The 1990s
The golden decade. 16-bit to 32-bit to 64-bit — a generation of players who grew up inside these worlds.
447 games in this room
▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario World
スーパーマリオワールド
Super Mario World was the game that introduced the world to the Super Famicom. A launch title — bundled with the console…
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Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
メタルギア2 ソリッドスネーク
The true 1990 sequel Kojima made himself for the MSX2. A hit in Japan that took sixteen years to reach the rest of the w…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Bomberman
ボンバーマン
Bomberman for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, released in December 1990, is the version of Bomberman that turned a single…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light
ファイアーエムブレム 暗黒竜と光の剣
Released on April 20, 1990, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light established the tactical RPG as a genre on…
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Super Famicom / SNES
ActRaiser
アクトレイザー
Released in 1990, ActRaiser blended two genres no one had dared combine: brutal side-scrolling action and city-building …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Splatterhouse
スプラッターハウス
Released in 1990, the PC Engine port of Splatterhouse brought Namco's horror arcade brawler into living rooms with remar…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Gargoyle's Quest
レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝
Released in 1990, Gargoyle's Quest put players in control of Firebrand — the flying demon gargoyle enemy from Ghosts 'n …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Devil's Crush
デビルクラッシュ
Devil's Crush — known in Japan as Devil Crash — is the 1990 PC Engine pinball-action game developed by Compile and publi…
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Game Boy
Final Fantasy Legend II
Sa・Ga2 秘宝伝説
Final Fantasy Legend II — known in Japan as Sa·Ga 2: Hihou Densetsu — is the sequel to the game that brought JRPGs to Ni…
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Super Famicom / SNES
F-Zero
F-ZERO
F-Zero (1990) was one of Nintendo's showcase launch titles for the Super Famicom, designed to demonstrate Mode 7 — the h…
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Game Boy
Dr. Mario
ドクターマリオ
Released simultaneously with the NES version on July 27, 1990, the Game Boy edition of Dr. Mario proved that the puzzle …
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Super Star Soldier
スーパースターソルジャー
Released in 1990, Super Star Soldier is the PC Engine entry in Hudson Soft's celebrated Star Soldier shooter series, and…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Ninja Spirit
最後の忍道 NINJA SPIRIT
Originally an arcade game by Irem in 1988, Ninja Spirit was ported to the PC Engine in 1990 and became one of the platfo…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 3
ロックマン3 Dr.ワイリーの最期!?
Released in 1990, Mega Man 3 expanded the Capcom action-platformer formula with the introduction of the slide move, Rush…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
チップとデールの大作戦
Released in 1990, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is one of Capcom's finest licensed Disney games — a cooperative platformer…
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Game Boy
Solar Striker
ソーラーストライカー
Released in January 1990, Solar Striker was one of the first Game Boy titles to prove that a small grey screen could car…
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Game Boy
Batman: The Video Game
バットマン
Batman: The Video Game is a 1990 Game Boy action platformer developed and published by Sunsoft, arriving in the wave of …
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
ドラゴンクエストIV 導かれし者たち
Released on February 11, 1990, Dragon Quest IV was the final and most ambitious Dragon Quest on the Famicom. Its revolut…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
パジャマヒーロー NEMO
Released in North America in September 1990 and Japan on December 7, 1990, Little Nemo: The Dream Master is a Capcom act…
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Uncommon Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Final Fantasy III
ファイナルファンタジーIII
Final Fantasy III, released in Japan in April 1990, introduced the Job System — the ability for players to freely change…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dr. Mario
ドクターマリオ
Dr. Mario, released simultaneously on Famicom and Game Boy in July 1990, challenges players to eliminate viruses by drop…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
忍者龍剣伝II 暗黒の邪神剣
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, released in April 1990, continued the series' groundbreaking use of anime-styl…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
MUSHA Aleste
MUSHA アレスタ
MUSHA Aleste, released in December 1990, is part of Compile's Aleste shoot-em-up series but stands apart from its predec…
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Thunder Force III
サンダーフォースIII
Thunder Force III, released in June 1990, introduced a branching stage-select system — players could choose their order …
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Bravoman
超絶倫人ベラボーマン
Bravoman — Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabōman in Japan — is an action platformer based on Namco's 1988 arcade game, following a s…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Strider
ストライダー飛竜
Released in Japan in September 1990, Strider for the Mega Drive is a home console port of Capcom's acclaimed 1989 arcade…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
I LOVEミッキーマウス ふしぎのお城大冒険
Released in November 1990, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse was the finest Disney-licensed game the Mega Drive w…
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Pilotwings
パイロットウイングス
Released on December 21, 1990 alongside the Super Famicom's Japanese launch, Pilotwings was Nintendo's showcase for what…
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Image Fight
イメージファイト
Image Fight began as Irem's 1988 arcade shooter and reached the Famicom in 1990. The game is known for its demanding dif…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Dragon Ball Z: Kyoshu! Saiyajin
ドラゴンボールZ 強襲!サイヤ人
Dragon Ball Z: Kyoshu! Saiyajin is a card-based role-playing game for the Famicom, released in Japan by Bandai in 1990. …
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Momotarou Densetsu Turbo
桃太郎伝説ターボ
Momotarou Densetsu Turbo is Hudson Soft's PC Engine remake of the Famicom RPG Momotarou Densetsu, released in July 1990 …
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Nemesis
ネメシス
Nemesis (1990) is the Game Boy debut of the Gradius series — a horizontal scrolling shooter that arrived just nine month…
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Game Boy
Balloon Kid
バルーンキッド
Balloon Kid takes the beloved Balloon Trip bonus mode from Balloon Fight (Famicom, 1984) and expands it into a full side…
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Game Boy
Space Invaders
スペースインベーダー
Space Invaders is a Game Boy game released in 1990, developed by Taito. It is a shoot 'em up.…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
The Secret of Monkey Island
モンキーアイランド
The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 adventure video game for the mega drive, developed by Lucasfilm Games, directed by…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
SimEarth
シムアース
SimEarth is a 1990 life simulation game for the pc engine, developed by Maxis.…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Nintendo World Cup
熱血高校ドッジボール部 サッカー編
Nintendo World Cup is a 1990 association football video game for the famicom, developed by Technōs Japan Corporation, wi…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum is a 1990 role-playing video game for the pc engine, developed…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
J.J. & Jeff
カトちゃんケンちゃん
J.J. & Jeff is a platform game for the PC Engine (1990), from Hudson Soft. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of J…
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Mado King Granzort
魔動王グランゾート
Mado King Granzort is a 1990 action for the pc engine, developed by Hudson Soft.…
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▶ Super Famicom / SNES
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース
A Link to the Past returned Zelda to the top-down perspective of the original NES game after Zelda II's controversial si…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) is the game that gave Sega its identity. Born from an internal contest to find a new mascot, d…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Streets of Rage
ベア・ナックル 怒りの鉄拳
Streets of Rage (1991) — known in Japan as Bare Knuckle — is the beat 'em up that defined what the Mega Drive's FM sound…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Castlevania IV
悪魔城ドラキュラ
Released on Halloween 1991, Super Castlevania IV was a stunning showcase of what the Super Famicom could do. Eight-direc…
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▶ Game Boy
Metroid II: Return of Samus
メトロイドII RETURN OF SAMUS
Released in 1991, Metroid II: Return of Samus was the first Metroid game for a handheld console — and it used the Game B…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Final Fantasy IV
ファイナルファンタジーIV
Released in 1991 as the first Final Fantasy on Super Famicom hardware, Final Fantasy IV introduced the Active Time Battl…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Final Fantasy Adventure
聖剣伝説 〜ファイナルファンタジー外伝〜
Final Fantasy Adventure is the 1991 Game Boy game that launched the entire Mana franchise — though at the time it was ma…
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Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge
ロックマンワールド
Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge — known in Japan as Rockman World — is the first Mega Man game for Game Boy, developed by M…
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Ultra Rare PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Magical Chase
マジカルチェイス
Magical Chase (1991) is one of the rarest and most visually stunning shooters on the PC Engine, starring Ripple the appr…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
ToeJam & Earl
トージャム＆アール
ToeJam & Earl (1991) is one of the most original games on the Mega Drive — a funk-soaked, jazz-inflected roguelike about…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Final Fantasy Legend III
Sa・Ga 3 時空の覇者
The third and final SaGa title for Game Boy, released in Japan in December 1991 as Sa·Ga 3: Jikuu no Hasha — Ruler of Ti…
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Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
イースIII ワンダラーズ フロム イース
Originally released for PC-8801 in 1989, Ys III: Wanderers from Ys received its definitive home version on PC Engine CD-…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Bonk's Revenge
PCくん2
Released in 1991, Bonk's Revenge is the sequel to the PC Engine's mascot platformer PC-Genjin (Bonk's Adventure), and wi…
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Game Boy
Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲
Released in 1991, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge is the second Castlevania game on Game Boy — and a transformation ra…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III
パラソルスター
Released in Japan on February 15, 1991, Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III is a joyful single-screen action-p…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
OutRun
アウトラン
OutRun (1986 arcade / 1991 Mega Drive) is the racing game Yu Suzuki designed after driving through Europe himself — at 2…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 4
ロックマン4 新たなる野望!!
Mega Man 4, released in December 1991, introduced the Mega Buster charge shot — hold the fire button to release a more p…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Salamander
沙羅曼蛇
Salamander for PC Engine, released in December 1991, is a port of Konami's 1986 arcade shoot-em-up — the companion/spin-…
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Neutopia II
ニュートピアII
Released in September 1991 as the sequel to Neutopia, Neutopia II is Hudson Soft's second instalment in their answer to …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
超魔界村
Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (1991) is Capcom's Super Famicom showcase — a platformer of legendary difficulty in which Knight …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Shining in the Darkness
シャイニング&ザ・ダクネス
Shining in the Darkness (1991) is the origin of Sega's long-running Shining series — a first-person 3D dungeon RPG devel…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Ninja Gaiden Shadow
忍者龍剣伝GB 摩天楼決戦
Ninja Gaiden Shadow (1991) is a Game Boy action platformer developed by Natsume and published by Tecmo — a prequel to th…
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Fastest 1
ファステスト・ワン
A Formula One racing game developed and published by Human Entertainment, released only in Japan in 1991. It leaned towa…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Volfied
ヴォルフィード
A home conversion of Taito's 1989 arcade game, brought to the Mega Drive in Japan in 1991. A successor to Qix, it tasks …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Ninja Burai Densetsu
忍者武雷伝説
A turn-based tactical strategy game for the Mega Drive, released in Japan in 1991. The player commands a band of ninja a…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Block Out
ブロックアウト
A puzzle game for the Mega Drive based on the 3D falling-block concept created by California Dreams. Rather than the fla…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance
ＡＤ＆Ｄ ヒーロー・オブ・ランス
A side-scrolling action game based on the Dragonlance setting of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, drawn from the novel Drago…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Ultraman Club 3: Matamata Shutsugeki!! Ultra Kyoudai
ウルトラマン倶楽部3 またまた出撃!! ウルトラ兄弟
A turn-based RPG in which the player commands the Ultra Brothers through random-encounter battles, in the style of the e…
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Family Circuit '91
ファミリーサーキット'91
Family Circuit '91 is a top-down racing game for the Famicom, developed by Game Studio and published by Namco in 1991. A…
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Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen
アドバンスド大戦略 ―ドイツ電撃作戦―
A turn-based military strategy game released by Sega for the Mega Drive in 1991, based on SystemSoft's Daisenryaku warga…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super R-Type
スーパーR-TYPE
Super R-Type was Irem's contribution to the early Super Famicom shoot 'em up library, arriving in Japan in July 1991. Dr…
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Daikoukai Jidai (Uncharted Waters)
大航海時代
Daikoukai Jidai, known in the West as Uncharted Waters, reached the Famicom in March 1991, adapting Koei's earlier compu…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (1991) is a Game Boy exclusive produced by Gunpei Yokoi, developed by Nintendo R&D1 an…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Contra: Operation C
コントラ
Released in January 1991, Contra: Operation C brought the relentless run-and-gun action of the Contra series to the Game…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Cosmic Fantasy 2
コズミック・ファンタジー2
Cosmic Fantasy 2 is a 1991 role-playing video game for the pc engine, developed by Telenet Japan.…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Cadash
カダッシュ
Cadash is a 1991 platform game for the pc engine, developed by Taito.…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Coryoon
こりゅん
Coryoon is a 1991 shoot 'em up for the pc engine.…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Crisis Force
クライシスフォース
Crisis Force is a 1991 shoot 'em up for the famicom, developed by Konami.…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Another World
アウターワールド
Another World is a 1991 action-adventure game for the super famicom, developed by Delphine Software International.…
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1943: The Battle of Midway
1943 ミッドウェイ海戦
1943: The Battle of Midway is Capcom's 1987 WWII vertical shoot-'em-up. Its PC Engine release (1991, Japan only) was an …
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Game Boy
Kirby's Dream Land
星のカービィ
Kirby's Dream Land, released in April 1992, is the debut appearance of Kirby and the first game in the series. Its direc…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) introduced Tails — Miles "Tails" Prower, a two-tailed fox who follows Sonic and can be contr…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru
天外魔境II 卍MARU
Tengai Makyou II: Manjimaru (1992) is the most ambitious RPG ever produced for the PC Engine, and by some measures one o…
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Parodius Da!
パロディウスだ！ 〜神話からお笑いへ〜
Parodius Da! (1992) is Konami parodying itself. The ship is a flying octopus, or a penguin, or Vic Viper from Gradius — …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
ストリートファイターII ザ・ワールド ウォーリアー
The Super Famicom port of Street Fighter II, released in June 1992, became one of the fastest-selling home console games…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
ドラゴンクエストV 天空の花嫁
Released on September 27, 1992, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride is widely regarded as one of the most emotion…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Puyo Puyo
ぷよぷよ
Released for the Mega Drive on December 18, 1992, Puyo Puyo became one of Japan's most beloved and enduring puzzle games…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Shin Megami Tensei
真・女神転生
Released on October 30, 1992, Shin Megami Tensei for Super Famicom is the game that established Atlus as a developer of …
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Thunder Force IV
サンダーフォースIV
Thunder Force IV (1992) is a horizontal shoot 'em up developed and self-published by Technosoft for the Sega Mega Drive,…
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Gate of Thunder
ゲート・オブ・サンダー
Released in 1992, Gate of Thunder was the first shoot 'em up developed specifically for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² form…
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Very Rare Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Gimmick!
ミスター・グリム's
Released in 1992, Gimmick! is one of the most technically and musically extraordinary games ever made for the Famicom. U…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Ecco the Dolphin
エコー・ザ・ドルフィン
Released in 1992, Ecco the Dolphin was unlike anything Sega had published: a game in which you played as a dolphin navig…
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Soldier Blade
ソルジャーブレイド
Released in 1992, Soldier Blade is the fourth entry in Hudson Soft's Star Soldier series and one of the finest vertical …
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Game Boy
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins is the 1992 Game Boy sequel that introduced Wario to the world. While Mario was away …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario Kart
スーパーマリオカート
Super Mario Kart is the 1992 Super Famicom game that founded the Mario Kart franchise and invented the kart racing genre…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Final Fantasy V
ファイナルファンタジーV
Final Fantasy V is the 1992 Super Famicom RPG that never reached Western players in its era — Japan-exclusive until the …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Streets of Rage 2
ベア・ナックルII 死闘への鎮魂歌
Streets of Rage 2 — known in Japan as Bare Knuckle II: Requiem for the Raging Battle — is the 1992 Mega Drive beat 'em u…
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Snatcher
スナッチャー
Snatcher for PC Engine CD-ROM² — known as the 'CD-ROMantic' edition — is the 1992 cyberpunk adventure game created by Hi…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Star Parodier
スターパロジャー
Star Parodier (1992) is Hudson's self-aware parody of its own Star Soldier vertical shooter series, replacing the hard s…
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Very Rare Game Boy
Trip World
トリップワールド
A 1992 Game Boy platformer developed and published by Sunsoft, Trip World stars Yakopoo — a shape-shifting bunny-like cr…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Soul Blazer
ソウルブレイダー
The first entry in Quintet's World Trilogy — the series that would conclude with Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma — Soul …
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
シャイニング・フォース 神々の遺産
The game that defined tactical RPG gaming in the West, Shining Force arrived on Mega Drive in March 1992 as the second e…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
ランドストーカー 皇帝の財宝
Landstalker is Climax Entertainment's 1992 isometric action RPG for the Mega Drive — a precision platforming adventure i…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Air Zonk
PCデンジン パンキックサイボーグ
Released in 1992, Air Zonk is a horizontal shoot-'em-up spin-off of the Bonk series, reimagining the stone-age caveman h…
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Fire Emblem Gaiden
ファイアーエムブレム外伝
Released in March 1992, Fire Emblem Gaiden is the second Fire Emblem game and a direct departure from the first — a Japa…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Avenging Spirit
ファントム
Avenging Spirit is a 1992 Game Boy action platformer developed by C.P. Brain and published by Jaleco, ported from Jaleco…
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Uncommon Family Computer Disk System
Clu Clu Land D
クルクルランド
Clu Clu Land D, released on April 28, 1992, is the Famicom Disk System-exclusive enhanced version of Nintendo's 1984 Clu…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Contra III: The Alien Wars
魂斗羅スピリッツ
Released in Japan in February 1992, Contra III: The Alien Wars — known as Contra Spirits in Japan — is Konami's definiti…
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For the Frog the Bell Tolls
カエルの為に鐘は鳴る
Released in September 1992 exclusively in Japan, For the Frog the Bell Tolls is a Game Boy action RPG from Nintendo R&D1…
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Romancing SaGa
ロマンシング サ・ガ
Released in January 1992, Romancing SaGa was Square's declaration that RPGs did not have to follow a single story in ord…
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World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
I LOVE ミッキー&ドナルド ふしぎなマジックボックス
Released in December 1992, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck was the sequel to Castle of Illusion …
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Alisia Dragoon
アリシアドラグーン
Alisia Dragoon (1992) is Game Arts' lightning-wielding action platformer for the Mega Drive — a collaboration between th…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 5
ロックマン5 ブルースの罠！？
Mega Man 5 (1992) is Capcom's fifth entry in the Famicom action series — a late-era platform game that refined the formu…
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Bare Knuckle II (Streets of Rage 2)
ベア・ナックルII 死闘への鎮魂歌
Known overseas as Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle II is Sega's 1992 beat 'em up for the Mega Drive, carrying the Japanes…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing
イベンダー・ホリフィールド ボクシング
A boxing game built around heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, released by Sega in 1992. The player creates a fighte…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Caesar no Yabou II (Ambition of Caesar II)
シーザーの野望II
A real-time strategy game developed and published by Micronet for the Mega Drive in Japan in 1992, and the sequel to Cae…
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Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football
ジョー・モンタナ II スポーツトーク フットボール
An American football game for the Mega Drive, the sequel to Sega's original Joe Montana Football, released in Japan in e…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Lennus: Kodai Kikai no Kioku (Paladin's Quest)
レナス 古代機械の記憶
Lennus: Kodai Kikai no Kioku is a Super Famicom role-playing game developed by Copya System and published by Asmik in 19…
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Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project
スプリガン mark2
Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project is a 1992 horizontally scrolling shooter for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM². Develope…
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Recca
サマーカーニバル'92 烈火
Recca is a 1992 shoot 'em up for the famicom, developed by KID.…
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Mortal Kombat
モータルコンバット
Mortal Kombat is a 1992 fighting game for the game boy, developed by Midway Games, with music by Dan Forden. It belongs …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Dune II
Dune II
Dune II is a 1992 real-time strategy for the mega drive, developed by Westwood Studios, with music by Frank Klepacki. It…
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Uncommon Game Boy
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島
Released in Japan on June 6, 1993, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is the first Zelda game on a handheld console —…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Gunstar Heroes
ガンスターヒーローズ
Gunstar Heroes (1993) was Treasure's debut game — and it arrived as a technical demonstration of what the Mega Drive cou…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
ファンタシースターIV 千年紀の終わりに
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (1993) is the conclusion to the original Phantasy Star saga — a science-fant…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Shining Force II
シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印
Released in Japan on October 1, 1993, Shining Force II built on the tactical RPG formula of its predecessor with a large…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Secret of Mana
聖剣伝説2
Released in 1993, Secret of Mana introduced seamless real-time combat with a 'Ring Menu' system, three-player co-op via …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
悪魔城ドラキュラX 血の輪廻
Released in 1993 exclusively in Japan, Rondo of Blood is widely regarded as the finest game in the classic Castlevania s…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Kirby's Adventure
星のカービィ 夢の泉の物語
Released in 1993 as one of the Famicom's final great titles, Kirby's Adventure introduced the Copy Ability — Kirby's ico…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Mega Man X
ロックマンX
Released in 1993, Mega Man X reinvented the Mega Man formula for the 16-bit era. While keeping the core loop of defeatin…
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Uncommon ▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Star Fox
スターフォックス
Star Fox is the 1993 Super Famicom game that demonstrated 3D polygon graphics were possible on a home console — not thro…
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Uncommon ▶ PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Lords of Thunder
ウィンズ・オブ・サンダー
Lords of Thunder — known in Japan as Winds of Thunder — is the 1993 PC Engine Super CD-ROM² shoot 'em up developed by Re…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Kid Dracula
悪魔城すぺしゃる ぼくドラキュラくん
Kid Dracula (1993) is a charming chibi spin-off of the Castlevania series for Game Boy, starring a comically small and b…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Rocket Knight Adventures
ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ
Rocket Knight Adventures (1993) is one of the Mega Drive's finest original platformers — a game about a rocket-powered o…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Disney's Aladdin
アラジン
Disney's Aladdin (1993) for Mega Drive is the landmark example of Disney's direct animation partnership with game develo…
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Game Boy
Kirby's Pinball Land
カービィのピンボール
Released in November 1993, Kirby's Pinball Land takes the most rule-bound game in the arcade — pinball — and quietly dis…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
伝説のオウガバトル
Directed by Yasumi Matsuno — who would go on to create Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story — Ogre Battle: The March …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys
イースIV ザ・ドーン・オブ・イース
Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys is the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² exclusive entry in Falcom's celebrated action RPG series — a title …
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Illusion of Gaia
ガイア幻想紀
Illusion of Gaia — Gaia Gensōki in Japan — is the second entry in Quintet's informal trilogy alongside Soul Blazer (1992…
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Romancing SaGa 2
ロマンシング サ・ガ2
Romancing SaGa 2, released in December 1993, is defined by its generational succession system: the player does not contr…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Breath of Fire
ブレス オブ ファイアー 竜の戦士
Released in April 1993, Breath of Fire was Capcom's first original RPG — a genre the arcade giant had never attempted be…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
エストポリス伝記
Released in June 1993, Estpolis Denki — known in the West as Lufia & the Fortress of Doom — was the debut RPG from devel…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Bomberman
スーパーボンバーマン
Released in April 1993, Super Bomberman brought the series to the Super Famicom and, more crucially, delivered a five-pl…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
コットン ファンタスティック・ナイト・ドリームズ
Released in February 1993 for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM², Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is a horizontal scrolling shoo…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition
ストリートファイターII' チャンピオンエディション
Released in June 1993, the PC Engine version of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition was remarkable for one reason above…
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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES
Mega Man 6
ロックマン6 史上最大の戦い！！
Mega Man 6 (1993) is the final entry in the Famicom Mega Man series and one of the last major titles released on the pla…
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Shin Momotaro Densetsu
新桃太郎伝説
Shin Momotaro Densetsu is a role-playing game released for the Super Famicom by Hudson Soft in 1993. Drawing on Japanese…
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Super Famicom / SNES
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
R-TYPE III
R-Type III: The Third Lightning is a side-scrolling shooter released for the Super Famicom by Irem in 1993. Part of the …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Yu Yu Hakusho
幽☆遊☆白書
Yu Yu Hakusho is a battle game released by Namco for the Super Famicom in 1993, based on Yoshihiro Togashi's manga and a…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Street Fighter II' Dash: Champion Edition
ストリートファイターII' ダッシュ チャンピオンエディション
This PC Engine HuCard brought Capcom's Champion Edition to NEC's machine in June 1993, a notable feat for a console more…
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Pop'n TwinBee
ポップンツインビー
Pop'n TwinBee is a 1993 shoot 'em up for the super famicom, developed by Konami, with music by Michiru Yamane.…
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Game Boy
FIFA International Soccer
FIFA インターナショナルサッカー
FIFA International Soccer is a 1993 association football video game for the game boy, developed by EA Vancouver, with mu…
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Super Famicom / SNES
SimCity 2000
シムシティ2000
SimCity 2000 is a 1993 city-building game for the super famicom, developed by Maxis. It belongs to the SimCity series.…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario All-Stars
スーパーマリオコレクション
Super Mario All-Stars is a 1993 platform game for the super famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Deve…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog CD
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグCD
Sonic the Hedgehog CD is a 1993 platform game for the mega drive, developed by Sonic Team, directed by Naoto Ohshima, wi…
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Fatal Fury Special
餓狼伝説スペシャル
Fatal Fury Special is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1993), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japa…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown
サムライスピリッツ
Samurai Shodown is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1993), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanes…
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Uncommon ▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Super Metroid
スーパーメトロイド
Super Metroid is the third entry in the Metroid series and the game that codified the Metroidvania genre. Directed by Yo…
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Uncommon ▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Final Fantasy VI
ファイナルファンタジーVI
Final Fantasy VI is widely considered the finest entry in the Final Fantasy series and one of the greatest RPGs ever mad…
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▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Donkey Kong Country
スーパードンキーコング
Released in 1994 for the Super Famicom/SNES, Donkey Kong Country stunned the world with pre-rendered 3D graphics created…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
EarthBound
MOTHER2 ギーグの逆襲
Released in Japan on August 27, 1994, MOTHER2 / EarthBound is an RPG unlike any other — set in a modern American-styled …
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Tokimeki Memorial
ときめきメモリアル
Released on May 27, 1994, Tokimeki Memorial is the game that established the dating simulation genre in Japan and ignite…
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Uncommon PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Princess Maker 2
プリンセスメーカー2
Released for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² on September 30, 1994, Princess Maker 2 is the definitive version of Gainax's i…
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Game Boy
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
スーパーマリオランド3 ワリオランド
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994) is the first Game Boy game to star Wario as protagonist — not a hero, but a greedy…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ3
Released in 1994, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 introduced Knuckles the Echidna and a new shield system that fundamentally expand…
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Donkey Kong
ドンキーコング
Released in 1994, the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong began as a faithful recreation of the four-stage arcade game — and…
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Rare Super Famicom / SNES
Live A Live
ライブ・ア・ライブ
Released in 1994, Live A Live is one of Square's most experimental RPGs — seven self-contained scenarios set across radi…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Sonic & Knuckles
ソニック&ナックルズ
Sonic & Knuckles is the 1994 Mega Drive platformer developed by Sega Technical Institute, released simultaneously worldw…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Castlevania: Bloodlines
ヴァンパイアキラー
Castlevania: Bloodlines — known in Japan as Vampire Killer and in Europe as Castlevania: The New Generation — is the 199…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Contra: Hard Corps
魂斗羅 ザ・ハードコア
Contra: Hard Corps (1994) is the most technically ambitious entry in the Mega Drive's run-and-gun canon — a relentlessly…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Mega Man V
ロックマンワールド5
The fifth and final Game Boy entry in the Mega Man World series, released in Japan in July 1994. Unlike its predecessors…
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Rare Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Monster World IV
モンスターワールドIV
The final chapter of the Wonder Boy / Monster World saga and the only entry to feature a female protagonist, Monster Wor…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Earthworm Jim
アースワームジム
Earthworm Jim arrived on the Mega Drive in August 1994 as one of the most visually distinctive action-platformers of its…
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Sega Saturn
Clockwork Knight
クロックワークナイト ペパルーチョの大冒険
Clockwork Knight is a 1994 platform game developed and published by Sega as a launch title for the Sega Saturn in Japan,…
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▶ Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Streets of Rage 3
ベア・ナックルIII
Streets of Rage 3 (Bare Knuckle III, 1994) is the third and final chapter of Sega's defining beat 'em up trilogy — and i…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Beyond Oasis
ザ・ストーリー・オブ・トア ～光を継ぐ者～
Released in Japan on December 9, 1994, The Story of Thor (Beyond Oasis in North America) is an action RPG developed by A…
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter
バーチャファイター
Virtua Fighter (1993 arcade / 1994 Saturn) is the fighting game that proved polygon-based 3D graphics could work — and t…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Pulseman
パルスマン
Pulseman, published by Sega for the Mega Drive in July 1994, was developed by Game Freak — the studio best known for Pok…
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Dynamite Headdy
ダイナマイトヘッディー
Dynamite Headdy, Treasure's second Mega Drive game following Gunstar Heroes (1993), follows a puppet named Headdy whose …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Mega Man X2
ロックマンX2
Released in December 1994, Mega Man X2 is the immediate sequel to Capcom's acclaimed Mega Man X and is built on the same…
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Super Punch-Out!!
スーパーパンチアウト!!
Released in North America in October 1994, Super Punch-Out!! is the Super Famicom successor to the beloved NES Punch-Out…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Samurai Shodown
サムライスピリッツ
Released in September 1994, Samurai Shodown for Super Famicom is the home port of SNK's seminal 1993 arcade weapon-based…
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Ridge Racer
リッジレーサー
Ridge Racer launched alongside the original PlayStation in Japan on December 3, 1994, and became the console's defining …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Kirby's Dream Course
カービィボウル
Released in September 1994, Kirby's Dream Course is a miniature golf game where Kirby is the ball — launched from a tee,…
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Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
スパークスター ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ2
Released in September 1994, Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 is the direct sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures on th…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Breath of Fire II
ブレス オブ ファイア II 使命の子
Breath of Fire II (1994) is Capcom's deepening of their Super Famicom RPG series — a story of Ryu, a young dragon-bloode…
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Wild Guns
ワイルドガンズ
Wild Guns (1994) is Natsume's sharp-shooting action game set in a steam-powered Wild West — a gallery-shooter where cowb…
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Rare Super Famicom / SNES
Demon's Crest
魔界塔士 デモンズ・クレスト
Demon's Crest (1994) is Capcom's darkest Super Famicom game — an action platformer set in the demon world where players …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni
いただきストリート2 〜ネオンサインはバラ色に〜
Itadaki Street 2: Neon Sign wa Bara Iro ni is a board game released for the Super Famicom in 1994 and published by Enix.…
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Super Tetris 3
スーパーテトリス3
Super Tetris 3 is a Super Famicom puzzle game published by Bullet-Proof Software and developed by TOSE, released in Japa…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Shin Megami Tensei II
真・女神転生II
Shin Megami Tensei II is a 1994 Super Famicom RPG set in a domed city called Center, built over the ruins of Tokyo after…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Umihara Kawase
海腹川背
Released on December 23, 1994 for the Super Famicom, Umihara Kawase is a physics-based platformer built around a single …
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Hagane: The Final Conflict
ハガネ
Steelix is a 1994 software for the super famicom.…
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Sid Meier's Civilization
シヴィライゼーション 世界七大文明
Sid Meier's Civilization is a Super Famicom game released in 1994, developed by MicroProse, published by Asmik. It is a …
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Super Famicom / SNES
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D is a 1994 first-person shooter port for the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo, developed by id Software an…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Mortal Kombat II
モータルコンバットII
Mortal Kombat II is a Mega Drive game released in 1994, developed by Probe Software, published by Acclaim Entertainment.…
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PlayStation
The Need for Speed
オーバードライビンDX
The Need for Speed is a 1994 racing video game for the playstation, developed by EA Vancouver, with music by Jeff van Dy…
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Sega Saturn
Transport Tycoon
トランスポートタイクーン
Transport Tycoon is a 1994 business simulation game for the sega saturn, developed by クリス・ソイヤー, with music by John Broom…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown II
真サムライスピリッツ 覇王丸地獄変
Samurai Shodown II is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1994), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japa…
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Aero Fighters 2
ソニックウイングス2
Aero Fighters 2 is a shoot 'em up for the Neo Geo (1994), from Video System. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of…
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Neo Geo
Art of Fighting 2
龍虎の拳2
Art of Fighting 2 is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1994), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japan…
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Neo Geo
The King of Fighters '94
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'94
The King of Fighters '94, released in August 1994 for Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinets and later that year for the Neo Geo AE…
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Uncommon ▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Chrono Trigger
クロノトリガー
Chrono Trigger is the Super Famicom RPG most frequently named on "greatest games" lists. Created by a "Dream Team" of Hi…
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter 2
バーチャファイター2
Virtua Fighter 2 sold over 700,000 copies in Japan within its first two days of release in November 1995 — a record that…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
タクティクスオウガ
Released in 1995, Tactics Ogre is the pinnacle of tactical RPG storytelling. Created by Yasumi Matsuno — the mind behind…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
ドラゴンクエストVI 幻の大地
Released in December 1995, Dragon Quest VI was the series' swan song on the Super Famicom and its most ambitious chapter…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Comix Zone
コミックスゾーン
Released in 1995, Comix Zone placed players inside a comic book, literally. Sketch Turner, a comic artist, is trapped in…
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Game Boy
Kirby's Dream Land 2
星のカービィ2
Released in March 1995, Kirby's Dream Land 2 introduced three animal friends — Rick the Hamster, Coo the Owl, and Kine t…
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Uncommon Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Ristar
リスター・ザ・シューティングスター
Released in 1995 near the end of the Mega Drive's commercial life, Ristar was Sonic Team's answer to a simple question: …
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Panzer Dragoon
パンツァードラグーン
Released alongside the Sega Saturn's Japanese launch in March 1995, Panzer Dragoon was a 3D rail shooter that made an im…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
スーパーマリオ ヨッシーアイランド
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island is the 1995 Super Famicom platform game that serves as a prequel to Super Mario Worl…
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Sega Saturn
Sega Rally Championship
セガラリーチャンピオンシップ
Sega Rally Championship is the 1995 Sega Saturn port of AM3's arcade rally racing game, one of the most acclaimed Saturn…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Layer Section
レイヤーセクション
Layer Section is the 1995 Sega Saturn port of Taito's 1994 arcade game RayForce — a vertical rail shooter with a mechani…
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Rare Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Alien Soldier
エイリアンソルジャー
Alien Soldier is the 1995 Mega Drive run-and-gun developed by Treasure and published by Sega — one of the studio's most …
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Sega Saturn
Daytona USA
デイトナUSA
Daytona USA (1995 Saturn) is the home port of what became the most successful arcade racing game of all time. Developed …
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Cop
バーチャコップ
Virtua Cop (1995 Saturn) brought the transformative arcade light gun shooter home for the first time. Originally running…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Seiken Densetsu 3
聖剣伝説3
Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995) is one of the finest action RPGs on the Super Famicom and among the most accomplished Japan-onl…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Tales of Phantasia
テイルズ オブ ファンタジア
Tales of Phantasia (1995) is the origin of one of JRPG's most enduring franchises — the Tales series — and arrived as th…
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Uncommon PlayStation
Suikoden
幻想水滸伝
Suikoden (1995) is one of the PlayStation's most distinctive RPGs — a fast-loading, quick-battle system with 108 recruit…
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PlayStation
Jumping Flash!
ジャンピングフラッシュ！
Jumping Flash! (1995) is one of PlayStation's most original launch-era games — the first platform game built entirely in…
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Game Boy
Donkey Kong Land
スーパードンキーコングGB
Developed by Rare and released in 1995, Donkey Kong Land brought the world of Donkey Kong Country to the Game Boy — not …
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Terranigma
天地創造
The final entry in Quintet's informal World Trilogy — following Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia — Terranigma is an acti…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Front Mission
フロントミッション
The first entry in Square's long-running tactical mecha franchise, Front Mission is set in 2090 on the contested island …
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▶ Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Vectorman
ベクターマン
Released in October 1995 as the Sega Genesis approached the end of its commercial life, Vectorman was Sega's direct resp…
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Ultra Rare PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Sapphire: Ginga Fukei Densetsu
銀河婦警伝説サファイア
Released in November 1995 as the PC Engine's lifespan neared its end, Sapphire is simultaneously one of the most technic…
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Uncommon ▶ Sega Saturn
Darius Gaiden
ダライアス外伝
Darius Gaiden is the 1994 horizontal shoot'em up developed by Taito, known for its fish-themed mechanical bosses, multip…
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Game Boy
Kirby's Block Ball
カービィのブロックボール
Kirby's Block Ball is a 1995 breakout-style action game developed by HAL Laboratory for the Game Boy, in which Kirby him…
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Rare Super Famicom / SNES
Mega Man X3
ロックマンX3
Mega Man X3 (1995) is the third entry in the Mega Man X series and the last to appear on the Super Famicom / SNES. For t…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Clock Tower
クロックタワー
Clock Tower, released in September 1995, is a point-and-click survival horror adventure designed by Hifumi Kono as a dir…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
スーパードンキーコング2 ディクシー&ディディー
Released in November 1995, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is Rare's masterwork on the Super Famicom — widely …
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Panel de Pon
パネルでポン
Released in October 1995, Panel de Pon is a puzzle game from Intelligent Systems that tasks players with swapping adjace…
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Light Crusader
ライトクルセイダー
Released in May 1995, Light Crusader was the final Mega Drive game from Treasure — the studio that had already delivered…
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Sega Saturn
Shining Wisdom
シャイニング・ウィズダム
Released in August 1995, Shining Wisdom is the eighth entry in Sega's Shining series and the first developed by Camelot …
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
エストポリス伝記II
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals (1995) is both a prequel to the original Lufia and one of the most acclaimed RPGs on th…
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Golden Axe: The Duel
ゴールデンアックス・ザ・デュエル
Golden Axe: The Duel reimagines Sega's beloved fantasy hack-and-slash series as a one-on-one weapons fighter. Originally…
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Sega Saturn
Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors
ギャラクシーファイト ユニバーサル・ウォリアーズ
Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors was Sunsoft's first fighting game, originally released for SNK's Neo Geo before reachin…
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Sega Saturn
Battle Monsters
バトルモンスターズ
Battle Monsters is a 2D fighting game with a dark fantasy-horror theme, developed by Scarab and published by Naxat Soft …
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Sega Saturn
Metal Fighter Miku
メタルファイターMIKU
Metal Fighter Miku is a Sega Saturn adventure game released only in Japan, based on the 1994 anime series of the same na…
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Sega Saturn
Astal
アスタル
Astal is a 1995 platform game for the sega saturn, developed by セガ, with music by Tatsuyuki Maeda.…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Rendering Ranger: R2
レンダリング・レンジャー R2
Rendering Ranger: R2 is a 1995 action game for the super famicom, developed by Rainbow Arts.…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Mortal Kombat 3
モータルコンバット3
Mortal Kombat 3 is a 1995 fighting game for the mega drive, developed by Midway Games, with music by Dan Forden. It belo…
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Sega Saturn
Rayman
レイマン
Rayman is a 1995 2d platform game for the sega saturn, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, directed by Michel Ancel, with …
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Neo Geo
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
餓狼伝説3 遥かなる闘い
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1995), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Mu…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown III
サムライスピリッツ 斬紅郎無双剣
Samurai Shodown III is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1995), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Jap…
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Neo Geo
Real Bout Fatal Fury
リアルバウト餓狼伝説
Real Bout Fatal Fury is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1995), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Ja…
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Mario's Picross
マリオのピクロス
Mario's Picross is a puzzle game for the Game Boy (1995), from Nintendo. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Jap…
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Uncommon Neo Geo
World Heroes Perfect
ワールドヒーローズパーフェクト
World Heroes Perfect (1995) is the fourth and final entry in ADK's World Heroes fighting game series for the Neo Geo. Re…
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Policenauts
ポリスノーツ
Hideo Kojima's science fiction detective story, written and directed by him, first sold on the PC-9821 in 1994. Its firs…
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▶ Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64
スーパーマリオ64
Super Mario 64 was the Nintendo 64's Japanese launch title and one of the most consequential games ever made. It invente…
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▶ Nintendo 64
Mario Kart 64
マリオカート64
Mario Kart 64 was the second entry in the Mario Kart series and the first to render its tracks in full 3D polygonal envi…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Pokémon Red and Green
ポケットモンスター 赤・緑
Pokémon Red and Green launched in Japan on February 27, 1996, after six years of development by Game Freak and creator S…
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PlayStation
Resident Evil
バイオハザード
Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan, 1996) is the game that created the survival horror genre — and named it. Directed by …
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PlayStation
Crash Bandicoot
クラッシュ・バンディクー
Crash Bandicoot (1996) was Sony's answer to a question the company had not yet solved: the PlayStation did not have a ma…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Sakura Wars
サクラ大戦
Sakura Wars is a 1996 Sega Saturn exclusive that blended tactical RPG combat with visual novel-style relationship mechan…
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Sega Saturn
NiGHTS into Dreams
ナイツ
NiGHTS into Dreams is a 1996 action flight game developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Saturn, in which a jester-like crea…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Panzer Dragoon Zwei
パンツァードラグーン ツヴァイ
Panzer Dragoon Zwei is a 1996 rail shooter developed by Team Andromeda for the Sega Saturn — the sequel to the original …
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Guardian Heroes
ガーディアンヒーローズ
Guardian Heroes (1996) is a Sega Saturn beat 'em up and action RPG hybrid developed by Treasure — their first game on CD…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Dragon Force
ドラゴンフォース
Dragon Force (1996) is a Sega Saturn strategy RPG in which eight rulers of the continent of Legendra vie for dominance —…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
スーパーマリオRPG
Released in 1996, Super Mario RPG was the unexpected result of a collaboration between Nintendo and Square — the studio …
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PlayStation
Wild Arms
ワイルドアームズ
Released in 1996, Wild Arms blended the JRPG genre with a Western frontier aesthetic — gunslingers, deserts, ruins, and …
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Kirby Super Star
星のカービィ スーパーデラックス
Kirby Super Star — known in Japan as Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe — is the 1996 Super Famicom game directed by Kirby crea…
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Nintendo 64
Wave Race 64
ウェーブレース64
Wave Race 64 is the 1996 Nintendo 64 launch-window jet ski racing game produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, remembered above al…
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▶ PlayStation
PaRappa the Rapper
パラッパラッパー
PaRappa the Rapper is the 1996 PlayStation rhythm game created by Masaya Matsuura and developed by NanaOn-Sha — widely c…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Mole Mania
モグラ～ニャ
Mole Mania (1996) is a puzzle game produced by Shigeru Miyamoto for the original Game Boy — and one of his least-discuss…
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Nintendo 64
Pilotwings 64
パイロットウイングス64
Pilotwings 64 (1996) was one of the three games Nintendo chose to launch the Nintendo 64, and its selection was delibera…
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Bahamut Lagoon
バハムートラグーン
Bahamut Lagoon (1996) is one of Square's most overlooked gems — a tactical RPG set in a world of floating islands where …
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Rare Sega Saturn
Shining the Holy Ark
シャイニング・ザ・ホーリィアーク
Shining the Holy Ark is the Saturn's spiritual heir to Shining in the Darkness — a first-person dungeon crawler RPG that…
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Cop 2
バーチャコップ２
Following the success of the original Virtua Cop in arcades and on Saturn, Sega AM2 returned in 1995 with a sequel that …
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Sega Saturn
Saturn Bomberman
サターンボンバーマン
Saturn Bomberman is the 1996 action game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Sega Saturn, best known for its …
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Sega Saturn
Fighters Megamix
ファイターズメガミックス
Fighters Megamix is a 1996 crossover fighting game developed by Sega AM2 exclusively for the Sega Saturn — the first maj…
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Game Boy
Donkey Kong Land 2
ドンキーコングランド2 ディディーのコングクエスト
Released in 1996, Donkey Kong Land 2 is Rare's Game Boy adaptation of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest — one of…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Harvest Moon
牧場物語
Harvest Moon — Bokujō Monogatari in Japan — was conceived by director Yasuhiro Wada as a deliberate counterpoint to the …
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▶ Super Famicom / SNES
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
スーパードンキーコング3 謎のクレミス島
Released in November 1996, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is the final chapter of Rare's Super Fami…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
ファイアーエムブレム 聖戦の系譜
Released in May 1996, Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is the most ambitious entry in the series that Intelligent …
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Revelations: Persona
女神異聞録ペルソナ
Released in September 1996, Megami Ibunroku Persona was the first game in what would become the Persona series — a spin-…
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Arc the Lad II
アークザラッド2
Released in November 1996, Arc the Lad II is the direct continuation of the original Arc the Lad — and one of the first …
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
ルナ シルバースターストーリー コンプリート
Released on Sega Saturn in October 1996, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete is a full remake of the 1992 Sega CD classic,…
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PlayStation
Mega Man 8
ロックマン8 メタルヒーローズ
Mega Man 8 (1996) is the series' debut on 32-bit hardware — a PlayStation action platformer that introduced fully animat…
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Star Ocean
スターオーシャン
Star Ocean is an action role-playing game released for the Super Famicom in 1996. It was the debut title of tri-Ace, a s…
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Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu!
NINKU -忍空- 〜強気な奴等の大激突!〜
Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu! is a 2D fighting game for the Sega Saturn, published by Sega and based on the …
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Sega Saturn
Rise 2: Resurrection
ライズ・オブ・ザ・ロボット2 〜Resurrection Rise 2〜
Rise 2: Resurrection is a one-on-one fighting game developed by Mirage Media and published by Acclaim, reaching the Sega…
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Nintendo 64
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
スター・ウォーズ 帝国の影
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) is an early Nintendo 64 action game by LucasArts set between The Empire Strikes …
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Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean
アルバートオデッセイ
Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean is a 1996 role-playing video game for the sega saturn, developed by Sun Corporation, wi…
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Wonder Project J2
ワンダープロジェクトJ2
Wonder Project J2 is a 1996 life simulation game for the nintendo 64, developed by Givro, with music by Akihiko Mori.…
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Quake
Quake
Quake is a 1996 first-person shooter for the nintendo 64, developed by id Software, directed by John Romero, with music …
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FIFA 97
FIFAサッカー97
FIFA 97 is a 1996 association football video game for the mega drive, developed by EA Vancouver. It belongs to the FIFAシ…
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PlayStation
Tomb Raider
トゥームレイダー
Tomb Raider (1996) is a third-person 3D action-adventure game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactiv…
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PlayStation
Myst
MYST
Myst is a PlayStation game released in 1996, developed by Alfa System, published by Psygnosis. It is a graphic adventure…
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PlayStation
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness is a 1996 real-time strategy for the playstation, developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It…
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Sega Saturn
Sonic 3D Blast
ソニック3Dブラスト
Sonic 3D Blast is a 1996 isometric platformer for the sega saturn, developed by Traveller's Tales, with music by Jun Sen…
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▶ Nintendo 64
Star Fox 64
スターフォックス64
Star Fox 64 was the first home console game to ship bundled with the Rumble Pak — the first force-feedback device for ho…
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PlayStation
Final Fantasy VII
ファイナルファンタジーVII
Final Fantasy VII (1997) is the game whose development decision defined a console generation. Originally planned for the…
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PlayStation
Gran Turismo
グランツーリスモ
Gran Turismo (1997) is the game that invented the modern racing simulation genre for home consoles. Designed by Kazunori…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Grandia
グランディア
Grandia is a 1997 role-playing game developed by Game Arts for the Sega Saturn — the studio's follow-up to the Lunar ser…
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Nintendo 64
GoldenEye 007
ゴールデンアイ 007
Released in 1997, GoldenEye 007 proved that a first-person shooter could thrive on a home console — a claim most of the …
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Uncommon PlayStation
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
悪魔城ドラキュラX 月下の夜想曲
Released on March 20, 1997, Symphony of the Night transformed the Castlevania series by fusing the exploration-heavy des…
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Diddy Kong Racing
ディディーコングレーシング
Released in 1997, Diddy Kong Racing distinguished itself from Mario Kart 64 by adding a full adventure mode with an over…
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Nintendo 64
Bomberman 64
爆ボンバーマン
Released in 1997, Bomberman 64 was the first full 3D entry in the long-running Bomberman series, reinventing the classic…
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Shining Force III
シャイニングフォースIII
Released in 1997, Shining Force III was Camelot Software Planning's final Shining game — and their most ambitious. Conce…
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Uncommon PlayStation
Alundra
アランドラ
Released in 1997, Alundra is an action RPG following a young Dreamwalker who can enter and traverse the nightmares of ot…
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Thunder Force V
サンダーフォースV
Thunder Force V is the 1997 Sega Saturn shoot 'em up developed and published by Technosoft, the fifth and final mainline…
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PlayStation
Final Fantasy Tactics
ファイナルファンタジータクティクス
Final Fantasy Tactics is the 1997 PlayStation tactical RPG directed by Yasumi Matsuno, set in the politically complex ki…
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Rare ▶ Sega Saturn
Princess Crown
プリンセスクラウン
Princess Crown (1997) is the Sega Saturn action RPG that served as the creative origin of Vanillaware — the studio that …
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Die Hard Arcade
ダイナマイト刑事
Die Hard Arcade (1996/1997) brought the 3D beat 'em up to a new level of cinematic ambition, casting players as Bruce Mc…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Mischief Makers
ゆけゆけ！トラブルメーカーズ
Mischief Makers (1997) is Treasure's first Nintendo platform game and the N64's first 2D side-scroller — a deliberate ch…
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Uncommon PlayStation
Einhänder
アインハンダー
Einhänder (1997) is the most unexpected title in Square's catalog — a side-scrolling 3D shoot-em-up from a company almos…
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Rare Nintendo 64
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
がんばれゴエモン〜ネオ桃山幕府のおどり〜
Konami's beloved Goemon franchise made its N64 debut with a game unlike almost anything else in the console's library: a…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Blast Corps
ブラストドーザー
Rare's first Nintendo 64 game — developed by a small team, many of them recent graduates — is one of the most purely ori…
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Uncommon PlayStation
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
風のクロノア door to phantomile
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a 1997 PlayStation platformer from Namco that deceives with its cheerful exterior. Beneath…
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Rare ▶ PlayStation
Tomba!
お～れ！トンバ
Created by Tokuro Fujiwara — the Capcom producer behind Mega Man, Ghosts 'n Goblins, and Bionic Commando — Tomba! is a 1…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Silhouette Mirage
シルエットミラージュ
Treasure's 1997 Sega Saturn action game introduced a polarity mechanic that would later become the foundation for Ikarug…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
DoDonPachi
怒首領蜂
DoDonPachi — literally 'Angry Boss Bee' — is Cave's 1997 masterpiece and the game that crystallised the bullet hell sub-…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
エックスメン VS. ストリートファイター
X-Men vs. Street Fighter is Capcom's 1996 landmark crossover fighting game that brought Marvel's X-Men characters — Wolv…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Harvest Moon GB
牧場物語GB
Harvest Moon GB is a farming simulation game developed and published by Victor Interactive Software for the Game Boy in …
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Nintendo 64
Yoshi's Story
ヨッシーストーリー
Yoshi's Story (1997) is Nintendo EAD's follow-up to the acclaimed Yoshi's Island, reimagined as a living picture book re…
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PlayStation
Breath of Fire III
ブレス オブ ファイアIII
Breath of Fire III, released in September 1997, was the first entry in the franchise to use three-dimensional environmen…
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PlayStation
Mega Man Legends
ロックマン DASH 鋼の冒険心
Mega Man Legends — Rockman DASH in Japan — was the first fully 3D game in the Mega Man franchise, representing a radical…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams
コットン2 マジカルナイトドリームス
Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams, released on Sega Saturn in December 1997, is the sequel to Success's Cotton: Fantastic N…
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PlayStation
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
クラッシュ・バンディクー2 コルテックスの逆襲!
Released in November 1997, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is widely regarded as Naughty Dog's finest achievement…
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PlayStation
Mega Man X4
ロックマンX4
Released in August 1997, Mega Man X4 is the first entry in the Mega Man X series on 32-bit hardware and the first to fea…
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Game & Watch Gallery
ゲームボーイギャラリー
Game & Watch Gallery, released in Japan in February 1997, brought Gunpei Yokoi's original hand-held Game & Watch titles …
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SaGa Frontier
サガ フロンティア
Released in July 1997, SaGa Frontier is the seventh entry in Square's SaGa series and its PlayStation debut. The game of…
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I.Q.: Intelligent Qube
アイキュー インテリジェント キューブ
Released in January 1997, I.Q.: Intelligent Qube is a 3D puzzle game published by Sony in which the player stands on a p…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Dead or Alive
デッドオアアライブ
Released for the Sega Saturn in Japan in October 1997, Dead or Alive is the first entry in Tecmo's fighting game series …
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PlayStation
Bushido Blade
ブシドーブレード
Released in March 1997, Bushido Blade is Square's most unconventional fighting game — a 3D swordfight where there is no …
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Uncommon Super Famicom / SNES
Kirby's Dream Land 3
星のカービィ3
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (1997) is HAL Laboratory's final chapter in the hand-drawn Kirby aesthetic — a Super Famicom platfo…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Snowboard Kids
スノーボードキッズ
Snowboard Kids (1997) is Racdym and Atlus's cheerful N64 snowboarding racer — a cartoon-styled game where a cast of chil…
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Sega Saturn
Ragnagard (Shinouken)
神凰拳
Known in Japan as Shinouken, Ragnagard is a 2D fighting game developed by Saurus and System Vision for SNK's Neo Geo. Th…
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Sega Saturn
D-Xhird
ディ・サード
D-Xhird is a 3D weapon-based fighting game developed by Nextech and published by Takara for the Sega Saturn. Released on…
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Nintendo 64
Ucchannanchan no Honō no Challenger: Denryū Iraira Bō
ウッチャンナンチャンの炎のチャレンジャー 電流イライラ棒
A Japan-only action puzzle game for the Nintendo 64, released in late 1997 and based on a segment from the Japanese vari…
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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
デビルサマナー ソウルハッカーズ
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers is a 1997 Sega Saturn RPG set in the fictional near-future city of Amami City, where a grou…
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Doom 64
ドゥーム64
Doom 64 (1997) is not a port — it is a wholly original N64-exclusive entry in the Doom franchise, built from the ground …
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Uncommon Game Boy
Castlevania Legends
悪魔城ドラキュラ 漆黒たる前奏曲
Castlevania Legends (1997) is the third and final Game Boy entry in the Castlevania series, and the first to star a fema…
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Uncommon Game Boy
Kirby's Star Stacker
カービィのきらきらきっず
Released in January 1997, Kirby's Star Stacker arrived as HAL Laboratory's first puzzle game built on an entirely origin…
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Terra Diver
蒼穹紅蓮隊
Terra Diver is a 1997 shoot 'em up for the sega saturn, developed by Raizing, with music by Hitoshi Sakimoto.…
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Elevator Action Returns
エレベーターアクション リターンズ
Elevator Action Returns is a 1997 action game for the sega saturn, developed by Taito. It belongs to the Elevator Action…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Arkanoid: Doh It Again
アルカノイド Doh It Again
Arkanoid: Doh It Again is a 1997 breakout game for the Super Famicom, the third installment in the Arkanoid series. Deve…
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Nintendo 64
Quake II
Quake II
Quake II is a 1997 first-person shooter for the nintendo 64, developed by id Software, directed by Kevin Cloud, with mus…
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Duke Nukem 64
Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 64 is a Nintendo 64 game released in 1997, developed by Eurocom, published by GT Interactive. It is a first-p…
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FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 is a 1997 association football video game for the mega drive, developed by EA Vancouver. It b…
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PlayStation
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
コマンド＆コンカー：レッドアラート
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a 1997 real-time strategy for the PlayStation, developed by Westwood Studios, with music…
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Sega Saturn
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
クロック!パウパウアイランド
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a 1997 platform game for the sega saturn, developed by Argonaut Games. It belongs to the C…
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Sega Saturn
Sonic R
ソニックR
Sonic R is a 1997 racing video game for the sega saturn, developed by Traveller's Tales, with music by Richard Jacques. …
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▶ Nintendo 64
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ
Ocarina of Time is the highest-rated game in recorded review history and the first Legend of Zelda title rendered in thr…
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PlayStation
Metal Gear Solid
メタルギアソリッド
Metal Gear Solid (1998) is the game that defined the stealth genre and demonstrated that video games could carry the nar…
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Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure
ソニックアドベンチャー
Sonic Adventure (1998) was the Dreamcast's launch centrepiece in Japan and the first fully 3D mainline Sonic game. Devel…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Dragon Warrior Monsters
ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ テリーのワンダーランド
Dragon Warrior Monsters — known in Japan as Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland — is a monster-collecting RPG rele…
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Very Rare Sega Saturn
Panzer Dragoon Saga
AZEL -パンツァードラグーン RPG-
Released in Japan on January 29, 1998, Panzer Dragoon Saga is the most celebrated — and most elusive — game in the Panze…
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▶ Game Boy
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition
ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ
Released in Japan on September 12, 1998, Pokémon Yellow was created directly in response to the explosive success of the…
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Game Boy Color
Pokémon Trading Card Game
ポケモンカードGB
Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998) for Game Boy Color is a digital adaptation of the Pokémon TCG developed by Hudson Soft …
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Rare Sega Saturn
Burning Rangers
バーニングレンジャーズ
Burning Rangers (1998) is a third-person action game developed by Sonic Team for Sega Saturn, set in a future where the …
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Nintendo 64
Banjo-Kazooie
バンジョーとカズーイの大冒険
Banjo-Kazooie (1998) is a Nintendo 64 3D platformer developed by Rare, following a bear and a bird as they explore nine …
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Nintendo 64
F-Zero X
F-ZERO X
Released in 1998, F-Zero X achieved something that seemed impossible: 30 racers on screen simultaneously at a locked 60 …
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Rare Sega Saturn
Radiant Silvergun
レイディアントシルバーガン
Released in 1998, Radiant Silvergun is widely considered one of the greatest shoot 'em ups ever made — and one of the de…
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PlayStation
Xenogears
ゼノギアス
Released in 1998, Xenogears is one of the most narratively ambitious games Square ever produced. Weaving philosophy, psy…
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Suikoden II
幻想水滸伝II
Released in 1998, Suikoden II is the most beloved entry in the Suikoden series and is regularly cited among the greatest…
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PlayStation
Parasite Eve
パラサイト・イヴ
Released in 1998, Parasite Eve fused survival horror with RPG mechanics in a way no game had before. Set across six days…
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Game Boy Color
Tetris DX
テトリスDX
Tetris DX (1998) is the definitive portable edition of Tetris for its era — a full-color reimagining of the 1989 Game Bo…
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Rare Sega Saturn
Deep Fear
ディープフィアー
Deep Fear (1998) is Sega's survival horror answer to Resident Evil — and the final Sega Saturn game released in Europe. …
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Nintendo 64
1080° Snowboarding
1080° スノーボーディング
1080° Snowboarding (1998) arrived at the peak of snowboarding's cultural moment — Tony Hawk's generation, the X Games, s…
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PlayStation
Tekken 3
鉄拳3
Tekken 3 (1998) is the apex of the PlayStation-era 3D fighting game — a title that sold 8.5 million copies worldwide and…
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PlayStation
Resident Evil 2
バイオハザード2
Resident Evil 2 (1998) is the apex of the original PlayStation survival horror genre — a cinematic, dual-campaign action…
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PlayStation
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
天誅 SHINOBI GAISEN
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins (1998) arrived the same year as Metal Gear Solid and established stealth gameplay on PlayStati…
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Game Boy Color
Wario Land II
ワリオランド2 盗まれた財宝
The first Wario platformer to make the hero invincible, Wario Land II transformed the series identity. Rather than dying…
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Dreamcast
Virtua Fighter 3tb
バーチャファイター3tb
One of four launch titles for the Sega Dreamcast in Japan on November 27, 1998, Virtua Fighter 3tb was Sega's opening st…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Body Harvest
ボディハーベスト
Body Harvest is the game that laid the groundwork for the open-world action genre — developed by DMA Design, the studio …
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Rare Sega Saturn
Baroque
バロック
Baroque is one of the Saturn library's most singular achievements: a roguelike first-person dungeon crawler set in a pos…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Dragon Force II: Kamisarishi Daichi ni
ドラゴンフォースⅡ 神去りし大地に
Released in April 1998, Dragon Force II: Kamisarishi Daichi ni is the sequel to one of the Saturn's defining strategy RP…
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PlayStation
Spyro the Dragon
スパイロ・ザ・ドラゴン
Released in North America on September 9, 1998, Spyro the Dragon is the PlayStation 3D platformer that established Insom…
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Mario Party
マリオパーティ
Released in December 1998, Mario Party created an entirely new genre — the competitive party video game. Up to four play…
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PlayStation
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
クラッシュ・バンディクー3 ブッとび!世界一周
Released in November 1998, Crash Bandicoot: Warped is the final chapter of Naughty Dog's original PlayStation trilogy an…
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Battle Garegga
バトルガレッガ
Released for the Sega Saturn in February 1998, Battle Garegga is the Saturn port of Raizing's 1996 arcade masterpiece — …
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
ヴァンパイア セイヴァー THE LORD OF VAMPIRE
Released for Sega Saturn in Japan in April 1998, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire is the third and most celebrated en…
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Uncommon PlayStation
Brave Fencer Musashi
ブレイヴフェンサー武蔵伝
Brave Fencer Musashi (1998) is Square's fast-paced 3D action RPG on PlayStation — a comedic adventure starring a miniatu…
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Tail Concerto
テイルコンチェルト
Tail Concerto (1998) is CyberConnect's debut title — a 3D action-adventure set in a floating sky-island world populated …
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Bomberman Quest
ボンバーマンクエスト
Bomberman Quest (1998) is an action RPG spin-off in the Bomberman series for Game Boy Color — a genre departure that see…
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July
ジュライ
July is an adventure / visual novel developed and published by FortyFive for the Sega Dreamcast, released in Japan on No…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
ゼルダの伝説 夢をみる島DX
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (1998) is the Game Boy Color enhanced version of the beloved 1993 Game Boy orig…
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Space Station Silicon Valley
スペース・ステーション・シリコン・バレー
Space Station Silicon Valley is a 1998 Nintendo 64 game in which the player survives as a bare microchip and takes contr…
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Game Boy
Pokémon Yellow
ポケットモンスター ピカチュウ
Pokémon Yellow is a 1998 role-playing video game for the game boy, developed by Game Freak, directed by Satoshi Tajiri, …
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Game Boy
Frogger
フロッガー
Frogger for Game Boy (1998) is a handheld port of Konami's 1981 arcade classic, developed by Morning Star Multimedia and…
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Game Boy Color
Mortal Kombat 4
モータルコンバット4
Mortal Kombat 4 is a Game Boy Color game released in 1998, developed by Digital Eclipse, published by Midway Games. It i…
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Oddworld Adventures
エイブ・ア・ゴーゴー
Oddworld Adventures is a Game Boy game released in 1998, developed by Saffire, published by GT Interactive. It is a 2D p…
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PlayStation
Diablo
ディアブロ
Diablo is a PlayStation game released in 1998, developed by Climax Studios, published by Electronic Arts. It is a action…
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Uncommon ▶ Nintendo 64
Super Smash Bros.
大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ
Super Smash Bros. is the game that Masahiro Sakurai built in secret. Working without Nintendo's knowledge, Sakurai creat…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Shenmue
シェンムー 一章 横須賀
Shenmue (1999), directed by Yu Suzuki with an estimated budget of $47 million, was the most expensive video game ever ma…
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Dreamcast
Power Stone
パワーストーン
Power Stone (1999) by Capcom is a fully 3D arena fighting game that originated on Sega's NAOMI arcade board before its D…
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Game Boy Color
Pokémon Gold Version / Silver Version
ポケットモンスター 金・銀
Pokémon Gold and Silver are the definitive Game Boy Color games — the titles that proved the platform could sustain the …
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Dreamcast
Soulcalibur
ソウルキャリバー
Soulcalibur (1999) is a 3D weapons-based fighting game developed by Project Soul for Sega Dreamcast, and one of the most…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Seaman
シーマン 〜禁断のペット〜
Seaman (1999) is a Dreamcast virtual pet game developed by Yoot Saito and Vivarium, published by Sega. Players raise a h…
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PlayStation
Silent Hill
サイレントヒル
Silent Hill (1999) is a survival horror game developed by Team Silent at Konami, in which writer Harry Mason searches fo…
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Nintendo 64
Pokémon Snap
ポケモンスナップ
Released in 1999, Pokémon Snap placed players on a fixed rail through environments teeming with Pokémon, armed with only…
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Uncommon ▶ PlayStation
Valkyrie Profile
ヴァルキリープロファイル
Released in 1999, Valkyrie Profile placed players in the role of Lenneth, a Valkyrie collecting the souls of fallen warr…
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Nintendo 64
Pokémon Stadium
ポケモンスタジアム2
Released in 1999, Pokémon Stadium brought all 151 original Pokémon to Nintendo 64 in fully animated 3D battles for the f…
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PlayStation
Chrono Cross
クロノ・クロス
Released in 1999, Chrono Cross is the successor to Chrono Trigger — a game that redefined expectations so completely tha…
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Game Boy Color
Pokémon Pinball
ポケモンピンボール
Released in 1999, Pokémon Pinball is one of the most successful genre spinoffs in the Pokémon franchise — a pinball game…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Survival Kids
サバイバルキッズ 孤島の冒険者
Survival Kids is a 1999 Game Boy Color survival game in which a child stranded on a deserted island must gather resource…
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Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
スーパーマリオブラザーズデラックス
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is a 1999 Game Boy Color adaptation of the 1985 Famicom/NES classic, packed with added content …
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Dreamcast
Space Channel 5
スペースチャンネル5
Space Channel 5 is the 1999 Dreamcast rhythm game directed by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and developed by United Game Artists, a …
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PlayStation
Final Fantasy VIII
ファイナルファンタジーVIII
Final Fantasy VIII is the 1999 Square RPG, the direct successor to Final Fantasy VII on PlayStation. Players control Squ…
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Conker's Pocket Tales
コンカーのポケットテイルズ
Conker's Pocket Tales (1999) is the Game Boy Color debut of Rare's mischievous squirrel, and the only entry in the serie…
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Dreamcast
The House of the Dead 2
ザ ハウス オブ ザ デッド 2
The House of the Dead 2 (1999) is the Dreamcast's definitive light gun shooter and the game that made the console's laun…
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Nintendo 64
Donkey Kong 64
ドンキーコング64
Donkey Kong 64 (1999) is the definitive collectathon — the genre's grandest, most expansive expression, and for many its…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Harvest Moon 2 GBC
牧場物語GB2
The first Harvest Moon title developed natively for Game Boy Color, released in Japan in August 1999. Players inherit a …
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
R-Type DX
R-TYPE DX
Released in 1999, R-Type DX is a Game Boy Color compilation that bundles enhanced colour versions of both R-Type and R-T…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Bangai-O
爆裂無敵バンガイオー
A frantic multidirectional shooter from Treasure, released for the Dreamcast in December 1999. Players pilot the mecha B…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage
ベルセルク 千年帝国の鷹篇 喪失花の章
A 1999 Dreamcast hack-and-slash based on Kentarō Miura's dark fantasy manga Berserk, with a new story written by Miura h…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
オウガバトル64 Person of Lordly Caliber
The direct follow-up to Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen on Super Famicom, Ogre Battle 64 continues the Ogre Ba…
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Rare ▶ PlayStation
Vib-Ribbon
ビブリボン
Vib-Ribbon is one of the most formally inventive games ever released on PlayStation. Designed by Masaya Matsuura — creat…
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▶ PlayStation
Dino Crisis
ディノクライシス
Directed by Shinji Mikami — creator of Resident Evil — Dino Crisis is survival horror with the pace of a thriller rather…
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PlayStation
Ape Escape
サルゲッチュ
The first video game to require both analog sticks of the PlayStation's DualShock controller, Ape Escape is a 3D platfor…
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Rare Sega Saturn
Dungeons & Dragons Collection
ダンジョンズ＆ドラゴンズ コレクション
Dungeons & Dragons Collection is a two-disc 1999 Sega Saturn compilation released exclusively in Japan, containing Capco…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Grand Theft Auto
グランド・セフト・オート
Grand Theft Auto for Game Boy Color is a 1999 port developed by Tarantula Studios and published by Rockstar Games, adapt…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Revelations: The Demon Slayer
女神転生外伝 ラストバイブル
Revelations: The Demon Slayer is the 1999 Game Boy Color re-release of Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible, a 1992 RPG orig…
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Uncommon Nintendo 64
Castlevania
悪魔城ドラキュラ 黙示録
Castlevania (1999), known as Akumajō Dracula Mokushiroku in Japan, was the Castlevania series' first full leap into 3D —…
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Rare Dreamcast
Tokyo Bus Guide
東京バス案内
Tokyo Bus Guide (1999) is one of the most quietly subversive games ever released in Japan: a bus driving simulator devel…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Dynamite Cop
ダイナマイト刑事2
Dynamite Cop (1999), known in Japan as Dynamite Deka 2, is the Dreamcast port of Sega's arcade beat 'em up sequel — a ga…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
ChuChu Rocket!
チューチューロケット！
Released in Japan on November 11, 1999, ChuChu Rocket! was developed by Sonic Team as a direct test of the Dreamcast's o…
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Game Boy Color
Mario Golf
マリオゴルフGB
Mario Golf for Game Boy Color is substantially more than a portable port of the Nintendo 64 title released the same year…
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Uncommon Game Boy Color
Dragon Quest I+II
ドラゴンクエストI・II
Dragon Quest I+II for Game Boy Color packages remakes of both Dragon Quest I and Dragon Quest II in a single cartridge. …
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The Legend of Dragoon
ザ・レジェンド・オブ・ドラグーン
The Legend of Dragoon, released in December 1999, was Sony Computer Entertainment's most ambitious first-party RPG of th…
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Maken X
魔剣X
Maken X, released in November 1999, was director Katsura Hashino's debut as a game director at Atlus — the same director…
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Dreamcast
The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ DREAM MATCH 1999
King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999 is an enhanced Dreamcast port of The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends — i…
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PlayStation
Threads of Fate
デュープリズム
Threads of Fate — Dewprism in Japan — is a lighthearted action RPG following two protagonists with opposite personalitie…
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Gran Turismo 2
グランツーリスモ2
Released in December 1999, Gran Turismo 2 expanded Kazunori Yamauchi's vision of the 'Real Driving Simulator' to an unpr…
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PlayStation
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
バイオハザード3 ラストエスケープ
Released in Japan on September 22, 1999, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis — known in Japan as Biohazard 3: Last Escape — places …
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
トニー・ホーク スケートボーディング
Released in North America on September 29, 1999, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater created the skateboarding video game genre as a …
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Legend of Mana
聖剣伝説 Legend of Mana
Released in July 1999, Legend of Mana is the fourth entry in Square's Mana series and the most experimental game the fra…
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Nintendo 64
Harvest Moon 64
牧場物語2
Released in February 1999, Harvest Moon 64 was the Nintendo 64 debut of Victor Interactive Software's farming simulation…
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Nintendo 64
Mario Party 2
マリオパーティ2
Released in December 1999, Mario Party 2 refined the formula of the original Mario Party into what many players consider…
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Nintendo 64
Jet Force Gemini
スターツインズ
Released in December 1999 in Japan as Star Twins, Jet Force Gemini was Rare's science-fiction third-person shooter for t…
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PlayStation
Um Jammer Lammy
ウンジャマー・ラミー
Released in March 1999, Um Jammer Lammy is the spiritual sequel to PaRappa the Rapper — sharing the same visual world, r…
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Sunrise Eiyuutan
サンライズ英雄譚
A role-playing game built as a crossover of mecha and characters from anime produced by the studio Sunrise. Released for…
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Dreamcast
Vermilion Desert
バーミリオン・デザート
Vermilion Desert is a Japan-only strategy title released for the Sega Dreamcast late in 1999. It was developed and publi…
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Dreamcast
Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2
モナコ・グランプリ レーシングシミュレーション2
Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 is a Formula One racing game developed and published by Ubisoft, released for the …
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Uncommon PlayStation
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
ペルソナ2 罰
Persona 2: Eternal Punishment is the second half of the Persona 2 story, released in December 1999 in Japan and in Septe…
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Persona 2: Innocent Sin
ペルソナ2 罪
Persona 2: Innocent Sin is a 1999 PlayStation RPG in which rumors spread through the fictional city of Sumaru City and p…
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Hybrid Heaven
ハイブリッドヘブン
Hybrid Heaven is an action RPG developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka for Nintendo 64, released in Japan on Au…
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Game Boy Color
Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition
ミズ・パックマン
Ms. Pac-Man: Special Color Edition is a Game Boy Color game released in 1999, developed by Namco, published by Namco Hom…
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Nintendo 64
Command & Conquer
コマンド＆コンカー
Command & Conquer for Nintendo 64 (1999) is a condensed port of Westwood Studios' landmark 1995 PC real-time strategy ga…
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Nintendo 64
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
レイマン 海賊船からの脱出!
Rayman 2: The Great Escape is a 1999 3d platform game for the nintendo 64, developed by Ubisoft Montpellier. It belongs …
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PlayStation
Tomb Raider II: Golden Mask
トゥームレイダー2
Tomb Raider II: Golden Mask is a 1999 action-adventure game for the playstation. It belongs to the Tomb Raider series.…
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PlayStation
Crash Team Racing
クラッシュ・バンディクー レーシング
Crash Team Racing is a 1999 kart racing game for the playstation, developed by Naughty Dog, with music by Josh Mancell. …
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Dreamcast
Quake III Arena
Quake III Arena
Quake III Arena is a 1999 first-person shooter for the dreamcast, developed by id Software, directed by Graeme Devine, w…
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Dreamcast
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament is a 1999 first-person shooter for the dreamcast, developed by Epic Games, with music by Michiel van d…
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Dreamcast
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is a 1999 action-adventure game for the dreamcast, developed by Core Design, with music…
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Dreamcast
Re-Volt
リボルト
Re-Volt is a 1999 racing video game for the dreamcast, developed by Acclaim Studios London. It belongs to the Re-Volt se…
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