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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.
The third game in T&E Soft's Hydlide series of action RPGs, released on various home computers and consoles. Originally released in 1987, a graphically enhanced version was released in 1989, called Super Hydlide on the Mega Drive / Genesis console and Hydlide 3: Special Version on computers.
The second game in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series of historical simulation-strategy games set in the warring states era of Japan, and the first to be released outside of Japan.
A role-playing game in which the player must gather a party of four warriors and battle the evil Lord Terarin. Originally released in 1986 for Japanese home computers, it was ported to the Master System in 1987 and translated into English.
A train/railroad management simulation, released by Artdink in 1985. It was a landmark management simulation title, influencing a number of later games in the genre. Not to be confused with A-Train, which was the third game in the series and first released in 1990.
Ultima IV is a seminal role playing game focused on the protagonist's moral journey rather than defeating a nemesis.
Released for the arcades by Sega in 1985, this was an early third-person golf game that featured motion controls. A metal swing stick allows players to swing much like normal golfers do, letting players hit the ball as hard or as soft as they wish.
Released in 1984, Hydlide was the first open-world action RPG. It was the first on-foot, fully-scaled, open-world game, and introduced innovations such as a health-regeneration mechanic. It influenced the action RPG genre as well as The Legend of Zelda franchise.
An early Japanese RPG released by Hot-B in 1984 that departed from the fantasy themes of most other early RPGs in favour of what is possibly gaming's first sci-fi cyberpunk plot. Set in a post-apocalyptic city, the game revolves around an amnesiac protagonist with psychic powers.
One of the first action RPGs, released in 1984. It was also the first fully-scaled open-world video game.
An educational game for the BBC Micro where players enter words which is then acted out by Podd.
Thor, star of the popular comic strip B.C., must save his girlfriend Cute Chick from a dinosaur with nothing but his trusty prehistoric unicycle and quick reflexes in this challenging early side-scroller.
Kidou Senshi Gundam Part 1: Gundam Daishi ni Tatsu!! (機動戦士ガンダム PART 1 ガンダム大地に立つ!! "Mobile Suit Gundam Part 1: Gundam Stands on the Ground!!") is an adventure/shooter/RPG from 1983, based on the popular Mobile Suit Gundam anime television series.
Walk forward and take out the opposition in this early arcade run & gun shooter from Taito.
Tranquilizer Gun is an arcade game released by Sega in 1980, and ported to the Master System in 1983. The goal is to sedate animals and get them to a vehicle before they wake up. It was included as a bonus game in the Dreamcast release of Dynamite Cop!.
An Indie Puzzle Platformer about an old man who goes on a "space vacation" but crash lands on an uncharted planet and has to find all of his ship's parts in order to get back home.
An ambitious anime-styled sandbox MMORPG from veteran Korean developer Nexon, with an emphasis on user-generated content. Players can not only craft towns, but also entire quest-lines where the quest-builder wins if the questers fail and vice versa.The game was eventually cancelled after being in development for 8 years.
A couch multiplayer fantasy action game.
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