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One of the earliest side-scrolling run-'n'-gun games, Hover Attack is a game for Japanese computers in which players control a mechanized "Attacker" that can leap with jet thrusters, fire a barrage of missiles, and dock with a companion hovering Carrier to refuel.
Descend further and further underground to destroy the alien force Octy and save Planet Paccet! Released in 1985, it was an early side-scrolling, run & gun shooter, and featured a female protagonist, Toby Masuyo. It also bears a striking resemblance to Metroid, in terms of both its gameplay system and female protagonist.
Guide the Thing on a Spring in his quest to defeat the evil goblin and rescue all the toys in this platforming game.
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.
Dragon Buster is a dungeon-crawling, arcade platformer with RPG elements, released by Namco in 1985. It was later ported to various home systems. It featured several firsts in gaming history: the double-jump, the life meter, and the hub world map. It was also one of the first action games with RPG elements.
In Ice Climber the player controls a hammer wielding Eskimo that needs to climb 32 ice-covered mountains in order to recover a stolen vegetable from a giant condor.
Considered one of the progenitors of the fighting game genre, Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Konami arcade game that puts players in the role of a martial artist as he fights the masters of various weaponry to become the Grand Master.
The creators of Pothole Pete hop over to Megastar for this sequel.
Help Thomas save his girlfriend, Sylvia, as he battles minions and dragons over five side-scrolling, action packed levels, Kung-Fu style. Based on the Jackie Chan movie Wheels on Meals, Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X in Japan) is often credited for creating the beat 'em up genre.
Bounty Bob Strikes Back is a sequel to Miner 2049er and has nearly identical gameplay.
A platformer / minigame collection made for various early home computers. The game is most known for its soundtrack which is very unique compared to other games released in its era.
Konami arcade basketball game released in 1984.
The second in Scott Adams' series of Questprobe text adventures stars Spider-Man.
A Golgo-13 shooting game, released on the SG-1000 in 1984.
Golgo 13: Ōkami no Su, also known as Golgo 13: Wolf Schanze ("Golgo 13: Wolf's Lair"), is adventure game, developed Pony Canyon and released in 1984.
This follow-up to Burgertime focuses on dessert.
A two-player action game for early computers. Each player can jump to collect shooting stars, eat sandwiches to restore energy, and launch the other player to reach higher pick-ups.
Players must climb to the top of the tree while avoiding obstacles.
Inspired by Sega's maze-action arcade coin-op Pengo this game invites the player into the Arctic to join Eskimo Eddie's adventures with his faithful Penguin Percy.
A platformer that features treasure hunting and puzzle solving.
Legend of the Knucker-Hole is the second game to feature Jet-Book Jack. It was released on the Commodore 64 in 1984.
A single-screen 2D platformer in which up to two players can compete with each other. The object of the game is for each player to maneouvre his character (Pierre or his cousin Jacques) through each screen, raisng all his flags along the way and then reach as quickly as possible the finish.
A platformer where the player has to guide Jasper back to his home through 22 screens full of danger. To overcome obstacles found objects can be picked up and used.
A multi-directional scrolling platformer in which the player has to explore a large maze on a quest to retrieve a scepter.
A single screen platformer written by Chris Morris and published by The Edge for the Commodore 64.
Take little Henry through his house in this computer game.
Microbyte's cube-hopping game.
Climb a construction site to save the dame from the big ape.
A Donkey Kong Junior clone which was later billed as a Killer Gorilla sequel.
What can a Candoo Ninja do?
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