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A spin-off to Nihon Falcom's Xanadu series, Faxanadu is a side-scrolling action RPG developed by Hudson for the NES.
Side-scrolling, Metroidvania-style, action RPG, released by System Sacom in 1987.
Simon Belmont must rid himself of a horrible curse placed upon him by Dracula in this action-adventure platformer and sequel to the original Castlevania.
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.
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world exploration, and hack & slash combat, including the earliest third-person hack & slash combat.
Zillion is a sci-fi side-scrolling action game with many similarities to the Metroid series. As the protagonist JJ, the player is tasked with retrieving 5 floppy-disks from an underground base on Planet X.
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.
Wonder Boy is back and trouble has brewed in Monster Land. This is the second in the Wonder Boy series, developed by Westone and published for many consoles and home computers, occasionally with whole new graphics.
Play as Milon in an adventure through castle Garland to save Princess Eliza from the evil Warlord.
The second game in the Castlevania series, Vampire Killer has the player taking control of Simon Belmont in his quest to defeat Dracula.
Romancia is the third game in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series. Because of its cute graphics and simple gameplay, it is also known as "Dragon Slayer Jr."
An expansion pack for Nihon Falcom's Xanadu released in 1986.
An action-adventure platformer for the NES and a very loose remake of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns.
Don the Power Suit of intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran as she recaptures the dangerous Metroid species from the evil Space Pirates. Released by Nintendo in 1986, this game introduced the "Metroidvania" style of open-world gameplay on consoles.
Players must search for five crystals in this action-adventure game from 1985.
Brain Breaker is an epic open-world platform-adventure for the Sharp X1 Japanese home computer. It was an early Metroidvania-style game, predating both Metroid and Castlevania. It was designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and published by Enix in 1985.
An action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1985 that was the company's first blockbuster success, becoming one of the best selling Japanese PC games of all time.
Limited number of keys to allow progress, you often will travel forward to go backward. Without the map that came with the game it is a nearly impossible task to just wander your way through this game.
Tritorn is an action RPG developed by Sein Soft and released in 1985. It was one of the first action RPGs, improving on Dragon Slayer and Hydlide with the use of an action button to attack enemies, and one of the first Metroidvania-style games.
An arcade adventure by Shaun Southern that was released for the 8-bit home computers Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64.
Traverse a vast castle with 100 puzzling rooms to rescue the imprisoned princess in this 1985 action-adventure platformer for Japanese computers.
An upcoming sprite-based Metroidvania/RPG from a small team of Mexican and American developers, funded via Kickstarter.
Legend of Iya is an in development platformer.
Brave Earth: Prologue
An Action-Adventure pixel art Metroidvania from developer Tony the Fish and publisher Critical Reflex.
Altered Alma combines metroidvania action with dating sim RPG elements.
an indie game by developer btf
A 3D search-action game with low poly graphics from the creators of Unsighted.
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