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When the U.S. President has been kidnapped by ninjas, this game dares to ask the question: Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?
A block-breaking arcade game
A 1987 Arcade and NES game from Data East. It introduced the popular character of Karnov, who went on to become one of Data East's mascots. The Famicom version of the game was published by Namco.
Final Lap is an arcade racing game developed by Namco and released in 1987. A home version, developed by Arc System Works, was also released exclusively in Japan for the Nintendo Famicom.
Not so much a sequel to Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium than an enhanced rerelease with updated rosters. It was published by Namco for the Famicom in late 1987.
The first installment in the Family Tennis series. It was released for the Famicom in late 1987 by Namco and was the second tennis game for the system.
A Japan only NES platformer based on the popular film Star Wars.
An action RPG from Now Software for the NES. It was never released outside of Japan.
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.
A Lupin III action game for the Famicom. It is based somewhat on the movie Castle of Cagliostro.
The original game in the Megami Tensei franchise. Based on a novel by Aya Nishitani, it introduced many of the elements the series is known for such as demon bartering and fusing.
A mahjong game by Nihon Bussan and published by Namco for the Famicom.
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 vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up where the player controls a dragon. It was developed by Namco and appeared on many home systems after its initial arcade release.
Originally released in 1987, Pac-Mania featured a unique take on the Pac-Man formula.
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 horse racing simulator for the Famicom and Game Boy, developed and published by Namco.
Sanma no Meitantei is a Japan-only text adventure mystery game produced by Namco for the Famicom. It features popular Japanese comedian Sanma Akashiya.
An action game presented as "hero show" developed by Namco.
A 1986 top-down shooter from Namco
One of the first console baseball games to include real MLB players. The players were super deformed and had no likeness to the real players other than their stats and their names.
As the secret agent "Albatross", infiltrate the terrorist organization GELDRA to rescue your partner in this arcade side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer by Namco.
The sequel to Thunder Ceptor
A platformer for the NES, developed by TOSE and published by Namco in Japan and Taxan in the US. It's a NES-exclusive sequel to Namco/Midway's early Arcade classic Mappy.
Super Xevious: Mystery of Gump s sequel to Super Xevious developed for the Famicom and later released in arcades as part of the Vs. System. It was developed and published by Namco. Despite its similar name, the game is neither a conversion nor an update to the arcade release known as Super Xevious.
Hopping Mappy is the sequel to Namco's 1983 arcade hit Mappy.
An early NES action-adventure RPG from Namco, starring the shield maiden Valkyrie.
The sequel to Tower of Druaga and an asynchronous two-player action-RPG. After rescuing Ki at the end of the first game, Gilgamesh and Ki must escape the Tower of Druaga by descending through its floors.
A puzzle game for the NES similar to Sokoban or Solomon's Key. It was developed by Namco.
A space shooter with pseudo-3D graphics, showing off Namco's most powerful 8-bit arcade hardware of the time. It was the first game to have a 360-degree analog joystick.
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