The 1980s — Japan's First Gaming Decade
Famicom, PC Engine, and the titles that rewrote what games could be. 1984–1989 — every hardware limit became an invention.
159 games in this room
▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Excitebike
エキサイトバイク
Excitebike is a 1984 Famicom motocross racing game that introduced a track editor — Design Mode — allowing players to bu…
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Xevious
ゼビウス
Xevious, released for the Famicom in November 1984, was one of the system's earliest third-party releases and one of the…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Lode Runner
ロードランナー
Lode Runner, released for the Famicom on July 20, 1984, was one of the first Western computer games to make the leap to …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mappy
マッピー
Mappy is a 1984 Famicom platform game in which the player controls Mappy, a mouse police officer who must recover stolen…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Pac-Man
パックマン
Pac-Man is the maze chase game designed by Toru Iwatani and first released by Namco in arcades in 1980; Namco brought it…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Galaxian
ギャラクシアン
Galaxian is a Famicom game released in 1984, developed by Namco. It is a shoot 'em up.…
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Clu Clu Land
クルクルランド
Clu Clu Land is a Famicom game released in 1984, developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, published by Nintendo. …
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Super Mario Bros.
スーパーマリオブラザーズ
Super Mario Bros. (1985) is the game that defined the side-scrolling platform genre and remains one of the best-selling …
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Balloon Fight
バルーンファイト
Balloon Fight (1984/1985) is one of Nintendo's most charming early Famicom games — an arcade-style action game where pla…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ice Climber
アイスクライマー
Released in 1985, Ice Climber is one of Nintendo's earliest Famicom platform games, starring Popo and Nana — a pair of m…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
The Portopia Serial Murder Case
ポートピア連続殺人事件
The Portopia Serial Murder Case is a 1985 Famicom adventure game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, adapting Y…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Door Door
ドアドア
Door Door is a 1985 puzzle-action game developed by Koichi Nakamura and published by Enix as the company's first Famicom…
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Spelunker
スペランカー
Spelunker, released in December 1985, is a cave exploration platformer famous for one thing above all: the protagonist d…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Wrecking Crew
レッキングクルー
Wrecking Crew, released in June 1985, is a single-screen action puzzle game where Mario swings a hammer to demolish stru…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Championship Lode Runner
チャンピオンシップロードランナー
Championship Lode Runner, released in April 1985, is the expert-only sequel to Hudson Soft's Famicom Lode Runner — a dir…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
The Tower of Druaga
ドルアーガの塔
The Tower of Druaga is a 1985 Famicom action RPG in which the knight Gil must climb sixty floors of a labyrinthine tower…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Galaga
ギャラガ
Galaga is a Famicom game released in 1985, developed by Namco. It is a shoot 'em up.…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dig Dug
ディグダグ
Dig Dug is a Famicom game released in 1985, developed by Namco. It is a maze video game.…
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▶ Family Computer Disk System
The Legend of Zelda
ゼルダの伝説
The Legend of Zelda (1986) is the game that defined the action-adventure genre. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi …
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Quest
ドラゴンクエスト
Dragon Quest (1986) is the game that established the Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) genre on home consoles. Designed …
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Metroid
メトロイド
Metroid (1986) introduced Samus Aran — an armoured bounty hunter later revealed to be female — to the Famicom Disk Syste…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Castlevania
悪魔城ドラキュラ
Castlevania (Akumajo Dracula, 1986) is the first entry in Konami's gothic action-platformer series. Simon Belmont enters…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Star Soldier
スターソルジャー
Star Soldier (1986) is a vertical scrolling shooter, but that is not what makes it matter. What makes it matter is what …
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Gradius
グラディウス
Gradius (1986) arrived on the Famicom as a port of Konami's 1985 arcade hit — and brought with it something no other Fam…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
スーパーマリオブラザーズ2
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1986), released on the Famicom Disk System, is the direct Japanese sequel to Super Mario Bros. — a …
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Kid Icarus
光神話 パルテナの鏡
Kid Icarus (1986), released in Japan as 光神話 パルテナの鏡 (Palutena no Kagami), is a Famicom Disk System action-platformer deve…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
The Mysterious Murasame Castle
謎の村雨城
The Mysterious Murasame Castle is the second original title released for the Famicom Disk System, launching just two wee…
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Ultra Rare Family Computer Disk System
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
オールナイトニッポン スーパーマリオブラザーズ
All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986) is one of the rarest officially licensed Nintendo games ever produced. Create…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ghosts 'n Goblins
魔界村
Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985/1986) is one of gaming's most famous and brutal platformers — a side-scrolling game where knight…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
The Goonies
グーニーズ
A side-scrolling action game based on the 1985 Columbia Pictures film, released exclusively in Japan on February 21, 198…
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Rare Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Layla
レイラ
Released by dB-SOFT in December 1986, Layla is a Japan-only Famicom action game inspired by the Dirty Pair anime. Player…
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Zanac
ザナック
Released in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System, Zanac is one of the most technically remarkable vertical shooters of its e…
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Family Computer Disk System
Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue!
燃えろ!!ツインビー シナモン博士を救え！
Released for the Famicom Disk System in November 1986, Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue! is the sequel to Konami's…
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Volleyball
バレーボール
Volleyball is a 1986 sports game developed by Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System, adapte…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
King's Knight
キングスナイト
King's Knight is a 1986 vertical-scrolling action game published by Square for the Famicom — one of the company's earlie…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Solomon's Key
ソロモンの鍵
Released in arcades and on Famicom in 1986, Solomon's Key is a puzzle-platformer designed by Michitaka Tsuruta at Tecmo …
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Takeshi's Challenge
たけしの挑戦状
Takeshi's Challenge is one of the most infamous games in Famicom history — designed by television personality and later …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Adventure Island
高橋名人の冒険島
Released in September 1986, Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-jima — Adventure Island in the West — was one of the defining arc…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble
機動戦士Zガンダム ホットスクランブル
Released by Bandai for the Famicom in 1986, Hot Scramble adapts the anime Mobile Suit Z Gundam into a combat game that m…
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Family Computer Disk System
Gall Force: Eternal Story
ガルフォース 〜エターナル・ストーリー〜
Gall Force: Eternal Story is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up for the Famicom Disk System, released in Japan in 1986 …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium
プロ野球ファミリースタジアム
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium — universally known in Japan as Famista — is a 1986 Famicom baseball simulation that uses real…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu
ワルキューレの冒険 時の鍵伝説
Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu is a 1986 Famicom action RPG in which the divine warrior Valkyrie must recover…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
スーパーマリオブラザーズ2
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is a 1986 2d platform game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analy…
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Family Computer Disk System
Namida no Soukoban Special
涙の倉庫番スペシャル
Namida no Soukoban Special is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1986, developed by ASCII. It is a puzzle video game…
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Family Computer Disk System
Tennis
テニス
Tennis is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1986, developed by Nintendo. It is a tennis video game.…
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Baseball
ベースボール
Baseball is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1986, developed by Nintendo Research & Development 1, published by Ni…
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Penguin Adventure
夢大陸アドベンチャー
Konami's 1986 MSX sequel to Antarctic Adventure: Penta the penguin must fetch a golden apple to save Princess Penguette,…
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Uncommon MSX
Metal Gear
メタルギア
The MSX2 game where Hideo Kojima first worked as a director, and the source of a Famicom version made without him five m…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man
ロックマン
Mega Man (Rockman, 1987) is Capcom's first game designed exclusively for a home console — a deliberate break from the co…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Final Fantasy
ファイナルファンタジー
Final Fantasy (1987) was Hironobu Sakaguchi's final gamble. Square was struggling, and Sakaguchi decided that if this ga…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima
ふぁみこんむかし話 新・鬼ヶ島
Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima (1987) is a text-based adventure game that re-tells the Japanese folk tale of Mo…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic
夢工場ドキドキパニック
Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) is a Famicom Disk System action platformer developed by Nintendo, created in partnersh…
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▶ Family Computer Disk System
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
リンクの冒険
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the 1987 FDS sequel to the original Legend of Zelda, and the most radical departure t…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line
ドラゴンクエストII 悪霊の神々
Dragon Quest II is the 1987 Famicom sequel that introduced party-based combat to the Dragon Quest series, expanding from…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Eggerland
エッガーランド
Eggerland (1987) is the Famicom Disk System title that introduced the world to Lolo and Lala — a pair of round character…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer Disk System
Esper Dream
エスパードリーム
Esper Dream (1987) is an action RPG by Konami for the Famicom Disk System, set in a fairy-tale world where a young boy w…
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Rare Family Computer Disk System
Otocky
オトッキー
Conceived by media artist Toshio Iwai and released for the Famicom Disk System in 1987, Otocky is one of gaming history'…
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Rare Family Computer Disk System
Ai Senshi Nicol
愛戦士ニコル
Released exclusively for the Famicom Disk System in April 1987, Ai Senshi Nicol is a Japan-only Konami action-adventure …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
マイクタイソン・パンチアウト!!
Developed by Nintendo R&D3 and released in 1987, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! transformed boxing into a pattern-recognition …
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Arumana no Kiseki
アルマナの奇蹟
Released in 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, Arumana no Kiseki is a Japan-exclusive Konami action-platformer with a str…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
デジタル・デビル物語 女神転生
Released in September 1987, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei was Atlus's first video game and the origin of a franchis…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Detective Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuo Koen Murder Case
探偵 神宮寺三郎 新宿中央公園殺人事件
Detective Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuo Koen Murder Case is a 1987 detective adventure game developed and published by D…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
3-D WorldRunner
飛び出せ大作戦
3-D WorldRunner is a 1987 pseudo-3D action game developed by Square and originally released in Japan on the Famicom Disk…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Rad Racer
ハイウェイスター
Rad Racer is a 1987 racing game developed and published by Square — known in Japan as Highway Star — featuring pseudo-3D…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Getsu Fuuma Den
月風魔伝
Getsu Fuuma Den (1987) is one of Konami's most distinctive Famicom titles: a hybrid action game that blends side-scrolli…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
悪魔城ドラキュラII 呪いの封印
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, released on the Famicom Disk System in August 1987, broke sharply from the original Castl…
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Falsion
ファルシオン
Falsion is a behind-the-ship perspective 3D shoot-em-up for the Famicom Disk System, released in October 1987 — predatin…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Salamander
沙羅曼蛇
Released in Japan on April 4, 1987, Salamander is Konami's port of their 1986 arcade shooter — a companion piece to Grad…
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Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race
ファミコングランプリ F-1レース
Released in October 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race was one of the earliest racing games …
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Faxanadu
ファクサナドゥ
Released in November 1987, Faxanadu is a side-scrolling action RPG set in the World Tree — a giant tree whose branching …
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Life Force
沙羅曼蛇
Life Force (1987), known in Japan as Salamander, is Konami's Famicom adaptation of their 1986 arcade shooter — a horizon…
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Family Computer Disk System
Ultraman: Kaijū Teikoku no Gyakushū
ウルトラマン 怪獣帝国の逆襲
Ultraman: Kaijū Teikoku no Gyakushū is a Famicom Disk System action game released by Bandai in 1987, based on the origin…
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Family Computer Disk System
Super Lode Runner
スーパーロードランナー
Super Lode Runner was released for the Famicom Disk System in March 1987 by Irem, drawing selected stages from the arcad…
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Family Computer Disk System
Ultraman 2: Shutsugeki Katoku Tai!!
ウルトラマン2 出撃科特隊！！
Ultraman 2: Shutsugeki Katoku Tai!! is an action game released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987, based on the…
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Family Computer Disk System
Relics: Ankoku Yousai
レリクス 暗黒要塞
Relics: Ankoku Yousai is an action-adventure game released by Bothtec for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987. A por…
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Green Beret (Rush'n Attack)
グリーンベレー
Green Beret is a side-scrolling action game released by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987, adapted from…
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Family Computer Disk System
Bubble Bobble
バブルボブル
Bubble Bobble is a single-screen platformer in which two dinosaur characters, Bub and Bob, trap enemies inside bubbles a…
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Family Composer
ファミリーコンポーザー
Family Composer is not a game but a music-composition tool for the Famicom Disk System. Users can play keyboard-style so…
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Bikkuriman World
ビックリマンワールド
Bikkuriman World is the PC Engine version of Westone's arcade action game Wonder Boy in Monster Land. Hudson Soft licens…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Buster
ドラゴンバスター
Dragon Buster is a 1987 Famicom action RPG in which the knight Clovis must rescue Princess Celes from the dragon Zambaqu…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
ゼルダII リンクの冒険
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a 1987 action role-playing game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment …
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Gradius II
グラディウスII 〜GOFERの野望〜
Gradius II (1988) is the sequel that made the Famicom do more than it was supposed to. Konami brought the arcade game ho…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir
ファミコン探偵倶楽部 消えた後継者
Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir (1988) is a murder mystery visual novel in which the player investigates the de…
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▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Quest III
ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…
Released on February 10, 1988, Dragon Quest III became the defining mass cultural event of Japanese gaming. Developed by…
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Nobunaga's Ambition
信長の野望・全国版
Released for the Famicom on March 18, 1988, Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness (全国版) was Koei's first home console ga…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Contra
魂斗羅
Released in 1988, Contra dropped players into a relentless alien-infested war zone armed with nothing but fast reflexes …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ninja Gaiden
忍者龍剣伝
Released in 1988, Ninja Gaiden broke new ground by weaving a cinematic story between its brutal action stages — a first …
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Very Rare Family Computer Disk System
Kaettekita Mario Bros.
帰ってきたマリオブラザーズ
Kaettekita Mario Bros. is a 1988 FDS title released exclusively through Nintendo's Disk Writer rewrite service — never s…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Super Mario Bros. 3
スーパーマリオブラザーズ3
Super Mario Bros. 3 is the 1988 Famicom landmark that expanded the Mario formula into a world map structure, themed king…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 2
ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎
Mega Man 2 is the 1988 Famicom sequel that transformed Mega Man from a modest debut into a franchise phenomenon. The dev…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Double Dragon
ダブルドラゴン
Double Dragon arrived on Famicom in April 1988, one year after its landmark arcade debut. While the arcade original was …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
R-Type
R-TYPE
R-Type for PC Engine is the 1988 home conversion of Irem's landmark 1987 arcade shoot 'em up, ported by Hudson Soft. Due…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Bionic Commando
ヒットラーの復活 TOP SECRET
Bionic Commando (1988) is one of the Famicom/NES era's most mechanically distinctive games — a platformer where the prot…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
バイオミラクル ぼくってウパ
One of Konami's most inventive Famicom Disk System titles, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa stars baby prince Upa, armed with onl…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
The Legendary Axe
魔境伝説
Released at the PC Engine's launch window in 1988, The Legendary Axe was one of the first games to show what the hardwar…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Galaga '88
ギャラガ'88
Released for the PC Engine in 1988, Galaga '88 is Namco's ambitious sequel to the classic Galaga, expanding the fixed-sc…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Hanjuku Hero
半熟英雄
Hanjuku Hero is a 1988 real-time simulation RPG developed and published by Square for the Famicom — an uncharacteristica…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Famicom Wars
ファミコンウォーズ
Released on August 12, 1988 exclusively in Japan, Famicom Wars is the turn-based strategy game that quietly launched one…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Blaster Master
超惑星戦記メタファイト
Released in Japan on June 17, 1988 as Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight, Blaster Master is a Sunsoft action game celebrated fo…
Read more →Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Final Fantasy II
ファイナルファンタジーII
Final Fantasy II, released exclusively in Japan in December 1988, rewrote the rules of its own franchise after just one …
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Super Dodge Ball
熱血高校ドッジボール部
Super Dodge Ball — Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu in Japan — was the second entry in Technos Japan's Kunio-kun franchise a…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Tetris
テトリス
The Famicom Tetris published by BPS in December 1988 was the first console version of Tetris ever commercially released …
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Family Computer Disk System
Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
ファミコングランプリII 3Dホットラリー
Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally launched in April 1988 as the sequel to the original F-1 Race, shifting focus from c…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Ball: Daimaoh Fukkatsu
ドラゴンボール 大魔王復活
Dragon Ball: Daimaoh Fukkatsu, whose title translates roughly to 'Revival of the Great Demon King,' is a Japan-only Fami…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dokuganryu Masamune
独眼竜政宗
A historical strategy game in which the player becomes the Sengoku-era warlord Date Masamune, the one-eyed dragon of the…
Read more →Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Namco Classic
ナムコクラシック
Namco Classic is a golf game for the Famicom, released in Japan in 1988 and published by Namco. It offers a Round Play m…
Read more →Family Computer Disk System
Konamic Ice Hockey
コナミックアイスホッケー
Konamic Ice Hockey is Konami's fast-paced ice hockey game, released for the Famicom Disk System in July 1988. It is the …
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Big Challenge! Judo Senshuken
ビッグチャレンジ！ 柔道選手権
A judo competition game released by Jaleco for the Famicom Disk System in 1988. It was the first entry in Jaleco's 'Big …
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Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
三國志
Koei's grand strategy game set in China's Three Kingdoms era, ported to the Famicom in 1988 after its original PC releas…
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Family Computer Disk System
Wardner no Mori
ワードナの森
A side-scrolling action platformer published by Taito for the Famicom Disk System in 1988, based on Toaplan's arcade gam…
Read more →Family Computer Disk System
Vs. Excitebike
VS.エキサイトバイク
Vs. Excitebike is a motocross racing game released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1988, adapting Nintendo's earl…
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Family Computer Disk System
Aspic: Majaou no Noroi
アスピック 魔蛇王の呪い
Aspic: Majaou no Noroi is a Japan-only role-playing game that mixes several viewpoints: an overhead world map, first-per…
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Family Computer Disk System
Silviana: Ai Ippai no Little Angel
シルヴィアーナ 愛いっぱいの冒険者
Silviana: Ai Ippai no Little Angel is a Japan-only action RPG following a girl named Silviana who journeys to find Dr. D…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Youkai Douchuuki
妖怪道中記
Youkai Douchuuki is a 1988 PC Engine action platformer in which the boy Tarosuke dies in the opening moments and must na…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Super Mario Bros. 2
スーパーマリオUSA
Super Mario Bros. 2 is a 1988 2d platform game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Developme…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Fighting Street
ファイティング・ストリート
Fighting Street is a PC Engine game released in 1988, developed by Alfa System, published by Hudson Soft. It is a 2D fig…
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Family Computer Disk System
Donkey Kong Jr.
ドンキーコングJR.
The Famicom Disk System edition of Donkey Kong Jr., released in Japan on July 19, 1988 — five years after the 1983 cartr…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Dragon Spirit
ドラゴンスピリット
Dragon Spirit is a shoot 'em up for the PC Engine (1988), from Namco. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japane…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Fantasy Zone
ファンタジーゾーン
Fantasy Zone is a shoot 'em up for the PC Engine (1988), from Sega. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanese…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Necromancer
ネクロマンサー
Necromancer is a action role-playing game for the PC Engine (1988), from Namco. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record…
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Space Harrier
スペースハリアー
Space Harrier is a PC Engine game released in 1988, developed by NEC Avenue. It is a Shoot em up.…
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Snatcher
スナッチャー
Konami's cyberpunk adventure for the MSX2, written and designed by Hideo Kojima. It came on three floppy disks with a Ko…
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▶ Game Boy
Tetris
テトリス
Tetris for Game Boy is a 1989 puzzle game developed by Nintendo R&D1, based on Alexey Pajitnov's original 1985 design. B…
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Game Boy
Super Mario Land
スーパーマリオランド
Released in Japan on April 21, 1989 — the same day as the Game Boy itself — Super Mario Land was one of four launch titl…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
PC Genjin (Bonk's Adventure)
PC原人
PC Genjin — Bonk's Adventure in North America — is the platformer that Hudson Soft built to be the PC Engine's answer to…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Ys I & II
イースI・II
Ys I & II, released for the PC Engine CD-ROM² on December 21, 1989, is one of the most historically significant games in…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Super Momotaro Dentetsu
スーパー桃太郎電鉄
Super Momotaro Dentetsu (1989) is the PC Engine entry in Hudson Soft's beloved board game series — a game about travelli…
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Uncommon ▶ Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
MOTHER
MOTHER
Released on July 27, 1989, MOTHER is one of the most distinctive role-playing games ever made for the Famicom — and argu…
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Rare Family Computer Disk System
Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind
ファミコン探偵倶楽部 PartII うしろに立つ少女
Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind is a mystery adventure game released in 1989 on the Famicom D…
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The Final Fantasy Legend
魔界塔士Sa・Ga
The Final Fantasy Legend — known in Japan as Makai Toushi Sa·Ga — is the first RPG ever released for the Game Boy, the f…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Castlevania: The Adventure
ドラキュラ伝説
Castlevania: The Adventure is the first Castlevania game released on a handheld console, launching approximately six mon…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Phantasy Star II
ファンタシースターII 還らざる時の終わりに
Phantasy Star II is the 1989 Mega Drive RPG developed by Sega — the sequel to the 1987 Master System original — and one …
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Neutopia
ニュートピア
Neutopia (1989) is Hudson Soft's earnest attempt to bring a Zelda-style action-adventure to the PC Engine. Widely discus…
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Dungeon Explorer
ダンジョンエクスプローラー
Dungeon Explorer (1989) is one of the earliest home console games to support up to five simultaneous players in cooperat…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
DuckTales
わんぱくダック夢冒険
DuckTales (1989) is one of Capcom's finest NES/Famicom games — a non-linear platformer starring Scrooge McDuck and his p…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Blazing Lazers
ガンヘッド
Co-developed by Hudson Soft and Compile — the studio behind Zanac and the Puyo Puyo series, led by Masamitsu 'Moo' Niita…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Military Madness
ネクタリス
Released in February 1989, Nectaris was one of the earliest hexagonal turn-based strategy games to appear on a home cons…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Tengai Makyō: Ziria
天外魔境 ZIRIA
Released on June 30, 1989, Tengai Makyō: Ziria is widely recognised as the world's first RPG on CD-ROM media. Exploiting…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
悪魔城伝説
Released in 1989, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the prequel to the original Castlevania, following Trevor Belmont …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Tecmo Bowl
テクモボール
Originally an arcade American football game in 1987, Tecmo Bowl became a phenomenon on the NES and Famicom through its a…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
The Revenge of Shinobi
ザ・スーパー忍
Released in December 1989, The Revenge of Shinobi was the first Shinobi game built for the Mega Drive and one of the con…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Famicom Fairytales: Yuyuki
ふぁみこんむかし話 遊遊記
Famicom Fairytales: Yuyuki is a 1989 adventure game jointly developed by Pax Softnica and Nintendo for the Famicom Disk …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Golden Axe
ゴールデンアックス
Released for the Mega Drive on December 23, 1989, Golden Axe is a Sega beat'em up that became one of the defining titles…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
大魔界村
Released for the Mega Drive on August 3, 1989, Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Daimakaimura) is one of the most celebrated Capcom arca…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
River City Ransom
ダウンタウン熱血物語
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari — released internationally as River City Ransom — was the first entry in Technos Japan's Ku…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Batman: The Video Game
バットマン
Batman: The Video Game, developed by Sunsoft and released in Japan in December 1989, is based loosely on Tim Burton's 19…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
激亀忍者伝
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — released in Japan as Gekikame Ninja Den (激亀忍者伝, 'Legend of the Radical Ninja Turtles') on…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
ダブルドラゴンII ザ・リベンジ
Double Dragon II: The Revenge, released for Famicom in December 1989, is widely considered the finest entry in the Doubl…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Super Hang-On
スーパーハングオン
Released in October 1989 as a Mega Drive launch-adjacent title, Super Hang-On brought Sega's beloved 1987 arcade motorcy…
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Herzog Zwei
ヘルツォーク・ツバイ
Herzog Zwei (1989) is one of the earliest real-time strategy games in history — and the first to run on a home console. …
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Volfied
ヴォルフィード
Volfied is Taito's science-fiction successor to the classic territory-claiming game Qix. Players pilot a small spaceship…
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Super League
スーパーリーグ
An early Mega Drive baseball game published by Sega in Japan in 1989. It arrived near the start of the console's life an…
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Sword of Vermilion
ヴァーミリオン
An action role-playing game released in Japan for the Mega Drive in December 1989. It blends several viewpoints—overhead…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden
ドラゴンボール3 悟空伝
Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden is a Famicom role-playing game released by Bandai in 1989 and developed by TOSE. Based on Akira T…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Flipull: An Exciting Cube Game
フリップル
Flipull: An Exciting Cube Game is a tile-matching puzzle game first released by Taito as a 1989 arcade game and ported t…
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Holy Diver
ホーリーダイヴァー
Holy Diver is a 1989 platform game for the famicom, developed by Irem.…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Populous
Populous
Populous is a 1989 real-time strategy for the pc engine, developed by Bullfrog Productions, with music by Rob Hubbard. I…
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Family Computer Disk System
Pinball
ピンボール
Pinball is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1989, developed by HAL Laboratory, published by Nintendo. It is a pinb…
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Makai Toshi SaGa
魔界塔士Sa・Ga
Makai Toshi SaGa is a role-playing game for the Game Boy (1989), from Square. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record o…
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