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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.
The second game in the German language action-adventure Robot series.
A reimaging of Snatcher in the form of a "super deformed" RPG, exclusively released on the MSX2 platform in 1990.
A young hero must save the world from evil magic by finding the four powerful swords that form Crystalis.
Follow-up to the Commodore 64 classic, Paradroid. Despite the title, it was not the start of a yearly Paradroid franchise.
A top-down action game that depicts a future sport similar to pinball.
A multi-event sports simulation set in the Wild West.
Keef the Thief is an RPG that was developed by the now prestigious developer Naughty Dog.
Emerald Dragon is a traditional Japanese RPG released for various gaming consoles and computers.
Who's going to travel through these mazes? Might as well be Herb and Flip!
A top-down action-adventure game somewhat similar to The Legend of Zelda.
A top-down arcade racing game, later developed for a variety of home computers. The game stars real life celebrity off-road race truck driver Ivan "Ironman" Stewart.
A top-down grid-based action-puzzle game similar to the Sokoban series, as high-school nerd Chip must traverse a series of increasingly-difficult labyrinths filled with numerous puzzles and obstacles.
Alexey Pajitnov's first follow-up to the mega-hit puzzle game Tetris, Welltris has players maneuvering pieces down a "well" playfield as they try to form lines between walls without getting tiles stuck on the walls themselves.
An action RPG designed by Yu Suzuki for the Sega Genesis. The original advertising for this game claimed that it had "over 300 hours of gameplay".
Released in 1989, Sweet Home is quite possibly the first survival horror, or console horror RPG. A small team enters a haunted house to study the deceased owner's frescoes, only to become trapped by the angered spirits within. It inspired Resident Evil, the game that established the survival horror genre. Sweet Home can also be considered an early immersive sim.
Herzog Zwei is a 1989 real-time strategy game that puts two commanders against each other on a wide variety of maps and environments. Each player controls a Mech that can transform from a fighter jet to a walking bi-pedal robot. Released by Technosoft for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, it is credited for pioneering the RTS and MOBA genres. It was also a precursor to the hero shooter genre.
An X-Men licensed game released in North America in 1989 that is sometimes referred to as "Marvel's X-Men".
Take your souped up car to the race track and race increasing difficult courses. This game seems to be influenced game by Super Sprint and Super Cars.
Super Off Road is an isometric off-road racer that featured upgradeable vehicles as well as tracks that could be raced in any direction.
A real-time strategy game in which a family of cow-people have to grow and sell crops on an island crawling with monsters.
The TurboGrafx-16's answer to The Legend of Zelda. It was among the exclusive titles Hudson would make for the Turbografx-16, along with its sequel.
After World War II ended control of Berlin was being contested by many countries. The Americans have smuggled a nuke into the city and as an American spy it's the job of the player to make sure it's safe.
A top-down shooter from Data East, originally released in the Arcades in 1988. Snake and Eagle are on a mission to save the president!
NES game based on the movie franchise of the same name. This game features a top-down view in which Marty McFly moves through four key moments in the past in order to fix the future, and get back home to 1985.
A top-down racing game from Sachen.
A vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up and the sequel to the original Xenon.
Famicom shooter from CBS/Sony. It claims to be a "color-based shooter and super variety game". The basic gameplay is extremely simple.
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