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Woody Poco is a side-scrolling adventure platformer by dB-soft, originally for home computers and later adapted for the Famicom. It was never released outside of Japan.
An expansion pack for Nihon Falcom's Xanadu released in 1986.
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.
An early role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the PC-88, PC-98 and FM-7 computers in 1986 and ported to MS-DOS by Brøderbund. An early RPG-shooter hybrid, it was one of the first computer games with polygonal 3D environments, along with full 360-degree third-person exploration for indoor environments.
A pioneering driving game largely believed to have influenced future games of the same genre such as the Grand Theft Auto series
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
The first role-playing game developed by Squaresoft, Cruise Chaser Blassty is a sci-fi title released in April 1986.
The first game in Koei's long-running strategy game series, based on the Chinese historical novel of the same name.
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.
Hydlide (ハイドライド Haidoraido) is a 1984 action role-playing game developed by T&E Soft and published in 1985.
Squaresoft's first RPG, this was an early futuristic sci-fi RPG for the PC-8801 and PC-9801 computers, featuring a post-apocalyptic setting and isometric, tactical turn-based battles.
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.
RPG developed by Hot-B in 1986.
Vifam is a space flight simulator based on the anime of the same name.
Side-scrolling shooter developed by TechnoSoft in 1983.
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.
One of the first action RPGs, released in 1984. It was also the first fully-scaled open-world video game.
Dragon Slayer is an action RPG designed by Yoshio Kiya and developed by Nihon Falcom. The title helped to pioneer the action RPG genre in Japan and spawned many sequels that would spin-off into their own franchises over time.
Designed by Yoshio Kiya and released by Nihon Falcom in 1983, this was possibly the first action RPG. It introduced real-time combat, sci-fi elements, a persistent open world with day-night cycle, and survival mechanics. This was a precursor to Falcom's seminal action RPG franchise, Dragon Slayer.
An early first-person shooter arcade video game released by Taito in 1975. An eight-way joystick is used to aim a crosshair and shoot at enemy aircraft that move in formations of two, in and out of the player's firing range. It was also the first video game with sprite-scaling and multi-directional scrolling, and the first free-roaming sandbox video game with a scrolling open world.
A sandbox game that lets you have Phun with physics.
A massive open-world RPG where players could sail the vast seas and discover booty in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe. At least it would have been if the project hadn't been cancelled in late 2010.
2 Days to Vegas is an action game being developed by Steel Monkeys for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
An MMO set in the Shenmue universe. While never officially cancelled by Sega despite widespread rumors, the project went quiet around 2007 and can be classified as vaporware.
A direct sequel to the original Steambot Chronicles/Bumpy Trot that was initially announced for the PS2 but eventually shifted to PS3. The game was canceled near the end of March 2011.
Yogventures! was to be the first game being developed by Winterkewl Games LLC., in partnership with the European YouTube group the Yogscast. It was ultimately cancelled, amidst minor controversy.
A creative-style game where players can create their own worlds.
Astral Terra is an endless sandbox role playing game by Tethys Interactive for PC, initially releasing on Steam. Founders packs are available now via astralterra.com which allows immediate access to the latest game build.
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