Browse Games By Year : 1988

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Game	Year	Description
'88 Games	1988	No summary.
Ajax	1988	Helicopter action game.
Akuma-Jou Dracula	1988	No summary.
Alice in Wonderland	1988	No summary.
Alien Crush	1988	No summary.
Altered Beast 獣王記	1988	You are risen from the dead to save Zeus' Daughter. Fight your way through five levels collecting power ups to defeat the Evil Magician.
Angel Kids エンジェルキッズ	1988	No summary.
Aquaria	1988	No summary.
Ark Area アークエリア	1988	No summary.
Assault アサルト	1988	Tank game played from overhead.
Assault Plus アサルトプラス	1988	Tank game played from overhead. Sequel to "Assault".
Asuka 'N' Asuka 飛鳥＆飛鳥	1988	A classic air combat shooter.
Atomic Robo-Kid アトミック・ロボキッド	1988	Horizontally scrolling shooter - avenge the desperate terran colonists
Bad Dudes ドラゴンニンジャ	1988	No summary.
Bad Dudes Vs. Dragon Ninja ドラゴンニンジャ	1988	A horizontal scrolling fighter for 1 or 2 simultaneous players.
Bakutotsu Kijuutei 爆突機銃艇	1988	No summary.
Battle Rangers	1988	No summary.
Beraboman 超絶倫人ベラボーマン	1988	No summary.
Big Fighter 戦え！ビッグファイター	1988	No summary.
Bionic Commando トップシークレット	1988	A side scrolliing action game. As the hero you have a bionic grappling hook and try to defeat an evil army of soldiers.
Birdie Try バーディトライ	1988	Fantastically produced golf game. Extremely replayable.
Birdie Try Golf バーディトライゴルフ	1988	No summary.
Blastaball	1988	No summary.
Bloody Wolf ブラッディウルフ	1988	Rescue captured soldiers in Southeast Asia and destroy the enemy's weapon base.
Bonze Adventure	1988	No summary.
Bull's Eye ブルズアイ	1988	No summary.
Championship V'Ball	1988	No summary.
Checker Flag チェッカーフラグ	1988	No summary.
Chelnov: The Atomic Runner チェルノブ-戦う人間発電所-	1988	No summary.
Chequered Flag	1988	No summary.
China Gate 中華大仙？	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).
Chinese Exorcist	1988	No summary.
Chopper I 航空騎兵物語	1988	No summary.
Chuka Taisen	1988	No summary.
Counter Run カウンターラン	1988	No summary.
Crazy Cop クレイジーコップ	1988	No summary.
Cyber Tank	1988	No summary.
Dash	1988	No summary.
Dead Angle リードアングル	1988	Shooting game with a 1930s gangster theme.
Devastators 餓流禍？	1988	No summary.
Double Dragon 2 : The Revenge ダブルドラゴン２	1988	No summary.
Dracula-X 悪魔城ドラキュラ	1988	No summary.
Dragon Ninja ドラゴンニンジャ	1988	No summary.
F-1 Dream F-1ドリーム	1988	A difficult overhead racing game with fake ads like "Coco-Colo" and your choice of a normally-aspirated or turbocharged car.
Face Off フェイスオフ	1988	No summary.
Fighting Golf	1988	Golf!
Fighting Hawk ファイティングホーク	1988	No summary.
Fighting Soccer	1988	No summary.
Final Lap ファイナルラップ	1988	Start of classic racing series- spiritual successor to the Pole Position series.
Final Lap UR ファイナルラップＵＲ	1988	No summary.
Final Round, The ハードパンチャー	1988	Boxing head to head, training rounds in between fights to build up either strength, stamina or speed..
Flying Hawk フライングホーク	1988	No summary.
Forgotten Worlds ロストワールド	1988	Multi-directional scrolling shooter
Formation Armed F フォーメーションアームドF	1988	Vertically scrolling shoot 'em up - control the Vowger spaceship - shoots enemies, collect power-ups - defeat bosses to advance levels - Vowger can be changed to shoot in a multitude of formations and directions
Galaga '88 ギャラガ’８８	1988	The official sequel to Galaga gets updated with new graphics, in-game-music for bonus stages, and scrolling stages--not just stars.
Galaxy Force ギャラクシーフォース	1988	No summary.
Gang Busters ギャングバスターズ	1988	No summary.
Garuka 餓流禍	1988	No summary.
Ghouls 'n Ghosts 大魔界村	1988	Sequel to Ghosts and Goblins.
Gladiator グラディエーター	1988	A fighting game where objects are hurled at you so you will gain practice when you fight others to be the best. Or something.
Gold Medalist ゴールドメダリスト	1988	No summary.
Goonies, The	1988	Slow moving platformer; "run" and jump through creepy stages, with ineffectual weapons at the ready.
Gradius 2(VulcanVenture) グラディウスＩＩ	1988	No summary.
Gradius II: Vulcan Venture	1988	Called Gradius II in Japan, Vulcan Venture in the West.
Hard Head ハードヘッド	1988	No summary.
Hard Puncher ハードパンチャー	1988	No summary.
Haunted Castle ラビリンスランナー？	1988	Haunted Castle is an Arcade Version of Castle Vania.
Hot Chase ホットチェイス	1988	No summary.
Hot Rod ホットロッド	1988	Four player cocktail disk-based racing game from Sega.
Hot Shots Tennis ホットショットテニス	1988	No summary.
Hyper Sports Special ハイパースポーツスペシャル	1988	No summary.
Hyper Sports Special Edition	1988	No summary.
Ice Climber アイスクライマー	1988	No summary.
Iga Ninjutsuden	1988	No summary.
Image Fight イメージファイト	1988	No summary.
Insector X	1988	No summary.
Jigoku Meguri (aka Bonze Adventure)	1988	No summary.
John Elway's Team Quarterback	1988	No summary.
Jyuohki	1988	No summary.
Kabuki Z 歌舞伎Ｚ	1988	Fighting.
Kageki 火激	1988	No summary.
Kickle Cubicle	1988	No summary.
King of Rings リングの王者	1988	No summary.
Kitten Kaboodle	1988	No summary.
Konami 88	1988	No summary.
Kuri Kinton 功里金団	1988	No summary.
Last Apostle Puppet Show	1988	No summary.
Last Duel ラストデュエル	1988	No summary.
Leaderboard Golf	1988	No summary.
LED Storm	1988	No summary.
Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf リートレビノのファイティングゴルフ	1988	No summary.
Legend of Makai	1988	No summary.
Legend of the Air Cavalry	1988	No summary.
Lost World	1988	No summary.
Lost World (Japan) ロストワールド	1988	No summary.
Magic Johnson's Fast Break	1988	No summary.
Mahjong Electronic Base	1988	No summary.
Mahjong Gakuen	1988	No summary.
Main Event (The) リングの王者	1988	No summary.
Main Event, The	1988	4 player wrestling action.
Makai Densetsu	1988	No summary.
Marchen Maze メルヘンメイズ	1988	No summary.
Masters of Kin, The	1988	No summary.
Meikyu Jima	1988	developed by NANAO CORP. (?) manufactured by IREM (?) distributed by IREM (?) Genre: Puzzle Display: 384x256@55 Screen orientation: horizontal
Metal Hawk メタルホーク	1988	No summary.
Midnight Resistance ミッドナイトレジスタンス	1988	No summary.
Mirai Ninja 慶雲機忍外伝未来忍者	1988	No summary.
Mirai Ninja 慶雲機忍外伝未来忍者	1988	No summary.
Narc	1988	A game where you play a hero trying to arrest the dope dealers and to catch the big guy, named Mr. BIG.
New Assault ニューアサルト	1988	No summary.
New Zealand Story ニュージーランドストーリー	1988	No summary.
New Zealand Story 2, The	1988	No summary.
New Zealand Story Extra, The	1988	No summary.
Ninja Gaiden 忍者龍剣伝	1988	No summary.
Ninja Spirit 最後の忍道	1988	Ninja fighter.
Nyan Nyan Panic ニャンニャンパニック	1988	No summary.
Oh! Pyepee	1988	No summary.
Ojanko High School	1988	No summary.
Ordyne オーダイン	1988	A classic horizontal shooter with excellent graphics and sound.
P-47 Freedom Fighter P-47	1988	No summary.
P-47: The Freedom Fighter	1988	This is the Japanese release of P-47: The Phantom Fighter.
P-47: The Phantom Fighter	1988	World version of P-47: The Freedom Fighter.
P.O.W. Prisoners of War 脱獄	1988	No summary.
Pac-Man '88 パックマン'88	1988	No summary.
Pac-Mania	1988	Gobble the dots.
Paddle Mania パドルマニア	1988	No summary.
Passing Shot パッシングショット	1988	No summary.
Pick-N-Play	1988	No summary.
Pinbot ピンボット	1988	No summary.
Pocket Gal 2 ポケットギャル２	1988	pool game.
Pot Shot	1988	No summary.
POW	1988	No summary.
Power Drift パワードリフト	1988	One player first-person sprite based driving game.
Power Surge	1988	No summary.
Purotenisuwa Rudoko To	1988	No summary.
Raiden 雷電	1988	A classic shoot 'em up.
Raimais レイメイズ	1988	No summary.
Rainbow Island Extra レインボーアイランド（エクストラ）	1988	No summary.
Rally Bike ダッシュ野郎	1988	Over-the-head motorbike racing game
Ring no Ohja	1988	No summary.
Robocop ロボコップ	1988	Side scrolling shoot 'em up movie tie-in, casting you as the murdered and resurrected supercop.
Rough Ranger	1988	No summary.
Round Up 5 - Delta Force	1988	No summary.
Run Deep	1988	No summary.
S Attacker	1988	No summary.
Sai Yu Gou Ma Roku	1988	No summary.
Scramble Spirits スクランブルスピリッツ	1988	No summary.
Shadow Warriors シャドーウォーリアー	1988	European version of Ninja Gaiden.
Showdown	1988	No summary.
Silk Worm	1988	No summary.
SilkWorm シルクワーム	1988	No summary.
Skate or Die	1988	No summary.
Sky Soldiers	1988	One or two future pilots time warp through important historical air battles to prevent the evil organization Amondule from changing history.
Space Harrier 2	1988	No summary.
Spinal Breakers	1988	No summary.
Splatter House スプラッターハウス	1988	No summary.
Star Base Omega	1988	No summary.
Strike Zone Baseball	1988	No summary.
Sukeban Jansi Ryuko	1988	No summary.
Super Formula	1988	No summary.
Super League スーパーリーグ	1988	No summary.
Super Mario 3 スーパーマリオ３	1988	No summary.
Super Mario Bros. 2	1988	No summary.
Super Mario Bros. 3	1988	No summary.
Superman	1988	No summary.
Syvalion サイバリオン	1988	No summary.
Takeda Shingen	1988	No summary.
Tatsujin (Truxton)	1988	See Truxton.
Thunder Cross サンダークロス	1988	Standard shooter: progress by levels, options and various weapon powerups.
Toobin' ツービン	1988	Rubber tubin' down a water course..
Top Gun トップガン	1988	No summary.
Top Landing	1988	No summary.
Top Shooter トップシューター	1988	No summary.
TopLanding トップランディング	1988	No summary.
Touchdown Fever II	1988	No summary.
Truxton 達人	1988	No summary.
Truxton (Tatsujin)	1988	One in a series of Toaplan space shoot'em-up games.
Tsukikage: The Legend of the White Wolf	1988	No summary.
Turbo Outrun ターボアウトラン	1988	Checkpoint based driving game
Turtle Ship	1988	No summary.
Twin Eagle ツインイーグル	1988	2 plyer simultaneous helicoptor shooter.
UFO Fighter Yoko ＵＦＯ戦士ようこちゃん	1988	No summary.
UFO Senshi Yohko Chan	1988	No summary.
UFO Warrior Youkochan	1988	No summary.
Urban Surfin'	1988	No summary.
V'Ball バレーボール	1988	Beach bums - play volleyball tournament to win $2,500,000
Vigilante ビジランテ	1988	No summary.
Vindicators ビンジケーターズ	1988	tank game - overhead view
Vindicators Part II	1988	tank game - overhead view
Viper バイパー	1988	No summary.
Vs. Castlevania	1988	No summary.
Vs. Freedom Force フリーダムフォース	1988	No summary.
Vs. Gradius グラディウス	1988	No summary.
Vs. Ice Climber	1988	No summary.
Vs. Platoon	1988	No summary.
Vs. Sky Kid スカイキッド	1988	No summary.
Vs. The Goonies	1988	No summary.
Vs. Top Gun トップガン	1988	No summary.
Vulcan Venture	1988	No summary.
WhoDunit	1988	Shoot at things with a gun and "solve" a murder mystery, of sorts.
Winning Run ウィニングラン	1988	No summary.
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair ワンダーボーイ３モンスターレア	1988	No summary.
World Court ワールドコート	1988	No summary.
World Stadium ワールドスタジアム	1988	No summary.