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| x Head Over Heels |
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Head Over Heels is an arcade adventure, released in 1987 for several popular 8-bit home computers, and subsequently ported to a wide range of formats. Originally, the working title for the game was Foot And Mouth .
Visually, Head Over Heels bears a...
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| x Bubble Bobble |
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Bubble Bobble (バブルボブル, Baburu Boburu) is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles . The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons Bub (Bubblun) (バブルン, Baburun) and Bob (Bobblun) ...
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| x Gradius |
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Gradius (グラディウス) is a horizontally-scrolling shoot 'em up released by Konami in 1985 for video arcades. The original arcade game was released outside Japan as Nemesis, although most of the home versions released worldwide used the original title....
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| x R-Type |
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R-Type (アールタイプ) is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game produced by Irem in 1987. The player controls a space fighter named "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later...
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| x SimCity |
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SimCity is a city-building simulation game, first released in 1989 and designed by Will Wright. SimCity was Maxis' first product, which has since been ported into various personal computers and game consoles, and spawned several sequels including...
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| x Lemmings |
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Lemmings is a puzzle computer game developed by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) and published by Psygnosis in 1991. Originally developed for the Commodore Amiga, Lemmings was one of the most popular computer games of its time, and several games...
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| x Mario Bros. |
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Mario Bros. (マリオブラザーズ) is an arcade game published and developed by Nintendo in 1983. It was developed by Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of the Mario franchise. It is a follow-up to Donkey Kong and stars Mario, a plumber who was previously named ...
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| x Bloodwych |
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Bloodwych is a computer dungeon role-playing game developed for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS as well as the major 8-bit home computer platforms. It was developed by Image Works from 1989. Its box featured artwork by Chris Achilleos.
The plotline...
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| x Star Control |
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Star Control is a science fiction computer game that was developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade in the early 1990s. Star Control (together with Star Control II) still enjoys a cult following. Modelled after Spacewar!, each of the three...
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| x Marble Madness |
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Marble Madness is an arcade video game designed by Mark Cerny, and published by Atari Games in 1984. It is a platform game in which the player must guide an onscreen marble through six courses, populated with obstacles and enemies, within a time...
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| x Rogue |
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Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman. It is generally credited with being the first "graphical" adventure game, and was a favorite on college Unix systems in the early to mid-1980s, in part due to...
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| x Pole Position |
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Pole Position is a racing video game released in 1982 by Namco. It was published by Namco in Japan and by Atari, Inc. in the United States. The game popularized the use of sprite-based, pseudo-3D graphics with its "rear-view racer format"—where the...
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| x Survivor |
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Survivor is an action game released in 1987 by the Spanish software house Topo Soft and later re-released in the UK by U.S. Gold. It was published for several 8-bit formats including Amstrad CPC, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The player takes control of an...
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| x Arkanoid |
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Arkanoid (アルカノイド, Arukanoido) is an arcade game developed by Taito in 1986. It is based upon Atari's Breakout games of the 1970s. The title refers to a doomed "mothership" from which the Vaus, the player's ship, escapes.
Much like the game 'Breakout...
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| x Xenophobe |
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Xenophobe is a 1987 arcade game published by Bally Midway. Starbases, moons, ships, and space cities are infested with aliens, and the players have to kill the aliens before each is completely overrun.
This game was unusual in that it split the...
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| x 720° |
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720 Degrees, or 720°, is a 1986 arcade game by Atari Games. 720°, a skateboarding game, is notable in that it is the first extreme sports video game, and has a unique timed structure that requires the player score points in order to keep the game...
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| x Archon |
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Archon: The Light and the Dark is a computer game developed by Free Fall Associates and distributed by Electronic Arts. It was originally developed for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983, but was later ported to several other systems of the day,...
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| x Rick Dangerous |
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Rick Dangerous is a series of two platform games released by Core Design (who would later make Tomb Raider) in the 1980s.
Rick Dangerous is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and...
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| x The New Zealand Story |
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The New Zealand Story (ニュージーランドストーリー, Nyū Jīrando Sutōrī) (also known as Kiwi Kraze in its American NES version) is a 1988 arcade game by Taito. The player controls a sneaker-wearing kiwi called Tiki, and the aim of the game is to rescue several of...
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| x Rainbow Islands |
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Rainbow Islands (レインボーアイランド, Reinbō Airando) is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The game is subtitled "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" and is the sequel to Taito's hit game Bubble Bobble from the previous year. It is the second of...
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| x Prince of Persia |
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Prince of Persia (often shortened to "POP") is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner in 1989 for the Apple II, that was widely seen as a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in computer games. Mechner used a process...
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| x Ghouls 'n Ghosts |
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Ghouls 'n Ghosts (大魔界村, Dai Makaimura, lit. "Great Demon World Village") is a platform game/run and gun developed by Capcom and released as an arcade game in 1988, and subsequently ported to a number of other platforms. It is the sequel to Ghosts 'n...
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| x Street Fighter II |
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Street Fighter II (ストリートファイターⅡ) is a series in Capcom's Street Fighter saga of head-to-head fighting games, originally released as coin-operated arcade games. The Street Fighter II series started with the Street Fighter II game itself, released in...
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| x Shadow of the Beast |
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Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling platform computer game produced by Reflections Interactive and published by Psygnosis in 1989. The original version was released for the Commodore Amiga, but the game has been ported to many other systems. The...
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| x Great Giana Sisters |
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The Great Giana Sisters is a platform game developed by Time Warp Productions for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and Commodore 64. It was released in 1987 and published by Rainbow Arts. The Commodore 64 version was programmed by Armin Gessert....
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| x Treasure Island Dizzy |
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Treasure Island Dizzy is a computer puzzle game published in 1987 by Codemasters for the Amstrad, Commodore 64, Spectrum, DOS, NES, Amiga and Atari ST. There was some variation between different releases. For example, the C64 release of Treasure...
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| x Tapper |
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Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer and collect empty mugs and tips.
Tapper puts the player in the shoes of a bartender. The player must serve eager, thirsty...
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| x Bard's Tale |
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The Bard's Tale (Tales of the Unknown: Volume I) is a fantasy computer role-playing game created by Interplay Productions in 1985 and distributed by Electronic Arts. It was designed and programmed by Michael Cranford.
Based loosely on traditional...
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| x Elite |
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Elite is a seminal space trading computer game, originally published by Acornsoft in 1984 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers. The game's title derives from one of the player's goals of raising their combat rating to the exalted heights...
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| x The Way of the Exploding Fist |
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The Way of the Exploding Fist is a fighting game for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64 and Commodore 16. It was originally released in 1985 and was one of the first games to include realistic graphics and...
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| x Final Fight |
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Final Fight (ファイナルファイト) is a fighting action game produced by Capcom originally released in 1989 as a coin-operated arcade game. The arcade version was planned by game designer Akira Nishitani (Nin-Nin) and character designer Akira Yasuda (Akiman),...
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| x Athena |
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Athena (アテナ, Atena) is a platform arcade game, produced and published in 1986 by SNK. It was later ported to the NES. The NES version was developed by Micronics. Only the NES version has been released in North America. Conversions were done for the...
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| x Battlezone |
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Battlezone is an arcade game from Atari, Inc released in 1980. It displays a wireframe view (using vector graphics rather than raster graphics) on a horizontal black and white CRT (with green and red sectioned color overlay). Due to its novel...
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| x Skate or Die! |
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Skate or Die! is a skateboarding game released by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Amstrad CPC, and IBM Compatibles running MS-DOS. It was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) by...
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| x Dragon's Lair |
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Dragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth. Most other games of the era represented the character as a sprite, which consisted of a series of bitmaps...
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| x Chip's Challenge |
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Chip's Challenge is a tile-based, puzzle video game for several systems, including the hand-held Atari Lynx, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, DOS, and Windows (included in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack and Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack).It has also...
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| x Alien Syndrome |
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Alien Syndrome is a run and gun arcade game developed by Sega in 1987.
Two players control two soldiers named Ricky and Mary, who must fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels rescuing their comrades who are being held by aliens....
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| x Jet Set Willy |
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Jet Set Willy is a computer game originally written for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time.
The game is a sequel to Manic Miner (1983), and is the second game in...
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| x Shinobi |
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Shinobi (忍 -SHINOBI-) is an arcade game, developed and published by SEGA. It was originally released in 1987 and ported to numerous systems. The game spawned numerous sequels. A re-worked version was released for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade on June...
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| x Rescue on Fractalus |
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Rescue On Fractalus! is a March 1984 computer game created by Lucasfilm Games (later LucasArts Entertainment). It was originally released for the Atari 8-bit family and the Atari 5200 games console. It was also ported to other popular platforms of...
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| x Professional Adventure Writer |
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Professional Adventure Writer or PAW (sometimes called PAWS for Professional Adventure Writing System) is a program that allows the user to write textual adventure games with graphic illustrations. It was written by Tim Gilberts, Graeme Yeandle and...
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| x The Quill |
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The Quill (formally known as The Quill Adventure System) is a program to write home computer adventure games. Written by Graeme Yeandle, it was published on the ZX Spectrum by Gilsoft in December 1983. Although available to the general public, it...
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| x Wonder Boy in Monster Land |
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Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Super Wonder Boy in Monster World in the Japanese Sega Master System version, also known as Super Monster World: Super Wonder Boy in some North American versions and Super Wonder Boy in Monsterland for the Activision...
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| x Out Run |
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Out Run (アウトラン, Auto Ran) (also spelled OutRun and Outrun) is a 1986 arcade game designed by Yu Suzuki and Sega-AM2. The game was a major hit with arcade-goers and is notable for its innovative hardware (including a moving cabinet), pioneering...
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| x Ms. Pac-Man |
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Ms. Pac-Man is an arcade video game produced by Midway as an unauthorized sequel to Pac-Man. It was released in North America in 1981 and became one of the most popular video games of all time, leading to its adoption by Pac-Man licenser Namco as an...
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| x 1942 |
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1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. It was the first game in the 19XX series, followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway.
1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. Despite the...
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| x After Burner |
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After Burner (アフターバーナー) is a 1987 Japanese arcade game by Sega. It is the first game in the After Burner series. It is one of the first games designed by Yu Suzuki.
The game allows the player to control a F-14 Tomcat jet which must destroy a series...
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| x Boulder Dash |
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Boulder Dash, originally released in 1984, is a classic series of computer games for the Atari 400/800, Apple II, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and ColecoVision home computers, and later ported to the NES, Acorn Electron, PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga...
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| x Contra |
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Contra (魂斗羅), known as Gryzor in Europe and Oceania, is a 1987 run and gun action game developed and published by Konami originally released as a coin-operated arcade game on February 20, 1987. A home version was released for the Nintendo...
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| x Silent Service |
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Silent Service is a 1985 submarine simulator computer game. It was designed by Sid Meier and published by MicroProse for various 8-bit home computers, and in 1987 for 16-bit systems like the Commodore Amiga. The follow up game Silent Service II was...
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| x Manic Miner |
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Manic Miner is a platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 (later re-released by Software Projects). It is the first game in the Miner Willy series and among the pioneers of the platform...
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| x Gauntlet II |
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Gauntlet II is a 1986 arcade game, the first sequel to the game Gauntlet, released the previous year. Gauntlet II, like its predeccesor, is a fantasy-themed hack and slash.
The gameplay is very similar to the original Gauntlet, a topdown dungeon...
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| x Galaxian |
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Galaxian (ギャラクシアン) is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade game by Namco and released by Midway Mfg. in the US.
Galaxian expanded on the formula pioneered by Space Invaders. As in the earlier game, Galaxian featured a horde of attacking aliens that exchanged...
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| x Altered Beast |
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Altered Beast (獣王記 Jūōki, literally "Beast King's Chronicle", in Japan) is a 1988 arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. After its initial arcade release, it was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers. Makoto Uchida...
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| x Space Harrier |
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Space Harrier (スペースハリアー) is a rail shooter game, released by Sega in 1985. It was produced by Yu Suzuki, the man responsible for many popular Sega games. It spawned several sequels: Space Harrier 3D (1988), Space Harrier II (1988), and the spin-off...
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| x Chase H.Q. |
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Chase H.Q. (チェイスH.Q., "Chase Headquarters") is an arcade racing game, released in 1988 by Taito. In the game the player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gibson in a black Porsche 928 chasing after a fleeing criminal. Along with his...
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| x Track & Field |
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Track & Field, known in Japan as Hyper Olympics (ハイパーオリンピック), is a 1983 Olympic-themed arcade game developed and published by Konami.
The arcade version was released in 1983 as an arcade game. The simple gameplay, based on quick, repeating, button...
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| x Defender of the Crown |
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Defender of the Crown is a strategy computer game designed by Kellyn Beck. It was Cinemaware's first game, and was originally released for the Commodore Amiga in 1986, setting a new standard for graphic quality in home computer games.
In 1987 it was...
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| x Darius |
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Darius (ダライアス, Daraiasu) is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Taito in 1986. It is the first game in the Darius series and it is played using a unique three-screen arcade cabinet setup.
After years of pollution and the...
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| x Karnov |
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Karnov (カルノフ, Karunofu) is a 1987 platform arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the debut appearance of Data East's mascot of the same name. After Data East became defunct due to bankruptcy in 2003, Paon bought the rights to this...
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