Puzzle game developed by Thinking Rabbit in 1984.
Unrelated to the popular SNES RPG, Earthbound is an adventure game developed by Xtal Soft in 1983.
Adventure game created by Microcabin in 1988. It is based on the Rumiko Takahashi manga and anime Maison Ikkoku.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1986.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1984.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1983.
RPG developed by Hot-B in 1986.
RPG developed by Hot-B in 1986.
Adventure game developed by Hot-B in 1988.
Adventure game developed by Hot B in 1987.
A Japanese top-down puzzle game from Artdink, starring a little bomb-disposal robot. Control it directly while it is in light, and educate it to take appropriat...
A Urusei Yatsura adventure game.
A video game adaption of Hayao Miyazaki's Lupin III anime film of the same name.
Sports game developed by Nidecom in 1985.
Zeta Gundam is an action game for the Fujitsu FM-7; it is based on the anime of the same name.
Alpha (アルファ) is a visual novel adventure game, developed and published by Squaresoft in 1986, for the PC-8801 & PC-9801 and FM-7 computers. It was k...
Adult adventure game developed by Lucifer Soft in 1990.
Pornographic adventure game developed by JAST in 1986.
Adult game developed by HARD in 1988.
Action game developed by Carry Soft in 1983.
Action game developed by Carry Soft in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Micro Cabin in 1984.
RPG developed by Micro Cabin in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Magical Zoo in 1983.
Adult adventure game created by Champion Soft in 1983.
Adult adventure game created by Champion Soft in 1984.
One of Koei's first video games, Night Life was an adult computer game released in 1982.
Adult simulation game created by HARD in 1987.
Adult simulation game developed by HARD in 1987.
Adult simulation game developed by HARD in 1986.
Baseball sim developed by Hudson in 1984.
The sequel to Micro Cabin's Mystery House released for Japanese computers in 1982.
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 o...
Adult Rock-Paper-Scissors type game developed by Enix in 1983.
Adventure game created by Bond Soft in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Leben Pro in 1985.
Action game created by Bothtec in 1985.
Golf sim developed by T&E Soft in 1984.
Star Arthur Densetsu III: Terra 4001 (Legend of Star Arthur III: Terra 4001) is an adventure game released by T&E Soft in 1984.
Star Arthur Densetsu II: Ankoku Seiun (Legend of Star Arthur II: Dark Nebula) is an adventure game released by T&E Soft in 1983.
An early sci-fi Japanese adventure game developed and published by T&E Soft in 1983, about the adventures of Star Arthur on his quest to obtain the legendary en...
Adventure game created by Prosumer in 1983.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
An unusual variation of Mario Bros. in which Mario and Luigi throw "punch balls" at enemies rather than hitting them from below.
A reimagining of the Mario Bros. arcade game, developed exclusively for Japanese computer systems by Hudson Entertainment and released in 1984. Each stage in th...
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii and published by Enix in 1983 where the player controls a detective solving a murder mystery. The title helped establish...
Action racing game created by TechnoSoft and released in 1984, initially for the PC-88 and then other Japanese computer platforms. It was the first home video g...
Adventure game created by Hudson in 1986.
Adventure game created by Hudson in 1983.
Simulation game created by Tsukumo in 1981.
Adventure game developed by Cross Media Soft in 1984.
Mahjong game developed by Hudson Soft in 1983.
Side-scrolling shooter developed by TechnoSoft in 1983.
Golgo 13: Ōkami no Su, also known as Golgo 13: Wolf Schanze ("Golgo 13: Wolf's Lair"), is adventure game, developed Pony Canyon and released in 1984.
Golgo 13: Moretti Ichizoku Zansatsu Jiken (Golgo 13: Moretti Family Murders) is an adventure game developed by Pony Canyon and released in 1983.
Mahjong game developed by Tsukumo in 1982.
Wingman 2: Kitakura no Fukkatsu ("Wingman 2: Resurrection of Kitakura") is an adventure game developed by TamTam and published by Enix in 1986.
An adventure game based off the anime and manga franchise of the same name published by Enix in 1984.
RPG developed by Xtalsoft in 1986. It was developed for home computers and later ported to the Famicom Disk System.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii in 1985 about a young man trying to find the sister of his girlfriend.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
An updated version of The Castle, featuring a new set of puzzles for the 100-room castle. It is best known for its NES port, which was the only version of the s...
The fourth entry in the original Scott Adams text adventure series. This time the player must rescue Count Cristo who has had a fiendish course put on him by hi...
The sequel to Tower of Druaga and an asynchronous two-player action-RPG. After rescuing Ki at the end of the first game, Gilgamesh and Ki must escape the Tower ...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Adventureland.
A turn-based fantasy RPG from Falcom released for home computers and ported to various consoles, including the TurboGrafx-CD. It is the first game in The Legend...
The original game in the Megami Tensei franchise. Based on a novel by Aya Nishitani, it introduced many of the elements the series is known for such as demon ba...
Originally developed by Dan Gorlin of Brøderbund, Choplifter!, which claims to be the computer! game of the year, focuses on the simple mechanics of avoiding f...
A train/railroad management simulation, released by Artdink in 1985. It was a landmark management simulation title, influencing a number of later games in the g...
In this text adventure, written by Scott Adams, the player awakes in a sealed wing of the Count's Transylvanian castle and must approach his goal of overcoming ...
Walk forward and take out the opposition in this early arcade run & gun shooter from Taito.
A simple puzzle game created in 1980 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi and published by Thinking Rabbit in 1982.
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-shoot...
An action maze game where a mouse policeman has to find stolen goods in a house filled with crooked cats.
The sixth game of the Scott Adams text adventures series. This time the player, marooned at the edge of the galaxy, has stumbled on the ruins of an ancient civi...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure Secret Mission aka Mission Impossible.
DoorDoor is an arcade-style puzzle game developed by Chunsoft founder Koichi Nakamura and published by Enix. As Enix's very first game, the player's task is to ...
A classic role-playing game in which the player commands a group of one to six characters whith such roles as monk, priest, wizard, ranger, thief or fighter.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
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.
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...
The earliest known card solitaire game released via retail, Solitaire Royale features 11 games: eight standard and three children's.
A role-playing game in which the player must gather a party of four warriors and battle the evil Lord Terarin. Originally released in 1986 for Japanese home com...