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Bionic Commando follows hero Rad Spencer as he fights through enemy territory to rescue fellow commando, Super Joe.
Wizball is a shoot-em-up developed for many home computers and consoles by British studio Sensible Software. It follows the adventures of a wizard and his cat as they endeavor to bring color back to their world.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small town of Chaney’s Hill. It also featured open-world gameplay and RPG elements.
Sorcerian, also known as Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian, is an action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1987. It was considered unique for its party-based action combat, magic combination system, and open-ended multi-scenario system that could be extended with expansion packs.
Phantasy Star is an 8-Bit console RPG released for the Sega Master System. Featuring hours of story-driven dialog, first person dungeon exploring and an epic quest, Phantasy Star spawned numerous sequels and spinoffs.
One of the first action RPGs, The Magic of Scheherazade is a Culture Brain title for the NES (1989) and Famicom (1987, as Arabian Dream Scheherazade).
Designed as a copy of Super Mario Bros., The Great Giana Sisters is a platform game originally for the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST.
A head to head flight and combat simulation and the sequel to ACE (Air Combat Emulator).
After Burner is a classic Arcade shooter, designed by SEGA game creator legend Yu Suzuki. It was released first in the Japanese arcades in 1987.
An early example of a "Metroidvania"-style platformer, Legacy of the Wizard tells the tale of a family of adventurers who must use their combined abilities to seek the Dragon Slayer sword and defeat a powerful dragon deep in a twisting labyrinth.
Known as the first stealth-action game, Metal Gear tells the tale of Solid Snake, a rookie operative of the U.S. special forces unit FOXHOUND, as he infiltrates Outer Heaven, a fortified military compound, to destroy a mysterious superweapon known as "Metal Gear".
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world exploration, and hack & slash combat, including the earliest third-person hack & slash combat.
A Japanese role-playing game originally released in 1987 where the player character must investigate the death of two boys who were found near the entrance of a mansion.
Thundercats is a side-scrolling action-platformer based on the toy and cartoon franchise of the same name.
A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
The first game in the Ys series. The player controls Adol Christin who is on a quest to retrieve the six books of Ys which he will use to destroy the evil forces.
A side-scrolling shooter in the Gradius series. Unrelated to to Gradius 2 in the arcades, and was later ported to the Sharp X68000.
A sci-fi horror adventure game developed by Enix.
Swinging side scrolling run-and-gun by Capcom that would start an entire franchise. Ported to many of the computers of the day.
International Karate + is a 2D martial arts fighting game.
Rampage takes the staples of giant monster movies and molds them into a tongue-in-cheek action game.
Set in Medieval England, Defender of the Crown revolves around a Risk-like gameplay. It also features action sequences such as sword-fighting raids, jousting matches & sieges involving catapulting at enemy castles.
The third game in the Spy vs. Spy series takes things to an arctic setting and allows the Spys to fling snowballs at each other while setting traps and atempting to escape.
A sci-fi variant on Breakout that introduces power-ups and enemies to the format. It was originally developed by Taito for the Arcade and published on a multitude of home systems.
Arcade style game developed by Jeremy Smith and released in 1986.
Romancia is the third game in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series. Because of its cute graphics and simple gameplay, it is also known as "Dragon Slayer Jr."
A motocross simulator developed for the Arcade by Sega and later ported to many home consoles.
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up from Nihon Bussan, created originally for the Arcades and later ported to various home systems. It features a power-up system that causes the player's ship to change its appearance.
Count Dracula's dark presence has invited the heroic vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who must venture through six stages (filled with horrible monsters) with his trusty vampire-killing whip.
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