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F29 Retaliator is an combat flight simulator by Digital Image Design, published by Ocean Software in 1989.
F-15 Strike Eagle II is a 1991 flight simulator from MicroProse.
Prince of Persia is the original Persian adventure by Jordan Mechner and the first game in a multi-million dollar franchise.
Distinct from the Arcade and Genesis versions, Strider for the NES features a more complex, Metroid-style structure, where Hiryu gains abilities throughout the game that grant access to new areas. The story draws heavily from the Strider manga.
Strider is an arcade action side-scroller, and one of Capcom's first big hits for the Sega Genesis console.
Exile, also known as XZR II, is the side scrolling, action RPG sequel to XZR. It was first released for Japanese computers in 1988. Both North American releases, especially the Genesis one, were censored due to the heavy religious, adult and drug-related themes.
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.
An action RPG developed by Telenet Japan and released in 1988, it is the first part of the XZR/Exile trilogy. The game was controversial for its references to religion, politics, and drugs. Unlike its sequels, XZR was never released outside of Japan.
A puzzle-platformer from the Druaga series for the Famicom, starring Ki. It was released only in Japan.
Devastators is an early third-person shooter. Up to two players can take control of Rambo-style mercenaries with mullets.
One of the first action RPGs, The Magic of Scheherazade is a Culture Brain title for the NES (1989) and Famicom (1987, as Arabian Dream Scheherazade).
A graphic adventure/RPG for the Famicom Disk System developed by Square. The goal is to track down Cleopatra's cursed treasure while saving the main character's archeologist father.
A Japan-exclusive 1987 release produced by Nintendo in conjunction with a television event. The game was later converted into Super Mario Bros. 2.
The sequel to Tower of Druaga and an asynchronous two-player action-RPG. After rescuing Ki at the end of the first game, Gilgamesh and Ki must escape the Tower of Druaga by descending through its floors.
Time Gal must save the world by traveling through time and stopping an evil thief from using a time traveling device in order to become the supreme leader of his time. This game was originally released in Japanese arcades in 1985 and later ported to the Sega CD.
Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is a program that is used to construct tile-based graphical adventure games.
Drive through five cities painting the road and dodging police cars along the way in this early Jaleco Arcade platformer.
Players climb the tower, defeat Druaga and rescue Princess Ki in this maze-style, action role-playing game. Originally released by Namco for arcades in 1984, its combination of hack & slash combat and RPG elements laid the foundations for the action RPG genre.
A treasure-hunting maze game where Sindbad (also known as Sinbad the Sailor) must search for treasure in multi-layered, isometric-like, levels. While doing so, he must avoid enemies, which Sindbad can hold-up by digging holes or using the environment.
Journey as an Arabian prince to save the princess, who is imprisoned in the tower of a castle.
An Egyptian themed arcade game released in 1982 from Konami, where players control an explorer/treasure hunter raiding the ancient catacombs of King Tut's tomb. It was the first maze-shooter action-adventure, predating games such as Gauntlet and Time Bandit.
A strategy game by SSI, set in October 1973, during the Yom Kippur War.
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Hamurabi is a text-based game of land and resource management, and is one of the earliest computer games.
This cancelled project for the 3DS would have followed Ezio Auditore in his search for the lost castle at Masyaf, the ancient seat of the Assassins. Its story elements were allegedly largely adapted into AC: Revelations.
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