Penta, a cute blue penguin, has a tragic flaw - he really enjoys eating. As a result, his girlfriend Penko left him for another fashionable penguin called Ginji because, she thinks, he has become too chubby for her liking. And yet, she decides to give him a second chance - if he manages to lose all this weight and keep it off, then she will give all her love and attention to him. But the covetous Ginji doesn't share the same sentiments and will do everything in his power to stop the poor flightless seabird before he slims down.
The evil Giant has kidnapped Jack's girlfriend and now he must travel up the beanstalk and return to the Giant's castle in the sky to save her! Jack must use all his jumping ability and wits to climb the dangerous beanstalk without getting hurt. Many wildlife creatures and the minions of the Giant stand in his way.
Hissatsu Shigotonin (Translated: Deadly Work People] was released December 15, 1990 exclusively in Japan for the NES. It is an RPG biased off of the popular historical drama TV show of the same name. The Story focuses on a group of ordinary work people who have double lives as assassins.
The player is able to customize their own sumo wrestler by giving him a unique appearance. Characters have a chibi appearance to them.
Items that can be added include are the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Once the customized wrestler is created, he must fight against other sumo wrestlers for the title of Yokozuna. There are two bars for each player that allow the player to fend off and deliver attacks. A tutorial mode is added that allows players to practice their moves against an AI opponent that is lower in intellect that the actual game's AI.
"Saiyūki World 2: Tenjōkai no Majin" is an action platformer, akin to many games at the time. The protagonist is Sun Wukong, the King Monkey, one of the most popular characters in the Chinese culture.
After completing the first stage, the player can play the other six in any order. Each of the stages revolve around elements, such as fire and water. After each stage, the player gains a new weapon, much like in the original Mega Man series, which was extremely popular at the time. The game was released with thematic and graphical changes as "Whomp 'Em" for North American audiences. "Saiyūki World 2: Tenjōkai no Majin" (as well as Whomp 'Em) and the prior Saiyuki World (which was an adaptation of Wonder Boy in Monster Land) are based on the Journey to the West novel.
Block Force is a port of Quarth originally developed by Konami. It was made by Hwang Jiun-Ming, a relative of Hwang Shinwei and released in 1990. The game was often included in multicarts released by RCM Group between 1990 and 1991.
Fire Dragon is an unlicensed snake clone released on multiple systems by multiple companies.
Fire Dragon was released on the Famicom in the early 90s. It was developed by Gamtec. It was released by BIC and likely Gamtec or a related company in other countries.
In 1993 a Mega Drive version of the game was released by Songtly and Jumbo. On the box this version is called Lóng Xíng Tiān Xià, on its title screen it is just called Lóng, and on a splash screen that appears when the game is booted up, it is called Link Dragon. This version features new music and a music test option.
A Gameboy version was also released. This version appears most similar to the Mega Drive version. In an early build of the game found on Vast Fame's multicarts it is called Lóng Xíng Tiān Xià on the title screen. It would later on be published by Gowin as Guā Guā Huǒ Lóng. In situations where an English name is displayed it is referred to as Fire Dragon. This version features the same music as the Mega Drive version, but lacks a
Educational software released in Japan on the Family Computer with a custom cartridge that needs the Konami QTài, Q太, adapter to function.
1 of 7 games known to use the adapter.
Ordered by Idemitsu and designed to encourage/help teach gas station employees the information needed to obtain Type-C dangerous goods handler qualifications.
Dai Meiro: Meikyu no Tatsujin is a grid-based dungeon crawler developed and published by Epoch. Unlike most dungeon crawlers Dai Meiro does not contain any enemies and is focused primarily on exploration. The game was released in Japan in 1990.
Bakushou!! Ai no Gekijou is a virtual life board game developed and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Coconuts Japan Entertainment on Dec 29th, 1990 in Japan.
Capitalizing on the popularity of simulation and dating games from the late eighties, specifically the Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou series developed by Taito, this game follows many of the genre's tropes from chance rolls dictating life events, to gathering money and physical traits that benefit the player's life. Unlike the Jinsei Gekijou series however, Ai no Gekijou opts to focus on teenage life and romance in particular, rather than the wider scope seen in other life-simulation titles.
Musashi lives somewhere in medieval Japan in the village of Arima . He is the son of the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi and a skilled fighter himself. One day he hears of a rumor that the evil wizard Kojiro, his father's archenemy, has apparently reared up his ugly head once again! Kojiro's demons invade the land, and threaten death and destruction. "I shall defeat Kojiro!" - says Musashi, - "and maybe even get the girl"...