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A side-scrolling action/shooter based on the 1987 Schwarzenegger movie Predator. It was published by Activision for many home computers, though its NES incarnation plays slightly differently.
Make your way through a nasty, robot-filled maze with a friend in Xybots, a cooperative shooter from Atari.
Featuring a robotic protagonist that could siphon the abilities of his adversaries, Mega Man is a side-scrolling platformer that begins the never-ending struggle between cheeky hero Mega Man and the evil roboticist Dr. Wily.
Play the role of John Rambo in this long adventure game.
Assemble the superweapon Heavy Barrel as you blast your way through an endless horde of terrorists in this arcade run-and-gun by Data East.
Mikey must save his friends, the Goonies, and Annie the Mermaid from the Fratelli family in this NES platformer.
A spin-off to Nihon Falcom's Xanadu series, Faxanadu is a side-scrolling action RPG developed by Hudson for the NES.
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).
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.
After Burner is a classic Arcade shooter, designed by SEGA game creator legend Yu Suzuki. It was released first in the Japanese arcades in 1987.
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world exploration, and hack & slash combat, including the earliest third-person hack & slash combat.
Known as the first stealth-action game, Metal Gear tells the tale of Solid Snake, a rookie operative of the U.S. special forces unit FOXHOUND, as he infiltrates Outer Heaven, a fortified military compound, to destroy a mysterious superweapon known as "Metal Gear".
A fantasy action RPG developed for MSX and NES by Lenar and published by Hi-Score Media Work.
Bases Loaded allowed players to control one of twelve fictional teams in either single player which allowed up to two players, or a full season. The game featured a television style depiction where the player took the perspective of the pitcher.
A fantasy-themed Japanese side-scrolling platformer for the NES, developed by Carry Lab (or Carry Soft) and published in the US by Taxan.
John Elway's Quarterback is a vertical-scrolling Football sim that features the former Denver Broncos quarterback's likeness. Originally released in Arcades, it was later ported to various home systems.
An early fitness-themed game for the NES that made use of the Power Pad accessory.
A Konami run-and-gun famous for its fast-paced, gritty, old-school action.
A platformer/fighter game in which a young martial artist named Ryuhi must recover several stolen scrolls by fighting in duels. It is the second game in the Hiryu no Ken/Flying Dragon franchise.
A basketball game by Konami, originally for the Arcade and ported to home consoles. It is part of Konami's "Exciting" sports series.
A sequel to the original Bubble Bobble title from Taito, featuring the now human Bub and Bob. It incorporated the use of Rainbows as both a weapon to defeat enemies and as a platform to climb the levels.
Alien Syndrome is a cooperative, top-down, run & gun shooter with aliens developed by SEGA as an arcade game in 1987. Compared to other shooters at the time, Alien Syndrome introduced a horror atmosphere in an isolated space station, along with some exploration and survival elements.
A sci-fi variant on Breakout that introduces power-ups and enemies to the format. It was originally developed by Taito for the Arcade and published on a multitude of home systems.
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.
Kid Icarus is a 2D platformer released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, famed for its blending together of elements from The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. and Metroid.
Deadly Towers, one of the earliest games to come out for the NES, is an action-adventure role-playing game that was well-received in its time but is today mostly disliked due to its difficulty and steep learning curve.
A Breakout-style block-busting game released in Japan as Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System and as Crackout in Australia and Europe in 1991 for the NES. A US version was planned but was canceled.
One of the first console baseball games to include real MLB players. The players were super deformed and had no likeness to the real players other than their stats and their names.
As the secret agent "Albatross", infiltrate the terrorist organization GELDRA to rescue your partner in this arcade side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer by Namco.
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