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Game » consists of 0 releases. Released 1981
Astro Boy centers around a boy-robot named Astro that tries to bridge the relationship between humans and robots.
Combining elements of a shooter, platformer, and beat-em-up, Omega Factor is a side-scrolling action game that takes its title character through creator Osamu Tezuka's entire body of work.
Tetsuwan Atom marks the second video game appearance of Astro Boy and was released on the Super Famicom in Japan.
The one-on-one arcade fighting game that kicked off the "fighting game revolution" of the 1990s. Play as one of eight martial artists and travel the world to knock your opponents out of the tournament!
Players organize blocks of the same color to make them disappear.
The first console adventure of Osamu Tezuka's Tetsuwan Atom, better known in the West as Astro Boy. It was developed by Home Data and published by Konami on the NES in Japan only.
A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
The most well known game out of the Alex Kidd series, Miracle World follows the adventures of the plucky little lad Alex as he fights his way through 16 stages to find his long lost brother. Sega's answer to Super Mario Bros, Miracle World is a more ambitious platformer, with more varied levels, quirky Roshambo battles, and a longer adventure.
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.
Help Thomas save his girlfriend, Sylvia, as he battles minions and dragons over five side-scrolling, action packed levels, Kung-Fu style. Based on the Jackie Chan movie Wheels on Meals, Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X in Japan) is often credited for creating the beat 'em up genre.
An arcade game that debuted Nintendo's Punch-Out franchise. It released in Japan in 1983, and in North America and Europe in 1984. It was a technical breakthrough, for its large detailed sprites, over-the-shoulder perspective, and gameplay innovations such as the player stamina meter, enemy stamina meter, recharging health and dodging mechanics.
Infiltrate the enemy base and make off with a big box of cash in this helicopter-based shooter from the makers of Scramble.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
Scramble is a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a spaceship across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. Scramble is credited with setting the template for most of the side-scrolling shooters that followed its release.
Players must destroy waves of UFOs while saving abductees in this classic shoot 'em up
Samurai is the first known hack & slash brawler, released by Sega in 1980. The player character is armed with a sword and simultaneously faces multiple opponents in an arena before facing a boss opponent.
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.
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