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A difficult action-platformer starring the brave knight Arthur on a quest to rescue captured souls from the evil hordes of the Demon Realm. Ghouls 'N Ghosts is the sequel to the original arcade hit Ghosts 'N Goblins.
A puzzle game where you move tiles to push enemies into walls and blocks. Beware the dreaded respawn tile!
A real-time, dungeon-crawler, action RPG, and the first game in the Xak series from Micro Cabin. It was released for various systems between 1989 and 1993, but was not officially localized into English until a considerable amount of time later.
Princess Daisy of Sarasaland has been kidnapped by the evil alien Tatanga and it's up to Mario to rescue her in this handheld platformer (and launch title) for the original Game Boy.
Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle game by HAL Corporation in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
A side-scrolling platformer with RPG elements. Ported to the NES from the arcade.
Destroy (灭) is an incredibly early, simplistic monochrome MS-DOS fighting game from Softstar.
Princess Amoreena has been taken by servants of the Dragon Master, Darklarza. Now Duke Geraden must fight his way past a horde of beasts and the undead to rescue her.
A Namco-produced vertical shooter based on Greek mythology.
An ape-themed platformer developed by TAD Corporation.
Don your jetpack and take the fight to the surprisingly Nazi-like aliens who have invaded the Earth in this 1988 NES classic.
Psychic World is an action-shooter-platformer developed by Hertz, originally released as Psycho World for the MSX in 1988. It was ported to the Master System and Game Gear by Sanitsu and published worldwide by Sega in 1991.
A side-scrolling brawler that puts the player in control of a resurrected centurion who possesses the ability to shape shift into many beasts, such as a wolf, dragon, tiger and bear. Altered Beast was the original pack-in game for the Genesis in North America.
Donkey Kong Classics is an early NES compilation cartridge featuring both the original Donkey Kong, and Donkey Kong Jr.
A side-scrolling space shooter that takes place in the post-apocalyptic setting of 2777. It was released on the NES by Hudson Soft and co-developed by Atlus.
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.
A beat 'em up where players control a martial artist, Thomas, who must rescue his girlfriend, Madonna. Released in 1988, this is the spiritual sequel to the first beat 'em up, Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X).
Samurai Warrior was a computer game based on the Usagi Yojimbo comic book.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small town of Chaney’s Hill. It also featured open-world gameplay and RPG elements.
A fantasy adventure game where a regular college student is drawn into the world of Konami's Knightmare series.
Ginga Ninkyouden is an action-brawler from Jaleco. It is known for its many (unlicensed?) cameos from throughout Japanese pop culture.
An action RPG developed by Rare Ltd. and the first in a trilogy of games for the NES. The game features a swordsman named Kuros saving a number of damsels in distress on his way to defeat the evil wizard Malkil.
Maniac Mansion is a graphic adventure game originally released in 1987 by Lucasfilm Games. When the innocent Sandy is kidnapped by the maniacal Dr. Fred, it's up to her boyfriend Dave and his friends to her from certain death!
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.
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).
A Japanese role-playing game originally released in 1987 where the player character must investigate the death of two boys who were found near the entrance of a mansion.
A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
A top-down sci-fi action-adventure game for the Famicom Disk System developed and published by Konami in 1987.
Barbarian is a side-scrolling platformer that gives the player the ability to control a sword-wielding barbarian.
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