The Triathron allows players to compete in the three consecutive events of the triathlon: Swimming, Cycling and Running. In each stage of the race, the player must mash the B button, similar to Track & Field, in order to reach the end of each course before their opponents. After winning a triathlon, the player can invest some points into their chosen competitor's stats and move onto the next.
Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium '88 Senshuu Shin Data (Ultimate Harikiri Stadium '88 Players Updated Data Version) is a baseball game developed by Taito Corporation for the Famicom and NES. It is an updated version of Taito's original Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium. Like its predecessor, it is a straightforward baseball simulation game for the Famicom which was never released outside of Japan. Besides a roster update and a few graphical improvements there is little difference between this and the previous game in the series. This process of having minor incremental improvements between annual releases would eventually become common practice in console sports games.
After 250 years of stable government, a military coup led by the Snukla star system's chief of military staff, General Bernelli, forces a junta upon the planets' peoples. A resistance group soon springs into action, sabotaging the new government's actions with less and less success. They soon resort to a desperate plan: capture three minimally guarded fighter space-jets and use them against Bernelli's regime. After hijacking the vehicles and learning that the enemy kidnapped his partner Cherni, Tragi mans his ship and sets out to rescue her and Snukla from this tyranny.
Revolty-II was Fuga System's debut game, a vertical arcade shooter using the Sharp X1's spriting hardware and optimized software scrolling. You fly through several stages of increasingly varied and challenging enemy waves, obstacles, and boss fights. Collect the best power-ups, achieve high scores, and blast your way through this story-packed sci-fi adventure!
"When the dark priest Soron threatened to engulf the world in shadow, heroes and wizards alike
rose against him.
All were defeated.
But a lone warrior still stands..."
You play the role of a samurai that must destroy the forces of Soron. You find, however, that you cannot defeat him alone, so you must find a light mage who will aid you on your quest, and most importantly, the sacred weapon known as the Samurai Sword.
'89 Dennou Kyuusei Uranai is one of those horoscope sims that used to be very popular in Japan in the early days of home consoles. They still exist today, but they tend to be extended to more interactive dating sims rather than just walls of text to read.
This game being released in December 1988 and namely so, it was designed to predict your fortune for the upcoming year 1989. This makes attempting to play it already kind of useless once the year had passed. Therefore one can only look back at what the computer predicted for you back in 1989.
Space Harrier for the TurboGrafx-16 is an adaptation of Sega's arcade shooter. In this version, players navigate a flying character through colorful, pseudo-3D environments filled with strange creatures and obstacles. The game maintains the core gameplay of the original, where the protagonist shoots incoming enemies while dodging attacks and environmental hazards. This port attempts to bring the fast-paced action and unique visual style of the arcade classic to the TurboGrafx-16 console, working within the system's technical limitations to deliver a home version of the Space Harrier experience.
A NES strategy game developed by Atlus and published by Namco. It was only released in Japan. The goal is to quickly conquer locations by producing a lot of units each turn and sending them against enemy forces. As with those games, there is also a little close-up graphic of the two units whenever they meet for battle, which shows how the two sides are faring in the conflict.
Superstar Nakajima Satoru (Michael Andretti in Western versions) personally guides you through the perilous and exciting world of Grand Prix Racing! Four of the most powerful racing machines are your to command on 16 famous international Grand Prix courses from around the globe! Hone your driving skills or challenge the best - it's all up to you in this amazing simulation of Formula One racing!
The invaders from Planet X attack earth as part of their plan to conquer the entire universe, using a legion of space monsters. The earth sends Godzilla, the strongest monster on the earth, and Mothra, to defend itself. Godzilla advances through 8 battle stages to defeat a legion of space monsters controlled by Planet X. For the sake of the future of the earth, Godzilla's fierce battle now begin...
Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Kiken na Futari is the third game in the Jinguuji Saburo series, known in the West as Jake Hunter. It was originally released across two Famicom Disk System disks, the second of which went on sale several months after the first. The game was eventually localized, as part of the Jake Hunter: Detective Chronicles DS compilation of his early cases, as Jake Hunter: Crash and Burn.
In this game Detective Jinguuji Saburo/Jake Hunter must solve the mystery behind a sudden death during a motorcycle race. The intrigue is deepened when the body recovered is actually of a different racer.
A Famicom Disk System adventure game developed by Sunsoft in 1988.
Nankin no Adventure is a Famicom Disk System adventure game from SunSoft that plays much like every other Famicom adventure game of the era. The player selects commands from a menu in order to talk to NPCs and solve puzzles which will eventually allow them to progress. As with many of these Famicom text adventures there is a linear critical path that the player must follow in order to move to new areas and reach the next point of the story.
Nankin refers to a semi-obscure manga artist of the same name who was behind much of the art design of the game. Though the game doesn't include any of his pre-existing licenses, his distinctive art style is present throughout. This approach might be equated to Akira Toriyama's artistic involvement with the Dragon Quest and Chrono games.
Hudson produced this adventure / dating sim for the PC Engine. As a launch title for the PC Engine CD-ROM in 1988, it served as gaming's first technical showcase of the CD-ROM format.
Street Fighter was ported under the changed title Fighting Street for the TurboGrafx-CD and released with an arranged soundtrack. Due to the lack of a six-button controller available for the TurboGrafx-16 at the time this version was released, the strength level of the attacks were determined by how long either of the action buttons were held down.
This is a collection of four fortune telling mini-games as follows;
- Match making
- Horoscope
- Palm reading
- Rune stones
For this you first need to define some details about yourself and answer some questions, after which you can have your Horoscope, or palm read or the rune stones. For the match making you need to have a second person input their details and have them answer some questions also.
The first game in the series, released in 1988 for Famicom. It was re-released on the Virtual Console in 2007 for the Wii, in 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS and in April 2014 for the Wii U.
Hanjuku Hero is a real-time strategy RPG game. A king used the power of a mysterious egg to unify a continent. However, he suddenly died a day after the unification, and the countries subjected to his rule revolted. The king's heir, the young prince must work with those few still loyal to the king and learn to use the power of the egg to bring order back to the continent.
You have to journey throughout the continent with your allies to try and capture enemy castles. Upon reaching a castle, a battle will begin. Battles can also occur in the field. You have no control over these battles, as the stronger team usually prevails. Traditional RPG elements such as HP and money are present. The game has a humorous edge to it, featuring Japanese puns.