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A platformer/shooter for 80s computer systems.
An 80's fighting game from Capcom that laid the framework for one of the most popular fighting game franchises of all time, as well as the traditional fighting game genre in general.
Inspired by Rogue, NetHack is an ASCII-based RPG in which the player must navigate the Mazes of Menace in search of the Amulet of Yendor for his deity.
A shoot-em-up released for the NES by Hudson and the third game they used in their national Caravan competition. Known for its novel alternating of horizontal and vertical levels. It was originally named Hector '87 in Japan.
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 credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
Yokai Dochuki is an Arcade game by Namco that follows the adventures of a young boy through Jigoku, the Japanese equivalent of Hell. The game was later released for the PC Engine and Family Computer, but neither version was available outside of Japan. However, an unofficial english arcade version titled "Shadow Land" exists.
A top-down sci-fi action-adventure game for the Famicom Disk System developed and published by Konami in 1987.
An open-world action-adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System that features a barbarian warrior with a distinctive "diskarmor" weapon. It is distinct from the original 1986 Arcade game Rygar, which saw numerous home console ports.
Cocona World is a Japan-only adventure game for the Famicom Disk System.
Help Mickey and Minnie save Alice in Wonderland from the evil clutches of Maleficent in this punishing platformer for the NES.
Save women and fight Geshita's thugs in this vertically scrolling Beat 'Em Up from Capcom.
A prehistoric-themed shoot-em-up published by Hudson for the NES.
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 side scrolling action game with a female protagonist. The original 1986 8-bit game was later remade for the Genesis/MegaDrive and the PC-Engine Super CD formats. It is (in a sense) both the first and last game in the Valis series.
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.
An isometric 3D action-adventure and the second series in the Chronicles of the Land of Fairlight.
A isometric action-adventure game written by Charles Goodwin and published by The Edge for the Amstrad CPC.
An icon/keyword driven RPG in which the player controls four main characters in search of evil Nemesar and the Mindstone he has stolen.
Rampage takes the staples of giant monster movies and molds them into a tongue-in-cheek action game.
Kid Icarus is a 2D platformer released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, famed for its blending together of elements from The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. and Metroid.
Deadly Towers, one of the earliest games to come out for the NES, is an action-adventure role-playing game that was well-received in its time but is today mostly disliked due to its difficulty and steep learning curve.
Play as Milon in an adventure through castle Garland to save Princess Eliza from the evil Warlord.
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.
Count Dracula's dark presence has invited the heroic vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who must venture through six stages (filled with horrible monsters) with his trusty vampire-killing whip.
An early role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the PC-88, PC-98 and FM-7 computers in 1986 and ported to MS-DOS by Brøderbund. An early RPG-shooter hybrid, it was one of the first computer games with polygonal 3D environments, along with full 360-degree third-person exploration for indoor environments.
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Hot Scramble is the first console Gundam game. It features some early first-person shooter elements, along with side-scrolling action segments.
Based on the French comic heroes Asterix & Obelix, the game is a side-scrolling beat-em up developed by Krome Studios in 1986
A Pac-Man-like maze game in which the player controls a pair of teeth, gobbling up pills and avoiding bacteria.
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