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A basketball game by Konami, originally for the Arcade and ported to home consoles. It is part of Konami's "Exciting" sports series.
A mathematics-themed game where players move around a grid 'munching' numbers that fit a specific pattern.
A side scrolling action game with a female protagonist. The original 1986 8-bit game was later remade for the Genesis/MegaDrive and the PC-Engine Super CD formats. It is (in a sense) both the first and last game in the Valis series.
One of the first Dragon Ball video games ever released, Shenron no Nazo follows the first two volumes of the Dragon Ball manga. It's better known outside of Japan for its heavily-localized North American release (as Dragon Power).
The second game in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series of historical simulation-strategy games set in the warring states era of Japan, and the first to be released outside of Japan.
A horror-themed point-and-click adventure game that centers around the loss of a sibling and other supernatural occurrences. It was one of the original MacVenture games, along with Déjà Vu and Shadowgate.
Alpha (アルファ) is a visual novel adventure game, developed and published by Squaresoft in 1986, for the PC-8801 & PC-9801 and FM-7 computers. It was known for its real-time animated cutscenes, epic cyberpunk space opera narrative, and scantily-clad heroine.
A first-person adventure game with RPG elements, released by Microcabin in 1986. The game featured environments rendered in 3D polygon graphics, for possibly the first time in a home video game, along with early survival horror elements. However, the game is better remembered for its cyberpunk narrative, which was adapted into a sci-fi novel shortly afterwards.
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.
F-15 Strike Eagle is an F-15 Strike Eagle combat flight simulator first released in 1985 by MicroProse.
An action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1985 that was the company's first blockbuster success, becoming one of the best selling Japanese PC games of all time.
The Earth Fighter Rayieza (地球戦士ライーザ Chikyū Senshi Raīza?) is a role-playing game developed and published by Enix (currently Square Enix) in 1985 for the NEC PC-8801, FM-7, Sharp X1 and MSX personal computer systems, and later ported to the NES.
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.
Road Avenger is an interactive action movie game, telling the story of an ex-cop avenging the murder of his wife with his highly modified car. Essentially a very long series of QTE car chases, the player reacts to on-screen prompts/situations to direct the action on screen.
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.
Revenge of the Ninja is the U.S. release of the Japanese arcade game, Ninja Hayate. Originally released on the Sega CD, the title saw a Japan-only Playstation and Saturn release as part of a double packaged Time Gal and Ninja Hayate.
Badlands is a laser disc western published by Konami. The gameplay uses single-button quick-draw mechanics. The plot is dark in tone, following a cowboy seeking revenge for his family's murder. It's possible to kill innocent civilians, but the player is punished for it.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
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.
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.
Starfighters, also known as Star Fighters, is a laserdisc game released by ASCII for the MSX computer in 1984. It was the first computer game to use pre-rendered 3D polygon graphics, combined with real-time 2D sprites.
Kidou Senshi Gundam Part 2: Tobe! Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム PART 2 翔べ!ガンダム "Mobile Suit Gundam Part 2: Fly! Gundam") is an adventure/shooter/RPG from 1984, based on the Mobile Suit Gundam anime series. It anticipated several gameplay elements later found in FPS, TPS and action RPG games.
LaserDisc arcade game released in 1984 that was later ported to Sega CD and iOS. Players take to the skies in their Super Cobra attack helicopter to save the world from terrorism.
Based on the Japanese anime of the same name, Albegas was a 1983 laserdisc game by Sega that differentiated itself by allowing the choice of different paths to take throughout the game. Bally Midway released the game in North America as Cybernaut in March 1984.
Kidou Senshi Gundam Part 1: Gundam Daishi ni Tatsu!! (機動戦士ガンダム PART 1 ガンダム大地に立つ!! "Mobile Suit Gundam Part 1: Gundam Stands on the Ground!!") is an adventure/shooter/RPG from 1983, based on the popular Mobile Suit Gundam anime television series.
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.
Players control a snake like pipe. The goal is to eat all the pellets on screen in order to get the highest score possible. Players must do this while avoiding being hit by enemies.
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