A puzzle game in which each of the 60 screens has a laser and a target and the aim is to connect the two using optical devices like mirrors.
Somewhat similar to the hit Maxis game SimCity, SimEarth: The Living Planet gives the player complete control of a planet, and must find a way to develop sentie...
The combat robot Atomic Robo-Kid is the only defense humanity has against the alien scourge in this multi-directional shoot 'em up from UPL.
A top-down mech shooter with an isometric perspective. It is the third game in the Final Zone franchise, known as FZ Senki Axis in Japan.
Future Wars is a third-person sci-fi point and click game released in 1989 for the PC, Amiga, and Atari ST. It is known as Time Travelers in Europe and Time Tra...
A vertical shoot 'em up and an update to the original game that contains new enemies.
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...
Emerald Dragon is a traditional Japanese RPG released for various gaming consoles and computers.
The arcade sequel to the original MSX Parodius, Parodius Da builds on its Gradius-style gameplay and its unique comical charm.
Originally released in 1987, Pac-Mania featured a unique take on the Pac-Man formula.
A turn-based strategy game originally released in 1987 by Koei, the creators of Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The first update to the smash-hit fighting game Street Fighter II balances various aspects of the gameplay while adding support for playable bosses and mirror m...
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up from Nihon Bussan, created originally for the Arcades and later ported to various home systems. It features a power-up system t...
Guide hordes of helpless green-haired rodents away from peril in this landmark puzzle game.
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
One of the earliest and most famous "mahjong solitaire" games, Shanghai is a puzzle game where players clear a formation of 144 mahjong tiles by matching unrest...
Dino Land is a dinosaur themed pinball game for the Sega Genesis.
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.
A mecha fighting game which balances platforming sequences with one-on-one scuffles. The game was released for both the Mega CD (in Japan) and the Sega Genesis ...
Puyo Puyo is a competitive puzzle game. Pieces drop from above a la Tetris and players must connect four contiguous pieces to for them to pop.
Last Armageddon was only released in Japan for the MSX and PC-8801 in 1988. Then for the Sharp X68000 on March 1st 1989, TurboGrafx CD on August 31st 1990, NES ...
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...
Sol-Feace is a side-scrolling shooter that was a pack-in with the Sega CD. It was also released on the Sharp X68000 and Sega Genesis.
Pipe Dream is a puzzle game where players have to connect random pieces of pipe on a 2D grid in a limited time. The game was originally released under the name ...
The PC Engine's answer to Columns and Puyo Puyo, Panic Bomber is a "falling blocks" puzzle game and spin-off of the studio's Bomberman series.
Star Force is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up game from Tecmo.
Bosconian is an arcade multi-directional shooter where players must clear levels of enemy space stations.
A Sega-published arcade and Genesis over-the-shoulder rail shooting game, pitting the cybernetic Duke against an army of mutant, criminal baddies.
Super Dodge Ball, known as Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu in Japan, is an action sports game that pits two teams of six players against one another on a variety...
The direct follow-up to Konami's arcade shoot-'em-up classic Gradius, introducing customizable Power Meters with new power-ups. It had no official release in No...
DragonStrike is part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons series.
Help Chelnov defeat the Deathtarians and rescue his sister, as he runs inexorably to the right in this side-scrolling shooter.
The third game in the Ys series developed by Nihon Falcom that introduced a new side-scrolling perspective and allowed the player to directly control Adol's abi...
An eroge (hentai) role-playing game.
This sequel to Spindizzy is an isometric, navigation-based puzzle game developed and designed by Paul Shirley.
A a fantasy RPG set in feudal Japan. The player takes control of a band of warriors on a quest to stop Nobunaga Oda before he can conquer all of Japan.
A real-time, dungeon-crawler, action RPG, and the first game in the Xak series from Micro Cabin. It was released for various systems between 1989 and 1993, but ...
An early arcade platformer that has 100 levels. Released by Taito in 1986, it was one of the first games to feature two-player cooperative play and multiple end...
A privateer simulation/RPG that lets the player conquer the seven seas through trade, piracy, and exploration. It is known as Daikoukai Jidai II in Japan and is...
A falling-block tile-matching puzzle game by Sega in which you stack columns of jewels in order to create a three-or-more chain of the same shape and color.
An erotic visual novel about a knight cursed to never age seeking a princess from his past.
A helicopter shoot-'em-up developed by Sega. The Arcade version made use of Sega's 3D super scaler technology to create city environments where the buildings wo...
Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf is a historical simulation and strategy game from KOEI that lets the player conquer Mongolia and Greater Eurasia during v...
A 16-bit remake of the game Frog Bog, which was originally released on the Atari 2600. The game has been released on a variety of platforms, but originated duri...
A side scrolling action game, featuring a female protagonist and several animated cut scenes in the CD-ROM format. Developed by Telenet and published by NEC in ...
Dragon Knight 4 is a role-playing game developed by ELF and released in Japan on several platforms between 1994 and 1997.
Play as a flying dude holding a large cannon as he takes on giant mechs, flying mushrooms, and fire-breathing dragon skeletons.
Commonly cited as the founding title in the god game genre, Populous is a computer game from Bullfrog Productions in which the player is a deity that must help ...
Strip Fighter II is a fighting game done in the Street Fighter II format. The only difference is that the game stars a cast of only Women fighters in sexy outfi...
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...
Scrolling brawler with RPG attributes. Fight through street gangs as Alex and Ryan in search of Ryan's kidnapped girlfriend. This game was basically an early p...
Four new warriors enter the World Warrior tournament in the fourth main iteration of the classic Street Fighter II series. Along with the roster change, the gam...
Final Fight is a classic beat-em-up game developed by Capcom featuring a memorable cast of characters, including Guy, Cody, and the first and only mustachioed e...
A first-person RPG with third-person combat. It is notorious for being difficult and obfuscating for new players, requiring some degree of patience.
A card-based puzzle game by ASCII, originally released for Japanese computers, where the goal is to line up cards on a 5x5 grid to reach a certain score goal th...
The sequel to the 1986 mahjong solitaire game Shanghai, improving on the original formula by adding multiple tile layouts, custom tile appearances, and a new ve...
The Knight of Xentar was the sequel to Dragon Knight II and was the only game in the Dragon Knight series to be released outside of Japan. There is also a XXX ...
A Taito puzzle game that involves matching same-colored gems. Players often have to think several moves in advance before committing to a course of action.
The third game in the Arcus Series of isometric action RPGs. Originally released on the Sharp X68000, the game was ported to the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo...
Pac-Land is a side-scrolling platformer in the Pac-Man franchise. It was one of the earliest side-scrolling games, released prior to Super Mario Bros.
Part of a spin-off series from Ultima, the Savage Empire sees the Avatar transported to a strange version filled with stone-age cultures, dinosaurs, and insecto...
A horizontal Sega shoot 'em up which tasks the player with controlling the spaceship Opa Opa through various surreal stages. Originally an Arcade game, Fantasy ...
Everything you know is wrong in this classic marble-rolling arcade game.
An Arcade helicopter vertical shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan that was later released to the NES.
The first game in the Princess Maker series was released in 1991.
The widely acclaimed follow-up to the cute 'em up TwinBee, originally released in the Arcades. Known as Detana!! TwinBee in Japan, the PC Engine version of the ...
Ultima VI is the final entry in the Age of Enlightenment. Its icon- and text-based interface was new to computer RPGs at the time.
An action/strategy game set in Feudal Japan, specifically around the Genpei War of the 12th century. It is Cinemaware's follow-up to Defender of the Crown.
An early Peter Molyneux God game. Other people worked on it as well.
Rance is asked to help stop an invading force aided by demons from taking over the kingdom of Leazas.
A Japanese role-playing game originally released in 1987 where the player character must investigate the death of two boys who were found near the entrance of a...
Castles is a strategy empire sim released in 1991 by Interplay. In Castles, the player must use his wits and the power of castles to bring the Celts under his c...
The first sequel to Bullfrog's hit god sim Populous, Populous II focuses on Greek mythology and the pantheon of Ancient Greek gods. The game retains the origina...
Chaos Strikes Back is a first person real-time dungeon crawl role-playing game released originally in 1989 for Amiga and Atari ST. It was initially conceived as...
Classic shoot 'em up starring the Monkey King Sun Wukong (except for Western releases, where the protagonist is "Mike Chen")
The hot-blooded sequel to the original Fatal Fury, heavily improving the fighting mechanics of the original while adding a bigger cast of playable characters an...
Uncharted Waters is a strategy sim from Koei that featured world exploration, naval combat, swordfighting and the other duties of a sea captain.
Join Hiromi at the Earth Space Academy for six days of extreme shoot-em-up training!
A fast-paced vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player has to fight off aliens from the Boondoggle Galaxy.
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...
A difficult action-platformer starring the brave knight Arthur on a quest to rescue captured souls from the evil hordes of the Demon Realm. Ghouls 'N Ghosts is ...
The sequel to the obscure 8-bit title, Thunder Force II finds players again fighting against the ORN and their plans to assault the Galaxy Federation.
A top-down, action RPG developed by Zoom. In it, players guide the hero, Nasir, on his quest to restore the purity of Lakeland's water.
Road Avenger is an interactive action movie game, telling the story of an ex-cop avenging the murder of his wife with his highly modified car. Essentially a ve...
A driving game about chasing criminals through hi-speed pursuits and bringing them to justice! It was released by Taito for arcades in 1988 and then ported to v...
A 2D side-scrolling shooter, and an arcade classic! Travel across space, power-up the companion orb, and bring down some of the toughest alien bosses in gaming.
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...
A co-op stealth game where players control two thieves as they go around stealing treasures from well-guarded locations.
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...
Ultima IV is a seminal role playing game focused on the protagonist's moral journey rather than defeating a nemesis.
An RPG based on the popular Japanese folklore legend of Momotarou, the Peach Boy. This was the first in a series of Momotarou games by Hudson and was only relea...
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