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A Famicom port of Enix's classic sci-fi horror adventure game, JESUS.
An exploration game by the studio later known for the Myst series. Similar to The Manhole, players explore several locations and interact with characters and objects, this time with a sci-fi theme.
A first-person RPG with third-person combat. It is notorious for being difficult and obfuscating for new players, requiring some degree of patience.
You are space adventurer Mike Finn. After receiving a distress call, you plot a course for planet Phoebus. Crew members from Earth are being held hostage by the exiled psychotic scientist Triax. Anticipating your imminent arrival, he steals a vital component from your ship and leaves you stranded in orbit.
An early first-person role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software. Ahead of its time, it had 3D polygon graphics, FPS gameplay, strafing controls, open-world space exploration, and an epic sci-fi space opera plot.
An exploration adventure game for children by the brothers duo that would later create the Myst series. Its CD-ROM re-release is known as the first computer game released in that format.
The Scheme is an action RPG released by Bothtec (later known as Quest) for the PC-88 in 1988. It features Metroidvania-style open-world exploration, side-scrolling run & gun shooter combat, and chiptune music by Yuzo Koshiro.
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.
A space shooter/simulation created by Jaleco in 1987 for the Famicom. Players must avert the destruction of the Earth by locating the parts of and building a superweapon.
An action game created by Casio for the MSX in which the player character searches a house infested with Youkai: Mischievous Japanese spirits. Irem later published an enhanced version for the Famicom Disk System.
Alex Kidd puts his life on the line in pursuit of video games in this combination adventure-platformer for the Sega Master System.
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".
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world exploration, and hack & slash combat, including the earliest third-person hack & slash combat.
A Japanese role-playing game originally released in 1987 where the player character must investigate the death of two boys who were found near the entrance of a mansion.
A sci-fi horror adventure game developed by Enix.
A top-down sci-fi action-adventure game for the Famicom Disk System developed and published by Konami in 1987.
As a floating orb, players must perform repairs to a spaceship.
An open-ended space adventure that allows the player to explore 270 star systems and 800 planets, Starflight has players xplore the final frontier in search of knowledge or combat.
You play a wanted criminal who has busted out of an experimental lab. The game is well known for it's music by composer Rob Hubbard.
An isometric 3D action-adventure and the second series in the Chronicles of the Land of Fairlight.
An expansion pack for Nihon Falcom's Xanadu released in 1986.
An early role-playing shooter released by Arsys Software for the PC-88, PC-98 and FM-7 computers in 1986 and ported to MS-DOS by Brøderbund. An early RPG-shooter hybrid, it was one of the first computer games with polygonal 3D environments, along with full 360-degree third-person exploration for indoor environments.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
Rescue the princess and defeat the evil Dragonlord in this landmark RPG from Enix.
The first role-playing game developed by Squaresoft, Cruise Chaser Blassty is a sci-fi title released in April 1986.
Fairlight is an isometric action adventure game.
Players must search for five crystals in this action-adventure game from 1985.
A top-down dungeon crawler released for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
In this isometric action-adventrue the player slips in the role of the evil Doomlord whos castle is under siege from the White Wizard and his hordes of do-gooders.
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