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Juno First ジュノーファースト
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1983 |
Space - Shoot everything |
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First Funky Fighter, The
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1993 |
No summary. |
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Lunar Lander ルナーランダー
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1979 |
Check it out: Atari’s first vector graphics game. Using a throttle lever and rotation buttons, you attempt to land a manned spacecraft on the moon. Readouts show fuel usage and speed readings which must be coordinated for a successful landing. |
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Kingdom Grand Prix
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1994 |
Kingdom Grand Prix is a scrolling shooter/racing hybrid arcade game developed by Raizing and published by Eighting. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn. It is the second entry in the Mahou Daisakusen series, but the first to be a shooter/racing hybrid. |
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Trog
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1990 |
Trog is a 1 to 4 player Pacman style game. Each player controls a
dinosaur who must move around the island collecting their colored eggs and then making it back home first. There are 51 different levels.
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Space Invaders Part II スペースインベーダーパート2
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1980 |
Thump Thump Thump you shoot the aliens vertically to keep them from tromping down on to you. This was also the FIRST game to have a intermission between levels, ever! |
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Samurai Showdown サムライスピリッツ
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1993 |
The first in a popular line of fighters in which the combatants wield various weapons. Known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan. |
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King of Fighters '94
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1994 |
The first in a series of fighting games using a mixture of characters from SNK's other 2 series Fatal Fury and The Art of Fighting.
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Time Crisis タイムクライシス
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1996 |
Time Crisis is a first person shooter in which there is a pedal used for ducking/reloading. |
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Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
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1993 |
A walk-around-and-kill-everything-that-moves game with the exact same gameplay as the first Golden Axe. |
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Eliminator エリミネーター
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1981 |
A 2- or 4- Player battle frenzy to be the first to destroy the Killer
Bagel (actually a Death Star of sorts). |
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Atari Football フットボール
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1978 |
Black-and-white head-to-head football for two or four players. First arcade game to use a trackball as the controller. |
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Karate Champ
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1984 |
Head to Head Karate, gaming's first complex beat-em-up - beat your opponent senseless |
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Star Fire スターファイア
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1980 |
First-person shooter in which the enemy ships are TIE fighters (of Star Wars fame).
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Smash TV
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1990 |
In the "distant" future of 1999, you are a contestant on the most violent game show of all – Smash TV. On this game show anything goes, as you attempt to collect prizes, cash, and keys by fighting off a host of enemies with your array of weapons. In some versions, if you collect enough keys, you are rewarded with a trip to the Pleasure Dome. |
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Stratovox
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1980 |
A Galaxian / Space Invaders - like game. Possibly the first game with voice synthesis. |
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Samurai Showdown 2 真サムライスピリッツ-覇王丸地獄変-
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1994 |
One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan. |
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Samurai Showdown 3: Blades of Blood
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1995 |
One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan. |
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Samurai Showdown 4: Amakusa's Revenge
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1996 |
One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan. |
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Pleiads
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1981 |
The same play style as Phoenix. Move your ship left and right, and destroy the enemy characters. Several different waves, with the major difference from Phoenix being a wave where you have to land the ship. |
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China Gate 中華大仙?
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1988 |
You (and optional teamate) choose 1 of 3 characters, battle many different enemies with different abilities, and beat various bosses. The goal is to retrieve a book which the enemies have stolen from your master (as you see in the attract screens). |
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Qix クイックス
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1981 |
Qix (pronounced "kicks") is a simple and elegant game in which you claim territory by drawing boxes to fill a rectangular space. You must avoid the Qix – sticklike objects that float and bounce through your space in unpredictable patterns. You can rack up more points for creating boxes more slowly, and besides the Qix, you must be careful of Sparx and Fuses which appear if your marker stops while you are drawing. |
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Zero Point
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1998 |
3D first person shooter, manufactured bu Unico, licensed by Game Vision. |
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Pit Fighter ピットファイター
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1990 |
First (maybe only) entirely digitized fighter game, for up to 3 players. |
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Empire City 1931 エンパイヤーシティー1931
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1987 |
First-person gangster-shooting game set during the Prohibition. |
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King of Fighters '95
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1995 |
Sequel to The King of Fighters 94. This game once again uses characters from SNK's other fighters but this time you can edit you teams to your liking.
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Turpin ターピン
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1981 |
Maze collection game (Pac-man style) based around collecting items(turtle eggs) hidden in Question Mark '?' boxes around the screen and returning them home. A.K.A. "Turtles." |
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Outfoxies, The
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1995 |
A one or two player game in which you choose from a wide variety of characters and battle to the death with your opponent. |
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Cyber Troopers Virtual On 電脳戦機バーチャロン
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1995 |
Two-player linked robotic combat. First in a series |
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Street Fighter ストリートファイター
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1987 |
The First in a long series of mega-popular fighting games. |
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Slap Fight スラップファイト
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1986 |
First space shoot'em-up created by Toaplan. Released as Alcon in the US. |
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Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail 空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail
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1989 |
Vapor Trail: Hyper Offense Formation, known in Japan as Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail (空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail) and usually simply referred to as Vapor Trail, is a 1989 shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. Vapor Trail was followed by Rohga: Armor Force and Skull Fang. |
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Vapor Trail 空牙
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1989 |
Vapor Trail: Hyper Offense Formation, known in Japan as Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail (空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail) and usually simply referred to as Vapor Trail, is a 1989 shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. Vapor Trail was followed by Rohga: Armor Force and Skull Fang. |
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Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail 空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail
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1989 |
In 1999, a terrorist organization known only as DAGGER has occupied the city of New York where they have hacked into military defenses world-wide, established their own military command and gained access to nuclear missile silos. They hold the world hostage in this position and promise to cancel their threats of destroying the Earth only until the world's governments relinquish their power to DAGGER. |
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Marvel Vs. Capcom
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1997 |
The 5th game by Capcom to utilize their insanely popular Xmen fighting game
engine. Players select 2 characters out of a possible 15 (plus 5 hidden)
and battle it out. |
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Ikari Warriors
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1986 |
Jungle combat with guns and grenades against an army of evildoers. Lots
of powerups and an eight-direction turning joystick/knob to control
you fighter. Plus you get to jump into tanks! A classic two player
reminiscent of Front Line. |
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Power Drift パワードリフト
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1988 |
One player first-person sprite based driving game. |
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Pulsar パルサー
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1981 |
You drive through a maze while strange opponents fire at you. You must vanquish opponents before you move to the next maze. Watch for the maze to change, because as some walls disappear others materialize. |
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Journey
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1983 |
The first (and last?) rock-n-roll game. |
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Crystal Castles クリスタルキャッスル
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1983 |
The Brothers Grimm go 3-d. Pac-man style game in which you move Bentley Bear through a series of dazzling 3-d landscapes, collecting gems and avoiding balls, trees, and other bad guys. |
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Borderline ボーダーライン, Bōdārain
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1981 |
drive Jeep, destroy enemy refineries - four stages with different gameplay - vertical shooter, dig-dug like maze, etc |
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Three Wonders スリーワンダー
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1991 |
Three different games from varying genres. Midnight Wanderers is a side-scrolling platform game, Chariot is a side-scrolling shooter, and Don't Pull is a maze/block game. All have very colorful graphics.
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Chinese Hero チャイニーズヒーロー
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1984 |
Chinese Hero (チャイニーズヒーロー, Chainīzu Hīrō), also known in Japan as Super Chinese (スーパーチャイニーズ, Sūpā Chainīzu), is an arcade action game developed by Nihon Game (now Culture Brain) and published by Taiyo System in October 1984. |
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Cabal カベール
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1989 |
Third person (behind player). Use a trackball to control a soldier and his aiming crosshair, and conduct attacks on various enemies. This game has quite a few "pseudo-hidden" power-ups and suprises. |
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Moon Alien-Part 2
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1980 |
This game is very similar to Galaxian, except that there is now an energy meter at the bottom that decrements with time. If you do not destroy all the aliens before this meter empties, your ship is destroyed.
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Pigskin 621 A.D.
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1990 |
Football with fantasy races. You and your opponent use weapons, traps, and magic to score touchdowns.
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Crime City クライムシティー
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1989 |
Classic-style walk-and-shoot, similar to E-Swat and Shinobi. Assume the role of two cops and go out stopping bank robberies, saving the kidnapped, and all that other good stuff cops do.
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Legionnaire
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1992 |
A run through the city and beat up all the bad giys game in the same vein as games like Final Fight. Judy has been kidnapped by the crime syndicate and Frank, Chris, and Alfred must save her. |
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Rip Off リップオフ
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1979 |
A cooperative two-player game in which you and your teammate try to protect fuel pods from the enemy tanks.
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Violence Fight バイオレンスファイト
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1990 |
Primitive two player fighting game. Two players can duke it out in this 2d fighter similar to Pit Fighter. |
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Tactician タクティシャン
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1981 |
Like Space Invaders except you get 30 seconds before a level to build up barricades, and the ships don't move in unison. |
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Submarine サブマリン
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1979 |
This is a mechanically controlled game, possibly built before pong.
Produced by Namco (as marked on case). The object of the game is to aim through the periscope and shoot torpedoes at ships moving back and forth in the ocean. |
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Neo Bomber Man
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1997 |
The arcade released Neo*Geo version of Bomberman. Similiar to the other
versions. Also released for the Neo*Geo home cart system. |
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Joust ジャウスト
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1982 |
Who would have thought a game with knights fighting on ostriches and storks could become such a classic? Many people attribute the enormous success of Joust to the fact that it could be played either competitively or collaboratively, making it almost two games in one. |
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Speed Rumbler ラッシュ&クラッシュ
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1986 |
Save your family from terrorists by running and shooting, or driving and shooting. Earn bonus as you save each person. Somewhat graphic. |
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Banbam
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1984 |
A one or two player maze game published and developed by Sun Electronics |
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Alien Syndrome エイリアンシンドローム
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1987 |
Third-person shooter where you get to blast all kinds of aliens and rescue people. You can also find power-ups for better blasting power!
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Elevator Action エレベーターアクション
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1984 |
Your mission as Secret Agent 17(code name "Otto") is to find the secret documents behind red doors and then escape in your getaway car. As you travel by elevator and stairs, avoid enemies or immobilize them by force if necessary. |
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Ozma Wars
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1979 |
Black-and-white space shooter for one or two players. |
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Fire Truck ファイアートラック
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1978 |
1 or 2 player simulataneous driving game - with a twist. The earliest video game with 2-player cooperative gameplay. |
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Gridiron Fight グリダイアンファイト
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1985 |
Football Game, table style. 1 player or 2 players head to head. |
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Klax クラックス
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1989 |
Catch colored blocks rolling down a conveyer belt and stack them by color in vertical columns or, in higher levels, horizontal and diagonal rows. |
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Cyber Lip サイバーリップ
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1990 |
SNK's answer to Contra. Not a bad game, but the later released Metal Slug blew it away. |
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Hard Drivin' ハードドライビング
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1991 |
First driving game with force feedback. |
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Sprint 8 スプリント8
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1977 |
8-player driving game with a coin slot, steering wheel, and accelerator pedal for each player. |