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Mutant League Football is a violent and comedic take on the Madden Football formula.
The final game in a fantasy computer role-playing game series called Xak developed and published by Micro Cabin.
Adult adventure game developed by Agumix in 1993.
An isometric RPG based on the Chinese novel of the same name.
One of the earliest weapon-based fighting games to come out of the Street Fighter II arcade boom features warriors from different time periods and notoriety for being able to dismember and decapitate your opponent's fighter before the round was even over.
An ultra-gory strategic shooter played in first-person viewpoint from RazorSoft.
A side-scrolling beat 'em up and the first game developed by Bloodlust Software.
By combining digitized character graphics and extreme violence, Midway's 1992 fighter revolutionized the U.S. fighting game genre, spawned a long-running series, and helped create controversy regarding video game violence.
Players are tasked with entering four historical periods with the goal of defeating their evil twin brother.
Rick returns to the West Mansion to kick evil's ass and save his (real) girlfriend in Splatterhouse 2.
The warrior maiden Dahna chases after the evil sorceress who attacked her adoptive village in this grisly side-scrolling action game.
Chinese Chess with a Battle Chess twist to it.
In Space Gun, players control a member of a rescue team that must free a space station from an alien menace. Players must travel through corridors and fight bosses while rescuing human prisoners.
A dual-joystick Arcade shooter ported to nearly every contemporary system. Contestants gear up to win fantastic prizes on the most violent game show on TV.
Deliverance: Stormlord II is a platforming game.
This arcade brawler from Tecmo was originally released in 1989 and was also known as Wild Fang.
The city is crawling with Zombies, it's your job to find out what happened and put a stop to it.
A bizarrely light-hearted "super-deformed" version of the ultra-gory Splatterhouse series beat-em-ups.
Splatterhouse is a remarkably gory, splatter-themed arcade game from 1988. The player controls Rick Taylor, who allows himself to be possessed by the sinister "Terror Mask" in an attempt to save his girlfriend Jennifer from the hideous monsters who have kidnapped her.
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.
A bizarre dark comedy text adventure game for the Famicom, released by Natsume. Bunroku, a trouble-making slacker, travels back in time and accompanies Marco Polo through a journey of madness.
A side-scrolling barbarian-themed brawler that came out on the Amiga, Genesis and Mac.
An obscure Japanese fighting game predating Street Fighter II, in which an unnamed priest must cleanse the world of numerous ghosts. It is the first game to use digitized sprites (and the first to use the art of claymation) for its characters.
Japanese NES version.
One of the most controversial games of the 1980's, Chiller was an arcade and bootleg NES light-gun game. Banned in the UK, the player was tasked with torturing and murdering victims in various settings.
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).
This game was the first Hokuto No Ken that was released for the PC-88 computer that was an adventure game.
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.
Play as five camp counselors out to protect the kids from Jason Vorhees. Most of the time is spent walking down paths and throwing rocks, knives, and other crap at zombies. Occasionally Jason will show up and must be fought.
An early 1983 laserdisc video game released by Nihon Bussan and Data East, based on the anime film Harmagedon released that same year.
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