The first entry in what is known in the West as the "Genghis Khan" series. It is named after a line in "The Secret History of the Mongols", the oldest surviving...
The follow-up to the game released internationally as simply "A-Train"
A text-based adventure game developed by Soft Studio Wing released only in Japan.
A sci-fi adventure game that is the fifth installment in System Sacom's Novel Ware franchise.
Turn-based strategy game based on Macross series.
Sequel featuring additional management complexities but otherwise follows similar turn based strategy approach through a mission by mission format of the origin...
An "active rail playing game" for NES and various Japanese computer systems.
The first game in the Farland Saga series, released on Japanese home computers in 1992. Would later see a remake for consoles that combined it with its sequel.
Actually the third in Artdink's series of train and railroad simulators, A-Train saw multiple releases outside of Japan.
A collection of the first three Mujintou Monogatari games for the PC-98.
The sequel to Fifth Element for the PC-98.
An adventure game for the PC-98 based off a multi-media franchise.
Blast TIE Fighters, scour the surface, and destroy the Death Star in this Japanese Star Wars game from MNM.
The first game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series. It was never released outside of Japan.
A graphical text-adventure written by Tim Wilson in which the player has to find and rescue Professor Paul Eisenstadt who was captured by the KGB and is being h...
A text adeventure written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms.
A dating sim developed by Elf about a young man trying to find love during his final year of high school.
A teaching simulation game developed by Headroom for a variety of Japanese computers and consoles.
A strategy sim from Wolf Team based on Japan's Sengoku era and the third in their Zan Spirits series.
A PC-98 RPG from Wolf Team with an isometric perspective. It later saw an enhanced Super Famicom port.
Gandhara (ガンダーラ), also known as Crusade of Gandhara Buddha (ガンダーラ仏陀の聖戦), is an action-adventure-RPG that was released by Enix in 1...
An Arcade quiz game framed like a Sengoku strategy sim similar to Koei's Nobunaga's Ambition. The player has to answer a certain number of questions correctly t...
Released in 1981, Jump Bug was the first scrolling platformer.
Etranger 1995 is a video game based on the Area 88 manga/anime.
A collection of mazes from the first two Sokoban games, with tweaks to the rules and gameplay style.
An adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom set in the Mayan city of Palenque.
The seventh entry in the Farland Story series.
An early strategy game with real-time elements that was the first title published by Nihon Falcom.
Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman is an anime-based strategy RPG.
A relatively obscure early Squaresoft game released in 1985, this is the first known railroad management simulation game.
The first installment in Koei's mahjong series.
An expansion pack for Nihon Falcom's Xanadu released in 1986.
Kidou Senshi Gundam Part 1: Gundam Daishi ni Tatsu!! (機動戦士ガンダム PART 1 ガンダム大地に立つ!! "Mobile Suit Gundam Part 1: Gundam Stand...
Will: The Death Trap II is a video game developed and published by Squaresoft in 1985, for the NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-9801, Fujitsu FM-7 and Sharp X1 computers. De...
Also known as Star Cruiser II: The Odysseus Project, Star Cruiser 2 was released in 1992 for the NEC PC-98 and Fujitsu FM Towns computers.
Squaresoft's first RPG, this was an early futuristic sci-fi RPG for the PC-8801 and PC-9801 computers, featuring a post-apocalyptic setting and isometric, tacti...
The Screamer is a 1985 cyberpunk-horror action RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi setting. It was released by Magical Zoo, for the PC-8801 in 1985 a...
In Fortress, players build castles and attempt to control more territory than their opponent.
An adventure game developed by Enix that follows the stories of Shion and Lisa Lisa in a small village town.
A "minimalist" Japanese RPG developed by Studio Twinkle for the PC-98.
Eroge roleplaying game developed by Mink for the PC-98. It was later remade for Windows platforms.
An action RPG developed and published by SunSoft for the Famicom Disk System. It was originally developed by System Sacom for the PC98.
The third entry in the Mujintou Monogatari series by KSS for the NEC PC-98.
The sequel to Mujintou Monogatari by KSS for the NEC PC-98.
An adventure game released in 1984. It was Squaresoft's first game.
Fantasy ero RPG developed by Cocktail Soft. for the PC-88, PC-98 and X68000.
Upgraded release of The Queen of Duellist Gaiden.
NEC PC-9801 exclusive sequel to The Queen of Duellist.
First game in The Queen of Duellist series.
The final game in the Queen of Duellist series.
Part of the True Golf Classics / New 3D Golf Simulation series, Wicked 18 ditches the idea of recreating a famous golf course and instead provides 18 fictional ...
This game was the first Hokuto No Ken that was released for the PC-88 computer that was an adventure game.
Madou Monogatari ARS, like Madou Monogatari 1-2-3, is a trio of first-person dungeon crawlers. Each chapter is devoted to a different playable character.
First Queen (PC, Super Famicom, etc) was a unique hybrid RTS/RPG/action game first released in 1988. It was one of the first games by Kure Software Koubou and h...
A Mahjong game based on a manga license, published by Asmik for the NES and MSX in Japan only.
A mystery adventure game by Enix from 1990. Players control a musician named Kazuya Mizukami, who returns to Japan and, following the death of a music producer,...
The sequel to the 1988 arcade version of the original Shanghai, featuring a new progression system where players attempt to clear six mahjong solitaire puzzles.
One of the earliest fighting games (after the release of Street Fighter II) to take place in a sword-and-sorcery fantasy setting. It features many similarities ...
Woody Poco is a side-scrolling adventure platformer by dB-soft, originally for home computers and later adapted for the Famicom. It was never released outside o...
"Silent Mobius" (called "Silent Mobius Case: Titanic" on the PSX) was an adventure game developed by Gainax based off the manga and anime series of the same nam...
The fourth game in the Rance series sees the protagonist and his slave Sill transported to a floating island. Also known as "Rance IV:Legacy of the Sect"
An adult RPG about a man named George who travels through six different worlds in order to find his fiancée, who was captured by mechanical beasts called "Ster...
46 Okunen Monogatari: The Shinka Ron (46億年物語 -THE 進化論- "4.6 Billion Year Story: The Evolution") is a role-playing game released for the PC-98 whic...
A mahjong game released for the Super Famicom, Sharp X68000, 3DO, Turbo CD, PC-98, FM Towns and Windows.
The sequel to JESUS, Enix's classic PC adventure game.
Princess Erina must save her kingdom from The Dark Lord Ezikiel in this third-person rail shooter for Japanese NEC computers.
Winning Post is the first title in a long running series of horse racing simulation games. It was developed by Koei and first released for the X68000 in Japan o...
The fourth of Success's arcade entries of the Shanghai series of mahjong solitaire games. Along with classic Shanghai, this game features three additional game ...
An eroge adventure game developed by C's Ware about a young man that has a reoccurring dream where he explores a space station that is somehow connected to the ...
A doujin top down shooter developed for the PC-98 in 1997 by Moguraya Soft.
The first entry in Riverhill Software's Burai RPG series.
An adventure game starring the fictional Japanese private investigator Ryunosuke Todo.
Nostalgia 1907 is an adventure that takes place abroad the cruise ship "Nostalgia" where an unknown villain has detonated a bomb on the boat.