A platformer released for multiple retro computer systems and consoles.
A strategy space merchant game developed by Microcomputer Games.
A Japan-exclusive graphical variant of Softporn Adventure.
An early adventure with optional graphics, and a text interface.
An early golf title from Hudson Soft, available for multiple platforms.
The sequel to Zodiac following the same man and robot on a new adventure.
A sci-fi adventure game about a physicist named Roman Jason that is stranded in an unknown world after his time machine malfunctions.
An adventure game about a young man and a robot on a mission to find a space archaeologist who had gone missing five years ago.
An adventure game where the player searches for wish-making artifacts known as the "Juggler Stones".
The sequel to Kuronekosou Souzoku which follows the same detective investigating the murder of a rich family's gardener soon after they received a mysterious le...
A mystery adventure game about a detective investigating the murder of a wealthy man who was killed in his mansion.
An adventure game about an man with amnesia trying to regain his memories.
Early Japanese adventure game about Prince Gemini traveling the galaxy to save Princess Aquarius who has been kidnapped by the emperor of Saturn.
The sequel to Mugen no Shinzō spreads out onto additional platforms.
A Humming Bird Soft adventure game with an atypical storyline. The game stars a pharmaceutical researcher that has his files for the perfect male contraceptive ...
An early Japanese adventure game developed by Humming Bird Soft which has the player searching for a magical spring in order to cure Princess Rom of her sicknes...
An overhead, multi-scrolling shoot-'em-up released on many Japanese computers.
A Gundam shoot-'em-up for multiple Japanese computers, including, fittingly enough, Bandai RX-78 Gundam.
Traditional hanafuda card game from Hudson Soft.
Spoopy maze game
Initially released as just "Pac-Man", it was re-released with a new name and cover art to avoid legal troubles.
A horror adventure title taking place at Aokigahara.
The inaugural game based on the Conan license, specifically - the second film, Conan the Destroyer.
An early role-playing adventure game based on the Kamen Rider tokusatsu series - specifically the "Skyrider" revival season from 1979-1980.
An early game based on the Ashita no Joe anime and manga franchise.
A maze game for the FM-7. Its name comes from a popular Japanese folk song.
An early Japanese graphical adventure game developed by Humming Bird Soft for the FM-7 computer.
A "neo occultism AVG" developed by Enix for Japanese computers in 1988.
A heavily modified version of Sega's Appoooh for Japanese computers.
A maze game developed by Tomoshige Hashishita and one of the winners of Enix's first Game Hobby Program Contest.
Submarine simulation game developed by Falcom.
Horoscope program developed by Falcom that can tell the user's future and prints the results.
Horror themed adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom for Japanese computers.
A sliding puzzle game featuring erotic images of three different college students developed by Nihon Falcom.
An adventure game developed Falcom about an officer worker that finds himself transported to an alternate dimension while returning home late at night.
A game based on the sequel to the famous racing movie.
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...
A text-based adventure game developed by Soft Studio Wing released only in Japan.
A text-based adventure game developed by Soft Studio Wing released only in Japan.
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Pirate Adventure.
An "active rail playing game" for NES and various Japanese computer systems.
A puzzle platformer game for multiple Japanese computer systems.
A text adventure where players control an angel-in-training, performing tasks in hell.
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...
The first Macross game for the PC-88 line of machines was released in 1984.
A graphical text-adventure game designed by Bob Blauschild in which the player has to save the world's five largest cities from being destroyed with thermal nuc...
A text adeventure written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms.
One of the first action RPGs, released in 1984. It was also the first fully-scaled open-world video game.
An adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom set in the Mayan city of Palenque.
Released for the Fujitsu FM-77 AV computer in 1986, this game was an early 3D first-person shooter. It was notable for its advanced 3D graphics engine, which pr...
A relatively obscure early Squaresoft game released in 1985, this is the first known railroad management simulation game.
One of the first Japanese RPG's, and the first game based on the Mission: Impossible franchise. It was notable for replacing the fantasy setting of traditional ...
An expansion pack for Nihon Falcom's Xanadu released in 1986.
One of the earliest side-scrolling run-'n'-gun games, Hover Attack is a game for Japanese computers in which players control a mechanized "Attacker" that can le...
One of Koei's first games, Danchi Tsuma no Yuwaku (団地妻の誘惑, "Housewife Temptation") was an early adventure RPG with adult content and dating sim elem...
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...
Kidou Senshi Gundam Part 2: Tobe! Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム PART 2 翔べ！ガンダム "Mobile Suit Gundam Part 2: Fly! Gundam") is an adventure/shoote...
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...
A sci-fi adventure game from Enix, released in 1983. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story is about the last survivors of a nuclear war going into crygeni...
The Earth Fighter Rayieza (地球戦士ライーザ Chikyū Senshi Raīza?) is a role-playing game developed and published by Enix (currently Square Enix) in 19...
Action RPG sequel to Cosmic Soldier, released for Japanese computers in 1987 and for North American PC in 1989.
Released by Koei in 1982, The Dragon & Princess (ドラゴンアンドプリンセス) is the first known RPG developed in Japan. It tasks the player with f...
An adventure game released in 1984. It was Squaresoft's first game.
Reviver: The Real-Time Adventure is an adventure game designed by Katsunori Yoshimura and released by Arsys Software in July 1987. It featured the concept of a ...
An action platformer for the Arcades produced by UPL. It was later ported to the Famicom by Jaleco. It's known as Ninja-kun in Japan, and is the first of the Ni...
This game was the first Hokuto No Ken that was released for the PC-88 computer that was an adventure game.
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...
An early Japanese RPG released by Hot-B in 1984 that departed from the fantasy themes of most other early RPGs in favour of what is possibly gaming's first sci-...
A turn-based strategy-puzzle game released by Koei for the FM-7 and PC-88 in 1983, later remade as Stop That Roach for the Game Boy in 1994. The gameplay is sim...
An expansion to Manhattan Requiem that features the same characters and location but a completely new mystery.
The 2nd entry in the "J.B. Harold" series, first released in 1987.
Play riichi mahjong against characters from the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West in this game for the Famicom Disk System and Japanese computers.
RPG developed by Kogado and released for Japanese computers in 1985.
Eroge game developed by CSK in 1983.
Eroge game created by PSK in 1988.
Dating simulation game released by Enix in 1985. Considered somewhat revolutionary for its time, this game helped lay the foundations for the dating sim genre.
Puzzle game developed by Thinking Rabbit in 1984.
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