Metal Slug X is an upgraded version of Metal Slug 2, featuring the Metal Slug 3 game engine. The story remains the same but there are slight changes to music, g...
The second game in Sega-AM2's signature 3D fighting game series builds upon its predecessor with significantly improved graphics, new gameplay mechanics, and tw...
Top-down shooter featuring a variety of witches and wizards aboard flying brooms, firing spells at incoming enemies. Features co-operative play and sold at a bu...
Unrelated to the 2009 sandbox WWII game, Saboteur! was an early example of the stealth genre, two years before Metal Gear.
Balloon Fight is an arcade-style platform action game for 1-2 players that is similar to Joust. Players take to the sky and try to pop their foes' balloons befo...
The Immortal is an isometric adventure game which puts you in the shoes of an apprentice wizard who sets out to rescue his old mentor from a trap-filled dungeon...
Take control of six characters and take part in hand-gliding, rocket-belting, and gyrocopter-ing to pass tests in this crazy flight simulator for the N64.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue expands on the game play of the first game, but features new elements, such as driving sequences, mech battles, and an exp...
Hydlide (ハイドライド Haidoraido) is a 1984 action role-playing game developed by T&E Soft and published in 1985.
A classic game in which you need to collect all the bombs.
An Action/RPG for the Sega Genesis.
Rise from your grave, eat the brains of the living, build an army of the Undead, and bring an entire city to its knees. Nice job for a day's work.
Golden Sun sees the player travel Weyard to stop the release of Alchemy before it destroys the world.
An action game presented as "hero show" developed by Namco.
Control Jumpman (later known as Mario) and save his girlfriend, Pauline, from the evil barrel-tossing gorilla known as Donkey Kong. Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto...
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.
Seven wacky characters fight over seven legendary balls to grant their greatest wish in Sunsoft's second 2D fighting game.
A side-scrolling platform game released in 1991. It is the sequel to the original James Pond, and now parodies RoboCop as well as James Bond.
A standard over-the-shoulder motorcycle racing game for arcades similar to the Hang-On series. Developed by SNK, it's known for its in-depth Story Mode, featuri...
Chronologically the final game in the side-scrolling Valis series. Unlike its predecessors, Yuko is not the main character. It is also the only game to be porte...
Another character based platformer during the time when every company was trying to find their Sonic or Mario. Help Tinhead save the galaxy! Released only on th...
G Darius is a 2D shooter in the Darius series. It features series traditions like zone selection.
Following the invasion of Earth by fish-like aliens, you must assume the role of a S.C.A.T. soldier and halt the onslaught!
After the events of Doom, Hell has found its way to Earth. The last living scientists develop a plan to evacuate what's remaining of the human race with enormou...
When the terrorist group GELDRA resurfaces to cause chaos, the secret agents "Rolling Thunder" must also return to stop them in this sequel to the arcade run-an...
Demon's Crest is the third game in the Gargoyle's Quest series, a spin-off of the Ghosts 'n Goblins franchise. The action once again focuses on the demon Firebr...
A 1983 arcade game by Tehkan, where players move a fixed turret around a 360-degree playfield and shoot enemy Space Tanks.
Metal Slug 2 sees Marco Rossi once again do battle to save the world from the evil General Morden and a mysterious foe from above.
Originally released in 1987, Pac-Mania featured a unique take on the Pac-Man formula.
A fast-paced puzzle-platformer that debuted in arcades, and later moved to home gaming systems; including the Commodore 64, NES, and Nintendo's Virtual Console.
After a mishap at the Mr. Firebird's factory Putt-Putt's history report and Pep are thrown back in time. It's up to Putt-Putt to travel through several differen...
The fifth installment of SNK's Fatal Fury franchise, completely changing the button layout while introducing the Power Gauge and featuring unique ring-out stage...
A shooting game developed by Hudson.
Marvel Land (known as Talmit's Adventure in Europe) is a 2D platformer developed and published by Namco and released on the Sega Genesis in 1991.
The third game in the Metal Slug series, first released to arcades in 2000 and later ported to many home consoles, PCs, and mobile devices.
It's 2142 and the player is Conrad B. Hart, an agent for the Galaxia Bureau of Investigation. He must recover his lost memories to save Earth before it's too la...
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...
Fūin no Tsurugi follows the tale of Roy, son of Eliwood, on his quest across Elibe to strike down Bern and its twisted leader, Zephiel.
A top-down shoot 'em up. The sixth game in the Twinbee series, it is the first to be released on the SNES as well as the first to be released in Europe. It shar...
A bounty hunter and a skilled shooter bring a wild vendetta against a vast gang of outlaws and robots in this third-person rail shooter for the SNES that mixes ...
Control Jason Frudnick in his sweet battle-tank as he blasts his way through eight levels of dudes!
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...
A Western-themed side-scrolling platformer for arcades by Data East, where players control a train robber beating up dudes on top of moving trains in order to s...
One of the few launch titles of the SNES (and bundled with the system in North America and Europe), the fifth main game in the Super Mario series brings the Mar...
Take control of an elite squad of Clone Troopers and complete the tactical, behind-the-scenes dirty work of the Republic in their fight against the Separatist f...
An RPG with eight characters whose stories are played sequentially (instead of simultaneously and together like other RPGs) and where one character's play will ...
An isometric combat racing game that was developed by Rare in 1988.
All was swell for the comic book artist and part-time rock musician Sketch Turner until his apartment got struck by lightning and he gets sucked into his own co...
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
The seventh game in the Fire Emblem series and a prequel to Fire Emblem: Fuin no Tsurugi, released for the Game Boy Advance. It is the first Fire Emblem game to...
The third entry in the Pac-Man franchise, Super Pac-Man was a departure from the gameplay of the first two titles.
Special agent Leon S. Kennedy travels to rural Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter in Resident Evil's sixth canonical installment. It is not...
Released in 1993, Claymates is a platformer game where the hero Clayton (pun unfortunately intended) has been turned into a ball of clay. He has to save his dad...
A side-scrolling, hack & slash brawler, developed by Taito. It started as an Arcade game in 1987, then moved to home computers and consoles such as the C64 ...
Set 60 years after the original BloodRayne, this sequel pits the dhampir Rayne against her vampire half-siblings, who have banded together to create a new era o...
Step into the shoes of the ninja Ryu Hayabusa as he goes on a quest to avenge his father's unexpected death.
An Arcade game released by Taito about a priestess named Sayo-chan who must rescue the gods of fortune from monsters.
Play as either Hayate or Kaede in this fast-paced action platformer. This game is known as "Blue Shadow" in Europe.
Nightshade is a humorous adventure game for the NES.
A puzzle game by Tecmo, in which the player must extinguish fires using blocks of ice to clear stages of increasing difficulty. It is a prequel to Solomon's Key...
This shape-based Russian mind-bender set the stage for innumerable puzzle games to follow.
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.
Finding the eccentric Hans Voralberg was just the beginning. Having left her old life behind, Kate Walker follows Hans on an incredible journey full of peril an...
Gothic is an open-world action RPG that revolves around an unnamed prisoner and his journey through lands contained in a magical barrier. On his journey he stum...
Utilizing similar gameplay mechanics as previous Metal Slug games, Metal Slug 4 stays true to the series, but also manages to keep things fresh with new bosses,...
Psycho Soldier is a sidescrolling arcade game originally released in Japan in 1986. The game is credited as being the first video game with a vocal in-game soun...
Also known as Sonic Wings, Aero Fighters is a vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up with a variety of real-life military aircraft to choose from, each of which are pi...
Data East's signature pocket billiards arcade game, featuring a simplistic ruleset (known as "Pocket Game") and an intuitive shot system that allows for precise...
Enclave is a game that takes place in a medieval fantasy realm in a world that has been torn apart by magic and evil. It was released on the Xbox in the summer ...
Asterix and Obelix: Kick Buttix (also known as Astérix & Obélix XXL in Europe) is a Beat-Em-Up and platforming title for PS2, PC and Gamecube, released No...
The first game in the Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman sci-fi action-platformer series, developed by Masaya for the PC Engine. Unlike its sequel, which later became S...
One of the earliest games developed for the Neo Geo hardware, Magician Lord is a high-fantasy action platformer where players control a wizard that can transfor...
An explosives-based isometric puzzle game in which players must detonate a series of bombs to clear each stage.
A young hero must save the world from evil magic by finding the four powerful swords that form Crystalis.
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.
Taito's cutesy puzzle spin-off of Bubble Bobble returns for a second round, adding new gameplay mechanics and the ability to play Versus Mode with computer-cont...
Make Kirby tumble by tilting the Game Boy Color.
Fight through the championship as one of ten fictional wrestlers, both on and off the ring, in SNK's sole professional wrestling 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...
StarTropics was released by Nintendo in 1990 and introduced gamers to Mike and his quest to save his uncle.
The Ikari Warriors, Paul and Vince, are back in their second installment. Originally an arcade release, the game was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment ...
SNK's first fighting game and the first fighting game on the Neo Geo, telling the tale of a trio of martial artists participating in a local tournament to seek ...
The intrepid Captain Olimar crash-lands on a mysterious planet. With the help of strange creatures called Pikmin, Olimar must escape the planet within thirty da...
Sorcerian, also known as Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian, is an action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1987. It was considered unique for its party-based action comb...
An arcade beat-'em-up by Taito highly influenced by the Indiana Jones franchise. As one of four forest rangers, players bash, slash, and shoot their way through...
A sequel to the 1991 platformer Caveman Ninja, Congo's Caper follows a half-man half-monkey boy as he travels through various pre-historic lands to rescue his g...
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...
The inaugural game in Sega's flagship series starring Sega's most iconic character the blue hedgehog known as Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog infused conventional pla...
Pikmin 2 continues the adventures of Captain Olimar as he returns to the planet he spent so long trying to escape. His mission: collect treasures to prevent his...
A tile-matching puzzle-platformer set in the Mario universe. As Toad, venture into the titular woods and use bombs to stop an invasion of monsters led by the vi...
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...
Alien Storm is an arcade beat-em-up by Sega in the same vein as the more successful Golden Axe. The game was ported to a number of different home systems, most ...
(Beyond the Clouds and Mountains) An Active Time Battle RPG based on Chinese mythology
A Super Famicom RPG that is part of the popular (in Japan) SaGa series. It follows the non-linear structure of previous games in the series as well as after.
Take control of a talking wrecking ball while racing and battling opponents to the top of the tower.
SNK's second foray into the fighting game genre, known for its dedicated linear story, camera zooming effect (allowing for large character sprites in close-rang...
A Genesis-only sequel in the Fantasy Zone series. It never received a US release on its original platform, but would eventually become available via Virtual Con...
Galaga meets Puyo Puyo in this unique versus shoot-'em-up for Neo Geo hardware. Warning: cuteness overload.
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