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An early arcade platformer that has 100 levels. Released by Taito in 1986, it was one of the first games to feature two-player cooperative play and multiple endings.
Based on the novels Nine Princes in Amber and The Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny.
Finders Keepers is an action adventure game where Magic Knight has to collect as many valuables as possible.
The first game in the Darius series, this game was released by Taito in 1986.
Based on the novel and movie, The Black Cauldron was a graphical adventure game developed by veteran game designer Al Lowe and published by Sierra Entertainment. The game was notable for utilizing function keys instead of the common text parser system.
A sci-fi action-strategy game released in Japan in 1986 for the NES, developed by T&E Soft and published by Toshiba EMI. It's part 6 of a long-running series, though the only one to be released on the NES.
It's a race to save the penguin princess in this speed-based platformer. Collect fish and trade for items, navigate obstacles, fight massive bosses, and help Penta deliver the golden apple to cure the princess in this sequel to Antarctic Adventure.
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.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
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.
A mystery text adventure from Infocom.
A fast-paced puzzle-platformer that debuted in arcades, and later moved to home gaming systems; including the Commodore 64, NES, and Nintendo's Virtual Console.
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.
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
A first-person adventure game with RPG elements, released by Microcabin in 1986. The game featured environments rendered in 3D polygon graphics, for possibly the first time in a home video game, along with early survival horror elements. However, the game is better remembered for its cyberpunk narrative, which was adapted into a sci-fi novel shortly afterwards.
Dating simulation game released by Enix in 1985. Considered somewhat revolutionary for its time, this game helped lay the foundations for the dating sim genre.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
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.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish the template for the Japanese adventure genre, which many other titles would imitate and build upon.
A murder mystery text adventure set in the 1930s.
Konami video arcade game from 1983. Overhead vertical shooter similar to Xevious. It was notable for featuring non-linear branching paths.
Deadline was one of the first interactive fiction mysteries ever published. It built on earlier Infocom games with a much-improved parser and the element of time-based puzzles.
An odd mix of a dating sim and a point 'n click action RPG.
Warhound puts you in the role of a freelance mercenary, whose job is to participate in armed conflicts and private wars around the world.
An adult bishoujo game released in the United States by JAST USA
Space simulation game developed by Nichikon in 1992.
Kaze Kiri is a beat 'em up with a really impressive animated intro, tough bosses, and multiple endings. Playing as Kaze (or Suzu once you beat the game once), you must rescue a kidnapped princess using the full range of your ninja abilities in addition to your sword including throwing kunai, sliding kicks, flips and throws.
An adventure game with RPG elements where players take on the role of a dispossessed nobleman turned thief
A late Cold War era RPG set in the Baltics. Arrest, interrogate, and uncover the truth as a local recruited by the KGB.
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.
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