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Maniac Mansion is a graphic adventure game originally released in 1987 by Lucasfilm Games. When the innocent Sandy is kidnapped by the maniacal Dr. Fred, it's up to her boyfriend Dave and his friends to her from certain death!
Simon Belmont must rid himself of a horrible curse placed upon him by Dracula in this action-adventure platformer and sequel to the original Castlevania.
An early fighting game from Jaleco, developed for the Famicom Disk System in 1987. The combat is based on Shaolin Kung Fu.
As a floating orb, players must perform repairs to a spaceship.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the second entry in the ground-breaking Zelda franchise. This controversial follow-up ditches the original's top-down perspective for 2D side-scrolling exploration and combat. The 2D towns, dungeons and combat arenas are tied together by a top-down overworld.
Players control historical explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, as he searches for Dr. David Livingstone.
To Heir is Human is the third title in Sierra-Online's King's Quest series. The story has moved away from King Graham and onto the adventures of Gwydion and follows his quest to return to Daventry.
The first game based on the Dragon Ball manga and anime series, Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyou is a vertical shoot-em-up players control Goku on his Flying Nimbus cloud.
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.
Originally released in 1986, J.B. Harold: Murder Club is the first entry in the long-running noir adventure game series.
A role-playing game in which the player must gather a party of four warriors and battle the evil Lord Terarin. Originally released in 1986 for Japanese home computers, it was ported to the Master System in 1987 and translated into English.
A text adventure based on the Terry Pratchett novel of the same name.
A young boy explores a huge overworld filled with enemies and dungeons to find and rescue Princess Zelda from the evil Ganon.
A puzzle game where players guide cat-like people through a series of obstacles until they've defeated all enemies in the level. In Japan, this game goes by the name of Pitman.
Skool Daze was created by David Reidy for the Zx Spectrum and Commodore 64 and released by Microsphere in 1985. It is one of the Spectrum's best-loved games, and an early attempt at the open world style of gameplay.
After seeing a damsel in distress in a magic mirror, King Graham sets out on a quest to find her.
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.
Players control Flicky, a bird who must escort chicks to the exit door while avoiding cats.
Released in 1984, Hydlide was the first open-world action RPG. It was the first on-foot, fully-scaled, open-world game, and introduced innovations such as a health-regeneration mechanic. It influenced the action RPG genre as well as The Legend of Zelda franchise.
The progenitor of the "falling block" puzzle game and the most well-known game to come from Soviet Russia, receiving numerous ports and a long-running series.
A surreal space shooter from Sierra.
A text adventure from Brian Howarth and Wherner Barnes.
Sir Graham has been given the task to return three royal items to King Edward of the kingdom of Daventry. If he can return all three items, Sir Graham will become the next king of Daventry.
A murder mystery text adventure set in the 1930s.
Players navigate a haunted house in this Atari 2600 horror game.
A Berzerk clone in which the player controls a thief that must make his way through simple mazes full of evil robots. Written by Bob Flanagan and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
A shoot 'em up created by Dan Thompson and published by Sirius Software.
Berzerk is an arcade game released in 1980 in which the player must escape a maze filled with evil robots.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
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