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Focusing on a humble plumber and his brother setting out to rescue a Princess who has been kidnapped by a vile lizard king, Super Mario Bros. is a platformer created by Shigeru Miyamoto, published by Nintendo, and is one of the best-selling video games of all time.
An arcade motorcycle racing game that broke new ground when it released in 1985, revolutionizing and revitalizing the arcade industry, with its motion-controlled cabinet and pseudo-3D "Super Scaler" graphics. A port was offered as a pack-in with the Sega Master System console for a period of time.
A side scrolling arcade shoot 'em up and the first in Konami's famous series. The game became famous for its extreme difficulty and varied power-ups.
Dragon Buster is a dungeon-crawling, arcade platformer with RPG elements, released by Namco in 1985. It was later ported to various home systems. It featured several firsts in gaming history: the double-jump, the life meter, and the hub world map. It was also one of the first action games with RPG elements.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
Released in 1984, Hydlide was the first open-world action RPG. It was the first on-foot, fully-scaled, open-world game, and introduced innovations such as a health-regeneration mechanic. It influenced the action RPG genre as well as The Legend of Zelda franchise.
A vertical shoot 'em up and an update to the original game that contains new enemies.
Players climb the tower, defeat Druaga and rescue Princess Ki in this maze-style, action role-playing game. Originally released by Namco for arcades in 1984, its combination of hack & slash combat and RPG elements laid the foundations for the action RPG genre.
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
The first 16-bit video game, Pole Position was responsible for popularizing third-person psuedo-3D graphics and racing games as a whole.
New Rally-X is the successor to Namco's Rally X. The game was originally released in 1981.
Released by Namco for arcades in 1980, Rally-X was the first scrolling open-world video game, and the first open-world driving/racing game.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
This unreleased entry to the Castlevania saga featured 3D graphics and the ability to play as either Victor or Sonia Belmont in a quest to vanquish a countess who sought to bring count Dracula back from the dead once again.
The third game from independent developer radiangames, Inferno is described as a cross between Geometry Wars and Gauntlet.
Wyv and Keep: The Temple of the Lost Idol is a platformer where you control two characters concurrently.
Wish was an online role-playing game in the vein of Ultima Online that specialized in live content. Despite good reception, it was cancelled just 10 days after entering an open beta stage.
Game about fantasy blacksmithing
Sunrider Liberation Day
Notch: The Innocent LunA: Eclipsed SinnerS is a horror/mystery visual novel taking place on a secluded island. Young women are being murdered and it is up to the protagonist to team up with a mute, a lolita demon and a god to solve the mysteries of the killings.
A pony-themed horror pixel game.
Blood Code is an otome visual novel game.
The Cub is an action platformer inspired by classic Disney platformers of the 1990s.
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