Hydlide (ハイドライド Haidoraido) is a 1984 action role-playing game developed by T&E Soft and published in 1985.
One of the earliest puzzle-platformers has you running around an underground treasury in an attempt to escape with a motherlode of treasure. It is one of the fi...
An early action-strategy-RPG game created by Koji Sumii and published by ASCII for the Sharp X1 computer in 1983. The game is considered a precursor to several ...
A turn-based strategy game originally released in 1987 by Koei, the creators of Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
An anime style adventure game that uses cut-scenes and text menus, as well as a few action sequences inspired by other sci-fi games.
One of the progenitors of Japanese RPGs, The Black Onyx brings the world of high-fantasy RPGs to Japanese computers as five brave adventurers set out through a ...
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
Secret Mission is the third text adventure game created and and developed by Scott Adams.
Journey forth, Conan the Barbarian, and traverse the evil wizard Volta's fortress.
Classic turn based strategy game based on the classic Chinese novel "Water Margin."
This shape-based Russian mind-bender set the stage for innumerable puzzle games to follow.
Released by Namco for arcades in 1980, Rally-X was the first scrolling open-world video game, and the first open-world driving/racing game.
Released in 1984, Hydlide was the first open-world action RPG. It was the first on-foot, fully-scaled, open-world game, and introduced innovations such as a hea...
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technica...
Sail the high-seas in this text based pirate adventure.
Dig dug is an arcade game released in 1982. The objective is to kill the underground monsters by either squishing them under a rock through the tunnels you cre...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, The Count.
An adventure game designed by Roberta and Ken Williams. Although the game itself is entirely text based, it was the first adventure game to feature graphics. Th...
Archon: The Light and Dark is a popular hybrid of turn-based, chess-like strategy as well as 2-player action sequences. It has been released on numerous systems...
Known by a contemporary audience for its unfortunate title, Nuts & Milk is also the very first third-party game released on any Nintendo console. It was re...
A version of Lode Runner with a much harder collection of levels, intended for "champion" players. Some versions were exclusive to Japan, where Lode Runner was ...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Strange Odyssey.
A role-playing adventure and the second game in the Phantasie franchise. The player commands again a band of six adventurers and has to stop the Dark Lord Nicka...
An adventure game in which, as Sir Cucumber, you must rescue Princess Tomato.
A 2D fighting game in which the player has to slain pirates and occasionally small animals coming from the left and the right side of the one-screen scenery.
The direct sequel to Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished developed by Falcom and released on a number of platforms.
A 2D platforming game for early computers and consoles.
Based on the famous martial artist of the same name, Bruce Lee is a 1984 action-adventure platformer starring Bruce himself. Navigate a perilous fortress while ...
Sequel to Transylvania, a graphical text adventure
Play as a flying dude holding a large cannon as he takes on giant mechs, flying mushrooms, and fire-breathing dragon skeletons.
An early Arcade action game from Taito and in many ways a precursor to their bigger hit Bubble Bobble. The player controls the eponymous avian Chack'n as she at...
Adventureland was the first text adventure game released for home computers. It is also the first work by Scott Adams.
A multi-directional shooter where the player commandeers a tank to destroy the enemy and protect their base.
A side scrolling action game with a female protagonist. The original 1986 8-bit game was later remade for the Genesis/MegaDrive and the PC-Engine Super CD form...
A game based on the Jim Henson film that goes by the same name.
DESTROY THE ENEMY ARMY as Super Joe in this influential top-down shooter.
The first Ultima game to be published by Origin Systems Inc.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
A top-down driving game for Japanese computers where you recklessly drive an eighteen-wheeler down a highway at high speeds. Cars crashing everywhere. Mass hyst...
Elevator Action is a 1983 arcade game by Taito where players control Agent 17, who is attempting to steal documents in a tall building.
A puzzle game from dB Soft for various home systems. It was the first dB Soft game on the Famicom. The player controls a mole-like creature named Flappy and mus...
The player has to find the Golden Idol which is hidden within a ancient Aztec temple in this 2D action-adventure platformer.
This adventure game has the player searching ancient Mayan temples for a lost professor and his team.
A graphical text-adventure in which the player has to escape from the mid-African nation of Rungistan.
Traverse a vast castle with 100 puzzling rooms to rescue the imprisoned princess in this 1985 action-adventure platformer for Japanese computers.
Silpheed is a 1986 vertically scrolling shoot 'em up featuring 3D flat-shaded polygon graphics. Successive ports featured improved graphics but retained the sam...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure Voodoo Castle.
1942 is a vertical shooter set in an exaggerated World War 2 universe. It went on to be one of Capcom's very first hits.
A menagerie of animals roll balls at each other across a large table, with the goal being to get every single ball into the opponent's goal simultaneously.
The seventh entry in the original Scott Adams text adventure series. This time the player finds himself hoplessly lost in the middle of a carnival fun house and...
Dragon Buster is a dungeon-crawling, arcade platformer with RPG elements, released by Namco in 1985. It was later ported to various home systems. It featured se...
Players control Flicky, a bird who must escort chicks to the exit door while avoiding cats.
Cannon Ball is a early Hudson game where players destroy large spheres with a harpoon.
The second game in Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition series of historical simulation-strategy games set in the warring states era of Japan, and the first to be release...
The first game in the Ys series. The player controls Adol Christin who is on a quest to retrieve the six books of Ys which he will use to destroy the evil force...
A 2D platform and ladders game in which the player controls Mr. Robot and must collect all power pills that are scattered around the single screen of a level. A...
An action shooter game featuring a giant robot which can transform into a jet. Trapped within a mysterious facility, the goal is to navigate 16 maze-like levels...
Control Bounty Bob as he avoids mutants and attempts to catch Yukon Yohan in this classic platformer.
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...
The earliest known card solitaire game released via retail, Solitaire Royale features 11 games: eight standard and three children's.
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.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
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 ...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure Secret Mission aka Mission Impossible.
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...
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.
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 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...
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Adventureland.
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...
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.
An adventure game created by Yuji Horii in 1985 about a young man trying to find the sister of his girlfriend.
RPG developed by Xtalsoft in 1986. It was developed for home computers and later ported to the Famicom Disk System.
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.
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.
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...
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