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A platformer released for the Famicom late in the system's lifespan, starring a small green youkai who generates large stars used both as an attack and as a makeshift platform.
StarBlade was an arcade shoot 'em up released in 1991 by Namco. It is a rail shooter featuring flat-shaded polygonal graphics.
A side-scrolling action game starring the king of pop Michael Jackson, released in 1990 for Sega Genesis and Master System. Moonwalker features Michael saving children, turning into a robot, his pet monkey Bubbles, and magical dance fighting. Later released in arcades on the Mega-Tech hardware.
46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron (46億年物語 -THE 進化論- "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Evolution") is a role-playing game released for the PC-98 which later inspired the design and story of E.V.O.: Search for Eden.
Namco's arcade game that also made it to the PlayStation. The original arcade version released in 1990 supported up to 28 players. Incredibly powerful for its time, the arcade game ran on up to 16 Namco System 21 "Polygonizer" arcade boards.
Like the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 (AKA "Lost Levels"), Super Boy II more or less uses the same engine and graphics as its predecessor but switches up the levels.
Princess Daisy of Sarasaland has been kidnapped by the evil alien Tatanga and it's up to Mario to rescue her in this handheld platformer (and launch title) for the original Game Boy.
Vindicators is a 1-2 player top-down, run-and-gun, shoot-em-up action game, released in 1988. It was published by Tengen for home platforms; an arcade version of Vindicators was published by Atari.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
Mario and his friends find themselves in the mysterious world of Sub-Con, where they must fight new enemies (with new techniques) to stop the master plans of the evil toad king, Wart.
A graphically revamped adaptation of Namco's classic 1981 Arcade shoot 'em up Galaga. It was released in the US on the TurboGrafx-16 as Galaga '90 and Galaga '91/Galaga 2 for the Game Gear.
Shadowgate is an adventure game where the player must travel through Castle Shadowgate solving its riddles and puzzles to succeed whilst avoiding numerous perils.
A home adaptation of Nintendo's earlier boxing arcade game Punch-Out!!, featuring real-life World Heavyweight Champion Mike "Kid Dynamite" Tyson as the final opponent.
Cocona World is a Japan-only adventure game for the Famicom Disk System.
Help Mickey and Minnie save Alice in Wonderland from the evil clutches of Maleficent in this punishing platformer for the NES.
A prehistoric-themed shoot-em-up published by Hudson for the NES.
A horror-themed point-and-click adventure game that centers around the loss of a sibling and other supernatural occurrences. It was one of the original MacVenture games, along with Déjà Vu and Shadowgate.
The true sequel to Super Mario Bros., originally exclusive to Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2, significantly boosted the game's difficulty.
Adventure game developed by Enix in 1985.
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.
Vifam is a space flight simulator based on the anime of the same name.
An action/shoot-'em-up combining elements of religion and science fiction. The goal is to complete constellations by touching them, and warding off whatever enemies are attempting to stop the player.
Namco's shooter series continues with Galaga 3, originally called Gaplus before being renamed in the US.
Fruit Panic is a single-screen platformer from Pony Canyon
One of the first Laserdisc games, made in 1982 and using technology pioneered by SEGA. Following its 1982 debut, it was released in Japan in May 1983 and worldwide several months later.
Originally released as Zoom 909 in Japan, the Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom arcade game is a forward-scrolling, pseudo-3D, third-person rail shooter, released by Sega in 1982.
An early strategy game with real-time elements that was the first title published by Nihon Falcom.
Space Duel is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari Inc. It is a direct descendant of the original Asteroids.
Released in 1981, Jump Bug was the first scrolling platformer.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
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