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An isometric third person action adventure game that mixes melee combat, platforming elements and puzzle solving. Its control scheme is notorious.
Shin Onigashima is a two disk adventure game released on the Famicom Disk System. Despite being first-party software, it was never released outside of Japan.
Alex Kidd puts his life on the line in pursuit of video games in this combination adventure-platformer for the Sega Master System.
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.
An adventure game where the player must help their chosen character become the Shogun of Japan. Based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell.
The Ninja, who must battle enemy ninjas using knives and throwing stars.
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.
Goemon's first console game, released for the NES and MSX in Japan.
An action arcade game by Namco based on the Genpei War in 12th-century Japan. As the resurrected spirit of the samurai Taira no Kagekiyo, hack and slash your way through the demonic forces of Minamoto no Yoritomo and declare vengeance for your fallen clan.
The beloved ninja bandit Goemon makes his debut in this action-platformer for arcades.
A Zelda-like action-adventure game published by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System. Samurai apprentice Takamaru must infiltrate Murasame Castle after it's taken over by an alien presence.
A run & gun shooter arcade game released by Sega in 1985, also known as Sega Ninja or The Ninja.
Bushido: The Way of The Warrior is a martial arts side view PC DOS game made in 1983. It could very well be considered the first of all later-day 2D fighting games.
The first game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. It was never released outside of Japan.
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.
Heiankyo Alien is a 1979 maze game originally developed and released for the NEC PC-8001 and for for arcades. It is the first "trap 'em up" game and the first game to feature a digging mechanic.
A digital download and disc based video game based on the Baltimore based anime convention, Otakon.
A turn based role-playing game set in the Kamakura Period of Feudal Japan
An RPG/Hack And Slash set in the Samurai Shodown universe.
An action RPG set in feudal Japan, from developer Game Hunters.
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