Based on the popular Tomy/Hasbro toy license, Zoids: Chuuou Tairiku no Tatakai is an RPG/Shooter hybrid developed for the Famicom by the notorious Micronics.
Flipper Slipper is a game for the Colecovision and MSX2 platforms. It is a water-themed Breakout-like game, with the unique mechanic of having curved paddles, w...
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...
The 1987 sequel to Pirate Ship Higemaru, Makaijima greatly expands upon the classic maze game's concept. It was released on MSX and Famicom and never left Japan...
A spin-off of the 1983 game Bomberman, set in a first-person dungeon-crawling perspective.
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...
Pachinko-themed game released in Japan for the MSX, PC-88, Family Computer, and Famicom Disk System.
Top-down action game for several 8-Bit home computers.
The first entry in Riverhill Software's Burai RPG series.
An adventure game starring the fictional Japanese private investigator Ryunosuke Todo.
A "collect 'em up" where the player must evade a character using cartoon tricks and abilities and collect various objects.
The first futuristic racing game, released by Taito on laserdisc format for the arcades in 1984. It was also one of the first games to use pre-rendered 3D polyg...
ASCII's first RPG creation software and a precursor to their popular RPG Maker series.
A block-pushing puzzle game where players must push large mahjong tiles in order to reach the stage's exit.
A fantasy-themed vertical scrolling shooter released in 1986 for MSX, also available for Wii's Virtual Console in Japan.
A Darts game that was developed by Binary Design and published under different names(180, Pub Darts, World Darts) for various platforms.
Although the number two is in the title, The Day II is the first entry in a popular series of Korean sidescrolling shooters.
An early baseball game released for the arcade, MSX and SG-1000 platforms.
In the PC only Man of Steel, Players control Superman through 7 levels of 3D flying, overhead vertical scrolling and sidescrolling secitons.
A run & gun shooter arcade game released by Sega in 1985, also known as Sega Ninja or The Ninja.
An action-adventure game by Sega and Pony Canyon. The player controls a penguin on his journey through the arctic.
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.
An overhead pool table for several homecomputers that was released in the USA under the name "Minnesota Fats' Pool Challenge".
A Lunar Pool clone for the MSX. Tracks are always changing and gravity effects the balls.
An MSX version of the popular pool hall sport. It was later ported to the Famicom Disk System as "Exciting Billiards".
Timeball is a puzzle game for the TurboGrafx-16 that is a mix between sliding block puzzles and Pipe Dream. It is known as Blodia or Diablo in Japan.
An action-adventure game released for 8 bit microcomputers from Spanish developer Zigurat.
This top-down game is the fourth release in the Mr. Do! franchise.
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.
The second installment to the War of the Dead series.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small t...
RPG developed by Kogado and released for Japanese computers in 1985.
Puzzle Panic, a game created by strategist Ken Uston, allows players to play its eleven puzzles sequentially, or randomly, in an attempt to defeat the "Metasequ...
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.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1992.
Action RPG developed by Microcabin in 1991.
Action RPG developed by Microcabin in 1990.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1989. Based on the manga by Makoto Kobayashi.
A game in the modern military strategy game series Daisenryaku developed for the MSX, NES and Game Boy. It would be followed by many sequels and spin-offs.
Strategy game developed by SystemSoft Alpha in 1988. It is the updated sequel to the original Daisenryaku.
Adventure game developed by Micro Cabin in 1988 based on the popular manga and anime Kimagure Orange Road.
Adventure game created by Microcabin in 1988. It is based on the Rumiko Takahashi manga and anime Maison Ikkoku.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1986.
Adventure game developed by Microcabin in 1984.
An adventure game created by Microcabin in 1982.
A Record of Lotoss War turn-based strategy game for the Sharp X68000 and MSX.
A Japanese top-down puzzle game from Artdink, starring a little bomb-disposal robot. Control it directly while it is in light, and educate it to take appropriat...
A Urusei Yatsura adventure game.
A Lupin III adventure game, released for MSX and PC-88.
A video game adaption of Hayao Miyazaki's Lupin III anime film of the same name.
An official strip-quiz game featuring characters from the Gainax OVA. It was actually developed by Gainax itself. It was only released in Japan, in 1990.
Eroge puzzle game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Eroge puzzle game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Eroge puzzle game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Eroge adventure game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Eroge adventure game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Eroge adventure game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Eroge puzzle game developed by New System House Oh! in 1988.
Strategy game developed by NCS in 1989.
Strategy game developed by NCS in 1987.
Dual Targets is the 3rd entry in the 4th Unit series.
The first title in the Nightmare Collection series of adventure games, from Japanese developer Fairytale. Zombies! Cyborgs! Cyborg...zombies? Escape the city an...
Elidon is a shoot em up / adventure game for the C64 in which the players control a fairy as she flies through the magic woods
A puzzle arcade game from Konami based on the traditional sliding-block puzzle game. Keep the unstoppable train from crashing by sliding track tiles around the ...
An isometric game where the player controls a group of robots pushing a bomb along the highway to an alien base in order to destroy it.
First in the series of "Dynamite Dan" platformers from Mirrorsoft.
A game developed by Artic Computing for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
A golf game that uses an uncommon top-down perspective. It was the first golf game (and first sports game) for the Super Famicom.
Deus Ex Machina is a 1984 ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 game with a heavy focus on sensory experience above interactive gameplay.
Adult adventure game developed by Lucifer Soft in 1990.
Pornographic adventure game developed by Great in 1989.
Pornographic adventure game developed by JAST in 1986.
Adult game developed by HARD in 1988.
Action game developed by Carry Soft in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Micro Cabin in 1984.
RPG developed by Micro Cabin in 1985.
Adventure game developed by Magical Zoo in 1984.
Adventure game developed by Magical Zoo in 1983.
Adult simulation developed by HARD in 1987.