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An early example of a "Metroidvania"-style platformer, Legacy of the Wizard tells the tale of a family of adventurers who must use their combined abilities to seek the Dragon Slayer sword and defeat a powerful dragon deep in a twisting labyrinth.
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 based upon the TV series of the same name.
An occult themed French adventure game.
Square is responsible for this port of Activision's Little Computer People for the Famicom Disk System.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second entry in the ground-breaking Zelda franchise. This controversial follow-up ditches the original's top-down perspective for 2D side-scrolling exploration and combat. The 2D towns, dungeons and combat arenas are tied together by a top-down overworld.
A game for 1980s computer systems that is based on the animated series of the same name.
You play a wanted criminal who has busted out of an experimental lab. The game is well known for it's music by composer Rob Hubbard.
Agent X is a spy themed action game for the ZX Spectrum.
Players control four characters as they explore a zombie infested mall.
A game based on the first installment of one of Jackie Chan's best-known and longest running series of films.
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).
Ninja Kid (Gegege no Kitarou) is a NES platformer published by Bandai. As with Super Mario Bros 2, Ninja Kid went through some significant changes for its US release.
Don the Power Suit of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran as she recaptures the dangerous Metroid species from the evil Space Pirates. Released by Nintendo in 1986, this game introduced the "Metroidvania" style of open-world gameplay on consoles.
A fast-paced puzzle-platformer that debuted in arcades, and later moved to home gaming systems; including the Commodore 64, NES, and Nintendo's Virtual Console.
This 1986 sequel added more enemies with better AI, new treasures, harder levels, and the ability for each player to choose the character they wanted.
Scooby-Doo must save Fred, Velma, Shaggy, and Daphne.
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.
Save keys to open doors.
A game developed by John Romero where players control Mike the Explorer as he navigates Egyptian pyramids.
Monty has broken out of Scudmore prison, and is on the run. Get him on the next boat out of here in the third Monty Mole game.
Déjà Vu is a point-and-click adventure game that draws inspiration from "noir" detective novels that were popular in the 1940s.
Players must search for five crystals in this action-adventure game from 1985.
A top-down dungeon crawler released for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
An early Doraemon game for Super Cassette Vision
Don't Buy This is a collection of the five worst games submitted to Firebird.
A sidescrolling action game by Taito, released to arcades in 1985. Unusual in that the player character was female.
An action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1985 that was the company's first blockbuster success, becoming one of the best selling Japanese PC games of all time.
An updated version of The Castle, featuring a new set of puzzles for the 100-room castle. It is best known for its NES port, which was the only version of the series released overseas.
Tritorn is an action RPG developed by Sein Soft and released in 1985. It was one of the first action RPGs, improving on Dragon Slayer and Hydlide with the use of an action button to attack enemies, and one of the first Metroidvania-style games.
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