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Also known as Sonic Wings, Aero Fighters is a vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up with a variety of real-life military aircraft to choose from, each of which are piloted by a distinct cast of pilots.
A goofy Japanese-exclusive side-scrolling brawler game by Data East for arcades. Control tough guy Santos, ninja Kamakura-kun, or swordsman Rose Sub as they battle numerous comical enemies throughout the world.
A volleyball game for the TurboGrafx-16, Sega Genesis, and Arcade. Unlike many volleyball games of this era, which depicts the whole court, Super Volleyball is on a single 2D plane. It also has four people per team instead of two, as per standard volleyball rules.
Quarth is an action/puzzle game released on multiple platforms.
An arcade side-scrolling shoot-'em-up from Konami, putting two starfighters against ruthless mechanized alien forces.
An arcade shoot-'em-up from the studio that later created the Aero Fighters series, starring two rabbit robots.
A horror-themed side-scrolling platformer for arcades, based on Konami's earlier platformer Castlevania. Control whip-bearer Simon Belmont as he faces numerous threats to rescue his beloved from the evil Count Dracula.
Super Dodge Ball, known as Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu in Japan, is an action sports game that pits two teams of six players against one another on a variety of different courts and environments.
A Konami run-and-gun famous for its fast-paced, gritty, old-school action.
A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up from Nihon Bussan, created originally for the Arcades and later ported to various home systems. It features a power-up system that causes the player's ship to change its appearance.
An arcade beat-em-up that received many ports for other systems. The game pioneered gameplay elements which would become the foundations of the scrolling beat 'em up genre.
Considered one of the progenitors of the fighting game genre, Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Konami arcade game that puts players in the role of a martial artist as he fights the masters of various weaponry to become the Grand Master.
The game that kick-started the arcade fighting game genre, Karate Champ puts players in one-on-one kumite matches with techniques in the art of karate.
Become Mama Pig and rescue the little pigs from the insidious, balloon-toting wolves in Konami's Pooyan.
Travel through time and shoot biplanes, fighter jets and alien spacecraft in this 1982 shoot 'em up from Konami.
Play as chef Peter Pepper, climbing ladders and running over burger ingredients to assemble giant burgers, whilst avoiding dastardly hot dogs, pickles and fried eggs trying to end our culinary adventures!
Scramble is a side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a spaceship across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. Scramble is credited with setting the template for most of the side-scrolling shooters that followed its release.
Go for it! Climb to the top of the building as a helicopter awaits! A precursor to the platformer genre, Crazy Climber was the first game revolving around climbing.
A vertical-scrolling shoot em up, released in 1980.
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