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The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released for the NES by Konami. The game is primarily a side-scrolling beat-em-up, but it also includes driving and shooting segments.
Released in 1987, War of the Dead is considered to be the first true survival horror game. SWAT officer Lila must rescue survivors in the demon-infested small town of Chaney’s Hill. It also featured open-world gameplay and RPG elements.
Sorcerian, also known as Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian, is an action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1987. It was considered unique for its party-based action combat, magic combination system, and open-ended multi-scenario system that could be extended with expansion packs.
An early example of a "Metroidvania"-style platformer, Legacy of the Wizard tells the tale of a family of adventurers who must use their combined abilities to seek the Dragon Slayer sword and defeat a powerful dragon deep in a twisting labyrinth.
Known as the first stealth-action game, Metal Gear tells the tale of Solid Snake, a rookie operative of the U.S. special forces unit FOXHOUND, as he infiltrates Outer Heaven, a fortified military compound, to destroy a mysterious superweapon known as "Metal Gear".
Woody Poco is a side-scrolling adventure platformer by dB-soft, originally for home computers and later adapted for the Famicom. It was never released outside of Japan.
Count Dracula's dark presence has invited the heroic vampire hunter Simon Belmont, who must venture through six stages (filled with horrible monsters) with his trusty vampire-killing whip.
A scrolling platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Hudson Soft, the game was an adaptation of the Westone/Sega arcade game Wonder Boy featuring an employee of Hudson wearing a grass skirt.
A top-down fantasy action Arcade game from the 80s in which up to four players fended off hordes of enemies while navigating treacherous mazes. Its difficulty is legendary; players can still hear the cry "Wizard needs food, badly!" in their nightmares.
The very first video game based on the Rambo film series, an action-RPG released exclusively in Japan for the MSX.
An action RPG released by Nihon Falcom in 1985 that was the company's first blockbuster success, becoming one of the best selling Japanese PC games of all time.
The Land is a shareware roguelike released in 1985 and set in the world of Stephen R. Donaldson's "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" books.
The first of the two games featuring Xeen, which can be combined with each other to create World of Xeen. In this, the fourth installment in the Might and Magic series, player characters explore the surface of Xeen, as well as high above it, to recover an other-worldly scepter.
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