Adult adventure game developed by HARD in 1990.
Adult adventure game developed by HARD in 1988.
Adult RPG developed by HARD in 1991.
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.
Action RPG developed by Sein Soft and released in 1988.
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...
Adventure game developed by Leben Pro in 1985.
Golf sim developed by T&E Soft in 1984.
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...
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
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...
Adventure game created by Micro Cabin in 1986.
Adventure game created by Hudson in 1986.
Adventure game created by Hudson in 1983.
Simulation game created by Tsukumo in 1981.
Mahjong game developed by Hudson Soft 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.
Adventure game created by Enix in 1987.
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.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii in 1985 about a young man trying to find the sister of his girlfriend.
Submarine simulator game based on Tom Clancy's novel, it is not based on the film adaptation of said novel.
A single player side scrolling shoot-em-up and is the second game in the M.A.S.K (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) series.
A home computer adaptation of the film released in 1989, one year before the more popular Genesis version.
An adventure game based on the David Bowie film of the same name.
A Mad Mix game with a Pepsi twist.
Gilbert's foray into the gaming world.
An action, arcade game involving running, shooting and fruit!!
A classic game from the Stamper brothers and Ultimate Play The Game.
The second game in the Dragon Warrior/Quest series. It continues the legacy of Erdrick/Loto.
Airplane simulator for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and MSX.
Phantasie IV: The Birth of a Heroes is a follow-up to Winston Douglas Wood's popular Phantasie series. This sequel was developed by Star Craft and was only rele...
A point and click adventure game for the PC and MSX based on the Ranma 1/2 series.
Exile, also known as XZR II, is the side scrolling, action RPG sequel to XZR. It was first released for Japanese computers in 1988. Both North American releases...
Fire Hawk (a.k.a. "Thexder 2") is the sequel to the original Japanese action game. It features improved graphics, sound and gameplay.
Pentagram is the 4th game in the Sabreman series. It features an isometric game engine through which the wizard Sabreman must navigate many traps and puzzles to...
Isometric adventure game by Ultimate using the Filmation II engine with scrolling backgrounds.
Also known as Hostages, this tactical action game uses stealth, sharpshooting, rappelling and FPS sequences in a mission to save an embassy from terrorist invad...
Alien Syndrome is a cooperative, top-down, run & gun shooter with aliens developed by SEGA as an arcade game in 1987. Compared to other shooters at the time...
A motorcross game released in 1985 for ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and MSX
Terrorists have taken an embassy hostage and you have to bring in a 3 men strike team to rescue the civilians inside.
A game based on the Charles Bronson movie. The player mows down criminals with an assortment of weapons.
A cute-'em-up by Konami featuring color changing bells as power-ups.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
A simple timed maze game, where the objective is to guide your small orange snail to the goal. Snail Maze was built into the Sega Master System BIOS.
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...
Notable as one of the 'Big 5' Mega Drive shoot 'em ups never to leave Japan and infamous for its high-level of difficulty, UndeadLine has garnered a reputation ...
A side-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Data East and ported to numerous home computers, based on the 1987 Verhoeven movie.
A Japan-only game based on the now disbanded Japanese rock group Seikima-II.
It's ninja versus yōkai in this elimination platformer from Jaleco.
Hacker is a time-based puzzle game developed in 1985 by activision in which the player hacks into a companies computer system called MAGMA Ltd.
The Turtles' first appearance on the NES followed the fighting foursome as they attempt to defeat the evil Shredder. Featuring challenging platforming elements ...
A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
Guide the titular "Bomberman" around a maze and lay bombs to destroy roaming enemies in the initial entry of the long-running series of the same name.
A Koei strategy war sim set in the Sengoku era of Japan. It is the fourth game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series.
Knightmare II: The Maze of Galious (Majou Densetsu II: Galious no Meikyuu in Japan) is a screen by screen action adventure platformer released originally for MS...
An early racing simulator based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was a pioneer of realistic simulation racing, and featured a unique cabinet that rotated to simul...
A action game in which the player controls a ball that constantly bounces on the screen.
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 ...
The saga of the Magic Knight continues, with David Jones follow up to Finders Keepers and Spellbound.
Heavily themed around the Ancient Orient, Ishido is a tile-based puzzle game where players place "stones" on a grid based on the color and shape of adjacent sto...
A simplistic boxing game released on the SG-1000, MSX, and arcade, by Sega in 1983.
A shooter with simple business simulation by Psygnosis that was originally developed for the Amiga and Atari ST and later ported to several 8-bit homecomputers.
Empire City: 1931 is a prohibition-era shooting gallery game.
A platformer in which the player controls Johnny Jones, who has entered the temple of Abu Simbel and fallen victim to a pharaoh's spell. Johnny must free himsel...
Traffic is a puzzle game created by Andromeda Software.
Also known as Phantis in parts of Europe and on certain platforms.
A horizontal shoot 'em up in which the player controls a segmented cyborg dragon in a dark futuristic setting.
A compilation of five sports games that was published by Dinamic for various platforms.
Ballblazer is one of the first two games released in 1985 by the Lucasfilm Computer Division Games Group, later LucasArts.
Protect the king by preventing evil balloons from carrying him away in this early Namco arcade game.
Featured a version of the UK TV Football round up show "Match of the Day" theme tune rendered in 8-bit glory. The player you controlled was indicated by his boo...
A dirt bike game that takes place in Africa.
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...
A platformer/shooter for 80s computer systems.
Fairy is an MSX action game, where the protagonist "catches" enemies in each stage, while simultaneously avoiding getting killed.
Very simple soccer simulation game developed by Panasoft for the MSX-based machines.
Command your various forces against the absolute might of the heavy tank OGRE in this 1980's computer game adaptation of Steve Jackson's sci-fi board game of th...