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Final Fight is a classic beat-em-up game developed by Capcom featuring a memorable cast of characters, including Guy, Cody, and the first and only mustachioed ex-pro-wrestler turned mayor, Mike Haggar. Released for the CPS arcade system in 1989 and then ported to the SNES and other home systems.
A mech real-time combat game that allowed the player, as an eponymous MechWarrior, to fight other mechs from a first-person perspective. It is based on the Battletech wargaming franchise and was followed by many sequels.
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.
Gold Rush is an educational adventure game. The player picks one of three routes from Brooklyn to California in order to find their fortune in the gold rush of 1848.
Sorcerian, also known as Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian, is an action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1987. It was considered unique for its party-based action combat, magic combination system, and open-ended multi-scenario system that could be extended with expansion packs.
A visual novel from Nintendo and Squaresoft featuring real teen idol Miho Nakayama. Released in 1987, it is considered one of the first true dating sims.
Shin Onigashima is a two disk adventure game released on the Famicom Disk System. Despite being first-party software, it was never released outside of Japan.
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.
Known outside of Japan as "Takeshi's Challenge", this game is an unconventional action-adventure platformer created by famous Japanese comedian Beat Takeshi. Along with its open world exploration and mature themes, the game is known for its unorthodox game progression (where the game can easily be made unwinnable).
It's a race to save the penguin princess in this speed-based platformer. Collect fish and trade for items, navigate obstacles, fight massive bosses, and help Penta deliver the golden apple to cure the princess in this sequel to Antarctic Adventure.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
Yu Suzuki's classic 1986 Sega arcade "driving game" puts players behind the wheel of a red convertible sports car on a trip through American- and European-inspired landscapes.
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
A first-person adventure game with RPG elements, released by Microcabin in 1986. The game featured environments rendered in 3D polygon graphics, for possibly the first time in a home video game, along with early survival horror elements. However, the game is better remembered for its cyberpunk narrative, which was adapted into a sci-fi novel shortly afterwards.
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.
Released in June 1985, Tenshitachi no Gogo (Afternoon of Angels) this was one of the first adult dating sims, an adventure game set in a Japanese high school.
Dating simulation game released by Enix in 1985. Considered somewhat revolutionary for its time, this game helped lay the foundations for the dating sim genre.
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.
Akujo Densetsu is an adventure game for the MSX.
Badlands is a laser disc western published by Konami. The gameplay uses single-button quick-draw mechanics. The plot is dark in tone, following a cowboy seeking revenge for his family's murder. It's possible to kill innocent civilians, but the player is punished for it.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
An adventure game released in 1984. It was Squaresoft's first game.
Classic text adventure action from the people at Infocom.
Based on the Japanese anime of the same name, Albegas was a 1983 laserdisc game by Sega that differentiated itself by allowing the choice of different paths to take throughout the game. Bally Midway released the game in North America as Cybernaut in March 1984.
A sci-fi adventure game from Enix, released in 1983. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story is about the last survivors of a nuclear war going into crygenic sleep and waking up a hundred years later. The game features a day-night cycle that impacts the story, where certain events may only occur at a specific time.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish the template for the Japanese adventure genre, which many other titles would imitate and build upon.
A direct sequel to the original Steambot Chronicles/Bumpy Trot that was initially announced for the PS2 but eventually shifted to PS3. The game was canceled near the end of March 2011.
An upcoming tactical RPG from Yasumi Matsuno, the creator of Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics.
A late Cold War era RPG set in the Baltics. Arrest, interrogate, and uncover the truth as a local recruited by the KGB.
An ambitious anime-styled sandbox MMORPG from veteran Korean developer Nexon, with an emphasis on user-generated content. Players can not only craft towns, but also entire quest-lines where the quest-builder wins if the questers fail and vice versa.The game was eventually cancelled after being in development for 8 years.
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