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Ghosts 'N Goblins is the first game in the Ghosts 'N Goblins series. It is widely recognized as being one of the hardest games of all time.
User created monsters fight in this arena combat 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.
Released in 1984, Hydlide was the first open-world action RPG. It was the first on-foot, fully-scaled, open-world game, and introduced innovations such as a health-regeneration mechanic. It influenced the action RPG genre as well as The Legend of Zelda franchise.
One of the first action RPGs, released in 1984. It was also the first fully-scaled open-world video game.
Dragon Slayer is an action RPG designed by Yoshio Kiya and developed by Nihon Falcom. The title helped to pioneer the action RPG genre in Japan and spawned many sequels that would spin-off into their own franchises over time.
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.
Reseal the evils unleashed by Pandora in this single-screen platformer from Konami.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Treasure of Tarmin is an adventure game based in the D&D Universe, in which you have to defeat the Minotaur in order to obtain the Treasure of Tarmin.
Rogue is a classic ASCII-based RPG, infamous for its difficulty. It is known for spawning its own genre, called Roguelikes, and its influences can still be seen in a wide variety of other games.
Released by SNK in 1980, it was an early shoot 'em up that featured human characters on foot instead of vehicles, spacecraft, or aliens. The player character faces off against multiple shuriken-throwing ninjas and along the way faces several bosses, such as a flame-shooting shinobi.
Samurai is the first known hack & slash brawler, released by Sega in 1980. The player character is armed with a sword and simultaneously faces multiple opponents in an arena before facing a boss opponent.
Heiankyo Alien is a 1979 maze game originally developed and released for the NEC PC-8001 and for for arcades. It is the first "trap 'em up" game and the first game to feature a digging mechanic.
Huxley: The Dystopia is a massively-multiplayer online shooter from Webzen.
A free fantasy mmorpg.
The first of the two games featuring Xeen, which can be combined with each other to create World of Xeen. In this, the fourth installment in the Might and Magic series, player characters explore the surface of Xeen, as well as high above it, to recover an other-worldly scepter.
Warhound puts you in the role of a freelance mercenary, whose job is to participate in armed conflicts and private wars around the world.
A Japanese-exclusive 2D platformer for the PC Engine.
A roguelike PC game developed by Linley Henzell, released in 1997 and is still being improved upon as of 2009, through the open source Stone Soup project.
RPG developed by Technopolis Soft in 1992.
Pornographic RPG developed by Fairy Tale in 1989.
Pornographic action-RPG developed by Fairy Tale in 1988.
Pornographic RPG developed by View Tech Soft in 1988.
Elveon was meant to be an action-RPG that followed the saga of an experienced elf warrior as he attempts to liberate the city of Nimathar, but no word has been released on the game since 2008, so it can safely be assumed to be cancelled.
A pornographic adventure/RPG developed by Active Software in 1994.
A multiplayer first-person shooter for the iPhone, developed by ngmoco. As of May 2012, the game is no longer available on the App Store and its servers have been shut down.
Infinity Blade: Dungeons was a planned prequel to Infinity Blade I set to be released sometime in 2013, featured during the unveiling of the third generation of iPad.
A game where players mix together elements with the goal of finding all possible combinations.
Fight for the survival of mankind against the armies of Hell.
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