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Like Donkey Kong but allegedly it's zany.
Save the lovely damsel Molly from the dastardly clutches of Spud in this classic action game. Spike must climb ladders, jump across spaces, defeat or avoid enemies and collect a key in order to free Molly.
Designed by Yoshio Kiya and released by Nihon Falcom in 1983, this was possibly the first action RPG. It introduced real-time combat, sci-fi elements, a persistent open world with day-night cycle, and survival mechanics. This was a precursor to Falcom's seminal action RPG franchise, Dragon Slayer.
Mario steps aside to let Stanley the bugman have a go in the third Donkey Kong game.
Golgo 13: Moretti Ichizoku Zansatsu Jiken (Golgo 13: Moretti Family Murders) is an adventure game developed by Pony Canyon and released in 1983.
Classic arcade game where you, as Bentley Bear, must collect gems while avoiding enemies.
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.
Screaming Abdabs is s flip-screen platformer for the Dragon 32/64.
Miner Willy is trying to escape a 20 room cavern, with the player collecting keys by avoiding all kinds of deadly creatures and making it to the exit of each cavern before his oxygen runs out.
Build brick walls around the animals to keep them locked-up for bonus points in this arcade game from Taito.
Nintendo's classic arcade hit. Players attempt to eliminate enemies while avoiding fireballs and collecting coins.
Elevator Action is a 1983 arcade game by Taito where players control Agent 17, who is attempting to steal documents in a tall building.
Mouser is a 1983 platformer from UPL. Players control a cat whose bride has been kidnapped by mice.
Interceptor Software's Donkey Kong clone. Shares a name with an alternate title used for Donkey Kong under a distributor, but is not a licensed version of the game.
This Donkey Kong influenced game is about a man who has to defuse the bombs that were planted by terrorists.
Journey as an Arabian prince to save the princess, who is imprisoned in the tower of a castle.
Spider-Man casts you as the web-slinger in a neverending quest to save New York from the Green Goblin. You must swing your way to the tops of skyscrapers to disarm bombs, avoiding attacks by the Goblin and his minions.
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's castle puts eveyone's favorite Belgium woodland creature in a daring adventure where he must jump over fences in search of Smurfette.
Dragonfire is a game by Imagic that tasks a prince with recovering the king's treasure from a group of greedy dragons.
Frogs compete to zap flies within a time limit
One of Data East's early arcade games, Bump 'N' Jump (or Burnin' Rubber) involves high speed car crashes and plenty of obstacles to jump over.
A clone of Donkey Kong for the Welsh made Dragon32/64 computer and the Tandy CoCo.
The player has to find the Golden Idol which is hidden within a ancient Aztec temple in this 2D action-adventure platformer.
It's like Donkey Kong, but with two-legged "Sneakers" instead of barrels, hearts instead of umbrellas, and a long-legged boss guarding a key instead of a lady.
A single-screen platformer for the Atari 2600. It went under many different names, most of which took advantage of its similarity to Donkey Kong.
Another reiteration of Jungle King/Hunt, this one changes the entire theme to pirates.
The notorious Dangerous Dan has kidnapped a rich girl and it's up to an officer of the law to rescue her.
Q*Bert's goal is to hop around an isometric pyramid structure in order to change all the colors of the pyramid's surfaces to the same color.
Taito side-scroller released for arcades in 1982 and for the Atari 2600 in 1983, is a modified version of Jungle King. A three phase platformer that puts the player in the shoes of a typical jungle survivalist, tasked with rescuing a lady from the hands of a group of bloodthirsty cannibals.
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