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California Games is a multiple event sports game released on multiple 8-bit and 16-bit computers, consoles and handhelds. Developed by 80s legends Epyx, with a reputation for producing multiple-event games, traditional sports were abandoned to accommodate less-established pursuits associated with The Golden State.
This arcade racer for the NES features eight courses from across the world and exciting 3-D action. It was one of the earliest racing games for the NES.
RoboWarrior (Bomber King in Japan) is a side-scrolling action game for the NES, developed by Hudson and later published in the US by Jaleco. It is a sequel to Hudson's earlier hit Bomberman.
Designed as a copy of Super Mario Bros., The Great Giana Sisters is a platform game originally for the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST.
Unrelated to the 2009 sandbox WWII game, Saboteur II: The Avenging Angel is the sequel to an obscure Commodore 64 game from 1985.
Save women and fight Geshita's thugs in this vertically scrolling Beat 'Em Up from Capcom.
A side-scrolling run and gun game produced by Probe Software for multiple platforms.
You play a wanted criminal who has busted out of an experimental lab. The game is well known for it's music by composer Rob Hubbard.
An early arcade platformer that has 100 levels. Released by Taito in 1986, it was one of the first games to feature two-player cooperative play and multiple endings.
A flip screen action platformer for the C64 in which players must infiltrate a base and assassinate a number of targets within a time limit.
Romancia is the third game in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series. Because of its cute graphics and simple gameplay, it is also known as "Dragon Slayer Jr."
To Heir is Human is the third title in Sierra-Online's King's Quest series. The story has moved away from King Graham and onto the adventures of Gwydion and follows his quest to return to Daventry.
A scrolling platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Hudson Soft, the game was an adaptation of the Westone/Sega arcade game Wonder Boy featuring an employee of Hudson wearing a grass skirt.
A horror-themed point-and-click adventure game that centers around the loss of a sibling and other supernatural occurrences. It was one of the original MacVenture games, along with Déjà Vu and Shadowgate.
A simple timed maze game, where the objective is to guide your small orange snail to the goal. Snail Maze was built into the Sega Master System BIOS.
Vs. Super Mario Bros. is part of Nintendo's arcade Vs. series that featured enhanced Famicom games.
The true sequel to Super Mario Bros., originally exclusive to Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2, significantly boosted the game's difficulty.
An arcade beat-em-up that received many ports for other systems. The game pioneered gameplay elements which would become the foundations of the scrolling beat 'em up genre.
A level-based side scrolling action game by Tecmo. This is the linear 1986 Arcade version, which was converted for the Commodore 64, Atari Lynx, Sega Master System and others.
Unrelated to the 2009 sandbox WWII game, Saboteur! was an early example of the stealth genre, two years before Metal Gear.
A top-down driving game set in the post-apocalyptic world that was written by David Darling and published by Mastertronic/M.A.D. for several 8-bit home computers.
Willy The Worm is a platform game for DOS. It was created by Alan Farmer and released in June, 1985.
A Namco action game where the player is a contestant on the futuristic gameshow: Metro Cross!
An action-adventure game by Sega and Pony Canyon. The player controls a penguin on his journey through the arctic.
Top-down shooter video game in which the player has to rescue a POW from a map filled with enemies.
Don't Buy This is a collection of the five worst games submitted to Firebird.
A sidescrolling action game by Taito, released to arcades in 1985. Unusual in that the player character was female.
Focusing on a humble plumber and his brother setting out to rescue a Princess who has been kidnapped by a vile lizard king, Super Mario Bros. is a platformer created by Shigeru Miyamoto, published by Nintendo, and is one of the best-selling video games of all time.
An arcade motorcycle racing game that broke new ground when it released in 1985, revolutionizing and revitalizing the arcade industry, with its motion-controlled cabinet and pseudo-3D "Super Scaler" graphics. A port was offered as a pack-in with the Sega Master System console for a period of time.
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