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An Atari Lynx game released by Epyx, licenced to Atari Corp.
Stranded in a unknown time period with a time machine that has no fuel.
A cult classic, Gaiares is a horizontal shooter, notable for allowing players to customize their weapons by leeching them out of enemies, as opposed to acquiring traditional power-ups.
Alien Brigade for the Atari 7800 is a classic arcade shoot em up.
A Gold Box-style RPG set in Earth's near future. The dominance of the Russo-American Mercantile is put off balance by the emergence of a hero from the past. Now the player characters continue the struggle to free humanity (in its many forms) from RAM oppression.
Skyhawk must destroy the land bases located on earth.
46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron (46億年物語 -THE 進化論- "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Evolution") is a role-playing game released for the PC-98 which later inspired the design and story of E.V.O.: Search for Eden.
A visual novel and graphic adventure game for the Nintendo Famicom in which a young rock n' roll fan is sent 10 years into the past to prevent a nuclear war.
Knight Arms: The Hybrid Framer was part third-person rail shooter and part side-scrolling platformer, released by Arsys Software for the Sharp X68000 computer in 1989. It featured some of the most advanced pseudo-3D sprite-scaling seen on a home system of the 1980's.
Aleste 2 is a vertical scrolling shooter that was only released in Japan.
A Famicom port of Enix's classic sci-fi horror adventure game, JESUS.
Your father has been murdered and you're the prime suspect. Search the mansion for clues to the location of the murder. Find the time machine and go hunting through the ages.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
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.
An updated revision to the geopolitical turn-based strategy game Balance of Power, taking into account some political updates of the late '80s while building-up the simulation aspect.
Released only in Japan and requiring use of a special paddle-based controller, Galactic Protector is a spin-off of Sega's Fantasy Zone series, tasking the Opa Opa with protecting cutesy planets from dangerous debris.
A asteroid is hurtling towards earth, you must travel to Tibet and find Professor K.K. Renegade. Once you have found him you must convince him to help build a anti-asteroid deflector to save Earth from being utterly destroyed.
ALF must collect parts of his spacecraft in this top-down action game.
Trade and shipping simulator. The player controls a shipping company and invest in ships which transport cargo around the world.
A sci-fi horror adventure game developed by Enix.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Hot Scramble is the first console Gundam game. It features some early first-person shooter elements, along with side-scrolling action segments.
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.
The Earth is now underwater and being attacked by the evil Neptunians! Save all the imprisoned humans with a tricked-out pink submarine.
The first role-playing game developed by Squaresoft, Cruise Chaser Blassty is a sci-fi title released in April 1986.
The entire game takes place on (and in orbit of) good ol' mother Earth.
Take control of one of three large mechs and fight one-on-one duels in this 1985 arcade fighting game by Konami.
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.
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