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A shoot'em up based on Space Invaders, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying a wave of aliens above descending slowly in formation.
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.
An adventure game released in 1984. It was Squaresoft's first game.
One of the first action RPGs, released in 1984. It was also the first fully-scaled open-world video game.
A sci-fi adventure game from Enix, released in 1983. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story is about the last survivors of a nuclear war going into crygenic sleep and waking up a hundred years later. The game features a day-night cycle that impacts the story, where certain events may only occur at a specific 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.
A Pac-Man clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 16 / PLUS 4.
Written by Dan Illowsky and Michael Abrash this game is a Pac-Man variant and sequel to Snack Attack.
A Space Invaders clone written by Michael Abrash and published by Datamost for the PC.
A shoot'em up based on Namco's arcade game Galaxian, where the player controls a spacecraft at the bottom of the screen moving left or right, destroying aliens above.
The first survival horror game, developed by Akira Takiguchi and Masakuni Mitsuhashi, and published by ASCII in 1981.
A Pac-Man variant written by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
Go for it! Climb to the top of the building as a helicopter awaits! A precursor to the platformer genre, Crazy Climber was the first game revolving around climbing.
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.
Originally called Space Invaders Part II in Japan, this is the first sequel to the coin-munching hit Space Invaders. This game is notable for introducing the concept of a cut-scene.
Space Invaders, released in arcades by Taito in 1978, is one of the most influential and successful video games of all time, laying the foundations for most shooters and action games that followed. It revolutionized the game industry and has become a pop culture icon.
TimeO is a an action adventure game about two New York City urban explorers who discover an entrance to a parallel world in which they must battle to survive encounters with armies of hostile robots and malevolent, ambulatory buildings.
Playing as Dylan Doug, you must rescue your kidnapped butler Groucho in the Castle of Illusions. Armed with a gun, you must defeat waves of enemies in order to reach your goal.
This survival horror title was cancelled two months after it was unveiled at E3 2004.
Planned to coincide with Jurassic Park 3, Survival was to see players take on dinosaurs and terrorists alike as they fought to escape Isla Sorna. The game, however, quickly went extinct.
A post-apocalyptic third-person RPG that was to be released in 2014.
Fight for the survival of mankind against the armies of Hell.
Dinosaur simulation based on the Hell Creek Formation.
Listhère is a RPG horror game created by NyaXxProduction.
A multiplayer focused Zombie Survival game. Set in a near future post apocalyptic Alberta, Canada.
An open world action-adventure survival game set on an uninhabited island.
A midquel between the first and second Zettai Zetsumei Toshi games.
A first person survival game set in the Finnish wilderness.
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