A sci-fi variant on Breakout that introduces power-ups and enemies to the format. It was originally developed by Taito for the Arcade and published on a multitu...
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...
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.
A side scrolling arcade shoot 'em up and the first in Konami's famous series. The game became famous for its extreme difficulty and varied power-ups.
The third game in T&E Soft's Hydlide series of action RPGs, released on various home computers and consoles. Originally released in 1987, a graphically enha...
A pinball game featuring an extra long table themed after New York City.
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.
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 ...
Boxxle 2 is a puzzle game in which you have to push crates from point A to point B without getting them stuck.
An action RPG developed by Telenet Japan and released in 1988, it is the first part of the XZR/Exile trilogy. The game was controversial for its references to r...
Wizardry II continues the story arc that had started with the first game. After Werdna's defeat, a new threat arises to disrupt the peace of the kingdom. A part...
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...
A cyberpunk-themed adventure/RPG hybrid set in a future Hong Kong that is recovering from a demon invasion. Tianren, a demon hunter, takes on cases relating to ...
An action maze game where a mouse policeman has to find stolen goods in a house filled with crooked cats.
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...
A simple puzzle game created in 1980 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi and published by Thinking Rabbit in 1982.
Walk forward and take out the opposition in this early arcade run & gun shooter from Taito.
Romancia is the third game in Falcom's Dragon Slayer series. Because of its cute graphics and simple gameplay, it is also known as "Dragon Slayer Jr."
Released in June 1985, Tenshitachi no Gogo (Afternoon of Angels) this was one of the first adult dating sims, an adventure game set in a Japanese high school.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
A geopolitical turn-based strategy game set in the '80s Cold War. Take on the role of the US President or the Soviet General Secretary and use diplomacy and bri...
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...
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...
Take control of a robot and attempt to save children and animals from monsters in Drol.
Nintendo's classic arcade hit. Players attempt to eliminate enemies while avoiding fireballs and collecting coins.
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...
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 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...
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 Nintendo Entertainment System game developed and published by Nintendo as part of their series of sports games. It can be played in singles or doubles.
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.
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...
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
Grobda is a shooter released by Namco in 1984. It can be found in the Namco Museum Battle Collection.
The original golf game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Bard's Tale is a critically acclaimed party-based roleplaying game based loosely on the Dungeons & Dragons rule set, with first-person navigation and text-b...
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...
Super Mario Bros. Special is a sequel to Super Mario Bros. created by Hudson Soft. It is also the predecessor to The Lost Levels.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii in 1985 about a young man trying to find the sister of his girlfriend.
An adventure game based off the anime and manga franchise of the same name published by Enix in 1984.
Wingman 2: Kitakura no Fukkatsu ("Wingman 2: Resurrection of Kitakura") is an adventure game developed by TamTam and published by Enix in 1986.
Adventure game created by Enix in 1987.
Mahjong game developed by Tsukumo in 1982.
Golgo 13: Moretti Ichizoku Zansatsu Jiken (Golgo 13: Moretti Family Murders) is an adventure game developed by Pony Canyon and released 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.
Side-scrolling shooter developed by TechnoSoft in 1983.
Mahjong game developed by Hudson Soft in 1983.
Adventure game developed by Cross Media Soft in 1984.
Simulation game created by Tsukumo in 1981.
Adventure game created by Hudson in 1983.
Adventure game created by Hudson in 1986.
Adventure game created by Micro Cabin in 1986.
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...
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...
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 unusual variation of Mario Bros. in which Mario and Luigi throw "punch balls" at enemies rather than hitting them from below.
An adventure game written and designed by Yuji Horii, developed by Login Software and published by ASCII in 1984.
Adventure game created by Prosumer 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...
Star Arthur Densetsu II: Ankoku Seiun (Legend of Star Arthur II: Dark Nebula) is an adventure game released by T&E Soft in 1983.
Star Arthur Densetsu III: Terra 4001 (Legend of Star Arthur III: Terra 4001) is an adventure game released by T&E Soft in 1984.
Golf sim developed by T&E Soft in 1984.
Action game created by Bothtec in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Leben Pro in 1985.
Adventure game created by Bond Soft in 1985.
Adult Rock-Paper-Scissors type game developed by Enix in 1983.
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...
Action RPG developed by Sein Soft and released in 1988.
The sequel to Micro Cabin's Mystery House released for Japanese computers in 1982.
Baseball sim developed by Hudson in 1984.
Adult simulation game developed by HARD in 1986.
Adult RPG developed by HARD in 1991.
Adult simulation game developed by HARD in 1987.
Adult simulation game created by HARD in 1987.
Adult adventure game developed by HARD in 1988.
Adult adventure game developed by HARD in 1990.
One of Koei's first video games, Night Life was an adult computer game released in 1982.
Adult adventure game created by Champion Soft in 1984.
Adult adventure game created by Champion Soft in 1983.
Adventure game developed by Magical Zoo in 1983.
RPG developed by Micro Cabin in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Micro Cabin in 1984.
Action game developed by Carry Soft in 1985.
Action game developed by Carry Soft in 1983.
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