hands of a group of bloodthirsty cannibals.
Guide a jungle man through multiple dangers to rescue the heroine in this 1982 Taito arcade game. One of the first side-scrolling platformers, it was the first game with a ducking mechanic. Game graphics and name were changed to "Jungle Hunt" after the Burroughs estate sued Taito for infringing upon "Tarzan" copyrights.
1981 DECO Cassette System arcade action game, where DECO Kid flies and punches enemies in side-scrolling environments. Ahead of its time, it set precedents for mechanics such as multi-directional scrolling, bosses, energy bars, debris, invincibility, and score combos.
Released by SNK in 1980, it was an early shoot 'em up that featured human characters on foot instead of vehicles, spacecraft, or aliens. The player character faces off against multiple shuriken-throwing ninjas and along the way faces several bosses, such as a flame-shooting shinobi.
Samurai is the first known hack & slash brawler, released by Sega in 1980. The player character is armed with a sword and simultaneously faces multiple opponents in an arena before facing a boss opponent.
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.
Loosely based on TSR's Dungeons and Dragons pen-and-paper RPG, DND borrowed from D&D many of the things that later became staples of video games, such as player statistics, items, bosses, and leveling up.
Released by Sega in 1974, it was an early first-person light-gun shooter video game, featuring both single-player and multi-player modes.
Wild Gunman is a light gun shooter by Nintendo. There were two versions of the game: a 1974 FMV arcade game, and later a 1984 NES game developed by Intelligent Systems; the latter uses the NES Zapper to draw, aim and shoot the opponent.
Parsec 47 is an abstract top-down shooter developed by Japanese game developer Kenta Cho
An odd mix of a dating sim and a point 'n click action RPG.
They is a unique First Person Shooter where cyborgs, aliens and terrorists have consumed modern day England, and it's up to the player to discover why they came. Development of the game is currently halted.
A Japanese-exclusive 2D platformer for the PC Engine.
Japan-exclusive action RPG.
RPG developed by Technopolis Soft in 1992.
A platformer from Magnussoft.
The sequel to Jump Jack.
An Arkanoid-inspired game for PC.
magnussoft
Glory Destiny Online is the newest MMORPG by X-Legend Entertainment. It features eight classes, each with their own transformation ability.
Prey 2 was the follow-up to Human Head's first-person shooter Prey. Bethesda confirmed the game's cancelation on October 30, 2014.
Upcoming beat 'em up headed by newgrounds veterans Tom Fulp, Chris O'Neill, Johnny Utah, and Cory Beck
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