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The demon lord Zeon has been set free by an unwitting thief. It is the job of Bowie, a young hero from the Kingdom of Granseal, to lead the Shining Force to victory in this Tactical RPG from Sega.
A 2D vertical shooter for DOS from Apogee.
A taxi game set in prehistoric times.
The first game in the Lunar series, and the second highest selling Sega CD game of all time, Lunar tells a story of love, betrayal, and redemption.
Horror themed adventure game developed by Chunsoft in 1992 that was the first entry in the company's influential Sound Novel series.
An action-RPG published by Enix for the SNES. The player has to restore the world above by delving deeper into an immense dungeon.
The third installment in the Zelda series makes a return to the top-down 2D gameplay of the original. Link must travel between the Light and Dark Worlds in order to set things right in the kingdom of Hyrule.
The third game in the classic Ghosts 'n Goblins series sees the valiant knight Arthur once again embarking on a brutally difficult quest to rescue his beloved from demonic forces.
A non-corporeal protagonist meets historical figures while travelling through time trying to recover his body from an evil demon in this Famicom Disk System adventure game.
The first RPG to ever be released on the Super Famicom, which is loosely based on an anime OVA of the same name.
A management simulation which puts the player in the shoes of a young lad who has just fallen in love... but must first revive the fortunes of a local TV station before marrying his beloved Betty - all the while avoiding death at the hands of the TV director.
The sequel to Tecmo's classic NES action-platformer enhances the gameplay of the original with new features such as the Shadow Clone powerup and a wall-climbing maneuver.
A mystery adventure game by Enix from 1990. Players control a musician named Kazuya Mizukami, who returns to Japan and, following the death of a music producer, becomes a prime murder suspect. To clear his name, he will need the help of friends in the music and modelling industries.
Lala has been captured again, this time by the king of Eggerland himself (AGAIN)! It's up to you (Lolo) to ascend his tower, confront evil, and put an end to this madness!
A real-time, dungeon-crawler, action RPG, and the first game in the Xak series from Micro Cabin. It was released for various systems between 1989 and 1993, but was not officially localized into English until a considerable amount of time later.
Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle game by HAL Corporation in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
A side-scrolling platformer with RPG elements. Ported to the NES from the arcade.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
This sequel to Crazy Climber was a Japan-only arcade release in 1988.
Hudson produced this adventure / dating sim for the PC Engine. As a launch title for the PC Engine CD-ROM in 1988, it served as gaming's first technical showcase of the CD-ROM format.
Adventure game developed by Micro Cabin in 1988 based on the popular manga and anime Kimagure Orange Road.
Created by LucasArts in 1988, Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders follows Zak in an attempt to meet girls and stop evil aliens.
An action RPG developed by Telenet Japan and released in 1988, it is the first part of the XZR/Exile trilogy. The game was controversial for its references to religion, politics, and drugs. Unlike its sequels, XZR was never released outside of Japan.
1987 Japanese adventure game based on the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes, but with a completely different original story. It was developed by Pack-In-Video for the MSX home computer platform.
A visual novel from Nintendo and Squaresoft featuring real teen idol Miho Nakayama. Released in 1987, it is considered one of the first true dating sims.
One of the first action RPGs, The Magic of Scheherazade is a Culture Brain title for the NES (1989) and Famicom (1987, as Arabian Dream Scheherazade).
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.
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 scrolling platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Hudson Soft, the game was an adaptation of the Westone/Sega arcade game Wonder Boy featuring an employee of Hudson wearing a grass skirt.
Yu Suzuki's classic 1986 Sega arcade "driving game" puts players behind the wheel of a red convertible sports car on a trip through American- and European-inspired landscapes.
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