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An updated version of The Castle, featuring a new set of puzzles for the 100-room castle. It is best known for its NES port, which was the only version of the series released overseas.
Tritorn is an action RPG developed by Sein Soft and released in 1985. It was one of the first action RPGs, improving on Dragon Slayer and Hydlide with the use of an action button to attack enemies, and one of the first Metroidvania-style games.
An arcade shooter released by Nihon Bussan and Data East in 1985. It was notable for its use of a third-person perspective and an early cover mechanic.
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.
Can you shut up all aliens?
Players guide a hammer-wielding Mario to victory in 100 stages of Wrecking Crew.
DESTROY THE ENEMY ARMY as Super Joe in this influential top-down shooter.
As a practitioner of a secret form of Shaolin kung-fu, kick your way to victory in this arcade beat-'em-up platformer by Konami. GUTS!
Pac-Land is a side-scrolling platformer in the Pac-Man franchise. It was one of the earliest side-scrolling games, released prior to Super Mario Bros.
Players look after virtual people in this early precursor to The Sims.
A puzzle-platformer for the Commodore 64 that tasks the player with manipulating contraptions and solving puzzles in order to escape from various castles.
Players control Flicky, a bird who must escort chicks to the exit door while avoiding cats.
A platformer that features treasure hunting and puzzle solving.
Take little Henry through his house in this computer game.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
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.
An adventure game released in 1984. It was Squaresoft's first game.
Reseal the evils unleashed by Pandora in this single-screen platformer from Konami.
Search for treasure in this mathematics-based educational game.
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.
Tim Martin's Spelunker is regarded by some as one of the most obscenely difficult games of all time.
Adult adventure game created by Enix in 1983.
A Pac-Man game where you uncover cards to unlock doors to get the fruit and other items locked away. But watch out! Your "pal" will steal your hard earned items if you let her!
Known as the granddaddy of the "Quick Time Event", Dragon's Lair is an interactive cartoon that lets players help guide the actions of brave knight Dirk the Daring, as he ventures through the dangerous castle of Singe the Dragon in order to rescue his beloved princess Daphne.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish the template for the Japanese adventure genre, which many other titles would imitate and build upon.
Open them to stun enemies
DoorDoor is an arcade-style puzzle game developed by Chunsoft founder Koichi Nakamura and published by Enix. As Enix's very first game, the player's task is to trap the various monsters within each level by shutting the open doors they use to enter rooms.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin is an adventure game based in the D&D Universe, in which you have to defeat the Minotaur in order to obtain the Treasure of Tarmin.
Find the Nazi war plans and escape Castle Wolfenstein alive.
One of Koei's first games, Danchi Tsuma no Yuwaku (団地妻の誘惑, "Housewife Temptation") was an early adventure RPG with adult content and dating sim elements.
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