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A classic side-scrolling brawler from Jaleco, that follows Private Eye Rick Anderson, and his protege Allen Tombs as they rescue a client's kidnapped daughter from the evil clutches of the Legacy Corperation.
A murder mystery set in a haunted mansion.
Two bodaciously funky rappin' aliens crash land on a totally unfunky planet (Earth) and must piece together their spaceship to return to their homeworld in this Genesis roguelike.
A side-scrolling fantasy action game with light RPG elements created by Nihon Falcom that is best known for its Sega CD incarnation, published in the US by Working Designs. The title was also released for Japanese computers, the Super Famicom and PC- Engine CD, all of which share the same story and characters but play somewhat differently.
A football game released for the Genesis endorsed by then-famous coach, Mike Ditka, who gives the player team scouting reports before each game.
StarBlade was an arcade shoot 'em up released in 1991 by Namco. It is a rail shooter featuring flat-shaded polygonal graphics.
THE SPACE ADVENTURE is an adventure game. The game tells the story of the pirate Cobra who fights off the Pirate Guild while searching for a legendary treasure whose map is tattooed on the backs of three beautiful women.
Spidey swings his way through the streets, rooftops, parks, warehouses, sewers, and underground secret bases of New York in his fight against the Kingpin.
Based on the Dirty Harry movies starring Clint Eastwood.
Pursue a terrorist army throughout Vietnam to rescue a kidnapped super-scientist in this Cabal-style shooter for the Neo Geo. One of the four launch titles for the platform.
The evil wizard Mordack has taken the castle and royal family of Daventry, and are holding them prisoner. As the only member of the royal family left behind, King Graham must help his family and return the castle.
The first game in the legendary Monkey Island series. Guybrush's desire to become a swashbuckling pirate gets him more adventure than he bargained for.
A management game where players control a criminal-turned-porn director. The game consists of directing certain films in a certain way to progress.
Grimblood, Mike Singleton's venture into a "Cludo" type game for the Atari ST and the Commodore Amiga.
Ultima VI is the final entry in the Age of Enlightenment. Its icon- and text-based interface was new to computer RPGs at the time.
Namco's arcade game that also made it to the PlayStation. The original arcade version released in 1990 supported up to 28 players. Incredibly powerful for its time, the arcade game ran on up to 16 Namco System 21 "Polygonizer" arcade boards.
A classic graphic adventure game from LucasArts. In Loom, classic point and click gameplay is combined with a musical interface.
Ys Book I & II follows the adventure of Adol Christin, a traveler who embarks on a quest to locate the fabled lost floating continent called Ys. The game is a enhanced compilation of the first two Ys titles and was one of the first games to demonstrate the potential of the TurboGrafx-16's CD-ROM add-on.
Tengai Makyou: Ziria is an RPG released by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1989.
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.
Hudson produced this adventure / dating sim for the PC Engine. As a launch title for the PC Engine CD-ROM in 1988, it served as gaming's first technical showcase of the CD-ROM format.
An exploration adventure game for children by the brothers duo that would later create the Myst series. Its CD-ROM re-release is known as the first computer game released in that format.
The sequel to the original Space Harrier. It was also a launch title for the Mega Drive.
The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released for the NES by Konami. The game is primarily a side-scrolling beat-em-up, but it also includes driving and shooting segments.
Blades of Steel is an ice hockey game first released by Konami for the arcade in 1987, followed by a release on the NES in 1988.
Players control a spaceship in this pseudo-3D shoot 'em up.
Players control four characters as they explore a zombie infested mall.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
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.
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