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All Japan Prowrestl
1997 No summary.
All Japan Prowrestling
全日本プロレス featuring Virtua
1997 No summary.
Smash TV
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.
Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail
空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail
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.
Vapor Trail
空牙
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.
All American Football
1989 No summary.
All Fox Z
1986 No summary.
APB (All-Point Bulletin)
APB
1987 No summary.
Chinese Hero
チャイニーズヒーロー
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.
Ataxx
アタックス
1990 A variation on the Othello boardgame. You control either the blue or red blobs (pieces). You can either jump over one space, or "multiply" to an adjacent space. Then, all blobs in adjacent spaces change to your color.
Capcom Golf (Japan)
カプコンゴルフ
1991 No summary.
Quiz Capcom World 2 (Japan onl
1992 No summary.
Quiz Game (Japan Only)
0 No summary.
Quiz Ghost Hunters (Japan Only)
0 No summary.
Rockman - the Power Battle (Japan)
ロックマン
1995 No summary.
Sangoku (Japan)
三国志
1991 No summary.
Tonosama 2 (Japan Only)
0 No summary.
Landing High Japan
1999 No summary.
Whoopee (Japan) / Pipi & Bibis (World)
1991 No summary.
Vampire Hunter (Japan - Dark Stalkers)
バンパイアハンター
1995 No summary.
Street Fighter 2: Championship Edition (Japan)
ストリートファイター2
1992 No summary.
Street Fighter 2: World Warriors (Japan)
ストリートファイター2ダッシュ
1992 No summary.
Varth: Operation Thunderstorm (Japan)
バース
1992 No summary.
Quiz Capcom World 2 (Japan only)
カプコンワールド2
1992 No summary.
Dokaben 2 (Japan)
ドカベン2
1989 No summary.
Lost World (Japan)
ロストワールド
1988 No summary.
Ikari Warriors (Japan)
怒 IKARI
0 No summary.
Dogou Souken (Victory Road - Japan)
怒号層圏
0 No summary.
Legionnaire
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.
Crime City
クライムシティー
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.
Three Wonders
スリーワンダー
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.
Sky Shark
飛翔鮫
1982 Vertical shoot 'em up. Original Hi Sho Zame in Japan, licensed to Electrocoin in Europe under the name Flying Shark, and Romstar in North America under the name Sky Shark.
Moon Alien-Part 2
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.
Pop Flamer
ポップフレーマー
1982 Pop Flamer - a mouse with a flame-thrower flames anything that moves and is not a balloon. Pop all the balloons on each level to move to the next.
Alien Syndrome
エイリアンシンドローム
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!
Bubble Bobble
バブルボブル
1986 As Bub and Bob, you try to capture enemies in bubbles and pop them to complete all 100 levels and rescue your girlfriends.
Fire Trap
ファイアートラップ
1986 Climb burning buildings, avoid falling objects, put out fires, and rescue people and animals. All at the same time.
STUN Runner
1989 Race along tunnels grabbing power boosts, stars and shockwaves while shooting all the bad guys.
Samurai Showdown
サムライスピリッツ
1993 The first in a popular line of fighters in which the combatants wield various weapons. Known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
Dead Eye (1978)
1992 Gangsters trying to rid city of crime, starting with the pipsqueeks all the way up to the big boss.
Snow Bros. 2: With New Elves
1994 Same as Snow Bros. but with 3 added characters. Known in Japan as Otenki Paradise: Snow Bros. 2
Chameleon
カメレオン
1983 Jaleco platformer - eat all hen's eggs, placed in nests on platforms and girders.
Tri-Sports
1989 Power Strike (bowling), Pool shark (billiards), and Mini-golf Deluxe all in one cabinet
Head On 2
ヘッドオン2
1979 Pick up all the dots while avoiding head-on collisions with other cars. Sometimes packaged in a multigame with Invinco.
Qix
クイックス
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.
Elevator Action
エレベーターアクション
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.
Ninja Taro
1992 As a ninja in ancient Japan, you are on a mission to find out if rumors are true about an evil emperor.
Ring King
リングキング
1985 King of Boxer is called Ring King outside of Japan and PAL regions.
King of Boxer
キングオブボクサー
1985 King of Boxer is called Ring King outside of Japan and PAL regions.
Pulsar
パルサー
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.
Crazy Climber
クレイジークライマー
1980 In one of Nichibutsu's most popular arcade games, you must climb up 4 very tall buildings while avoiding obstacles and pitfalls.
Darius
ダライアス
1986 Multiple-monitor game. Scrolls from Left to Right for most of the game, except when choosing the next level to go to, which scrolls Up and Down. Can gain power-ups along the way for stronger Bombs and (laser?) Shots..
Trog
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.
Challenger
チャレンジャー
1981 Split and destroy "space bubbles" and enemy ships. Ship fires in three directions, and can "Warp" to the top or bottom of the screen. Dock with the Bonus Bug for bonus points.
R-360
R-360
1991 Flight simulation game similar to GLOC, flips you in all directions.
Zintrick
1996 Known as Oshidashi Zentrix in Japan. A game like Puyo Puyo
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).
King of Fighters '95
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.
Sexy Parodius
セクシーパロディウス
1995 Konami's parody of the all too serious Gradius shooters.
Pleiads
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.
Samurai Showdown 2
真サムライスピリッツ-覇王丸地獄変-
1994 One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
Samurai Showdown 3: Blades of Blood
1995 One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
Samurai Showdown 4: Amakusa's Revenge
1996 One or two player fighting game with various weapons. Series known as "Samurai Spirits" in Japan.
Hit The Ice
1991 An all action ice hockey game by Taito, badged by Williams.
New Dyna Blaster: Global Quest
1992 Follow-up to Irem's 1991 game Dynablaster (known as bomberman in Japan).
Zunzunkyou No Yabou
ずんずん教の野望(港技研)
1994 Japan only, "Zunzunkyou's Ambition" or Ambitious of ZunZun
Shinobi
1987 You play a ninja on a one man mission out to destroy a evil force and save kidnapped hostages.
Cabal
カベール
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.
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
Psycho - Nics Oscar
サイコニクスオスカー
1987 Control a yellow robot named Oscar, collect shield and weapon power-ups, shoot bad guys until you get to a massive boss-monster at the end.
Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail
空牙 – Operation Code Vapor Trail
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.
Gradius II: Vulcan Venture
1988 Called Gradius II in Japan, Vulcan Venture in the West.
Head On
ヘッドオン
1979 Pick up all the dots while avoiding head-on collisions with other cars.
Double Dragon
ダブルドラゴン
1986 Your girlfriend has been kidnapped, and you must rescue her. Fight alone or with a friend as a team.
Lunar Lander
ルナーランダー
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.
Crystal Castles
クリスタルキャッスル
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.
Bank Panic
バンクパニック
1985 Shoot bad guys behind the doors, don't shoot the good guys. Try to collect stolen money back.
Faster Harder More Challenging Q-Bert
1983 AKA FHMC Q*Bert. Title says it all.
Tactician
タクティシャン
1981 Like Space Invaders except you get 30 seconds before a level to build up barricades, and the ships don't move in unison.
Renegade
熱血硬派くにおくん
1986 It's 2am. You're in the subway. The wrong place to be unless you're looking for trouble. They've got sticks, chains and your girlfriend. It's up to you to fight your way through the thug infested city to save her.
Operation Wolf
オペレーションウルフ
1987 Pick off enemy soldiers while trying to rescue hostages. Seques are Operation Thunderbolt and Operation Wolf 3.
SD Gundam Neo Battling
0 Gundam and friends star in this shooter with a myriad of power-ups, mini-robot enemies and very smooth control and action.
Rygar
アルゴスの戦士
1986 You play the Legendary Warrior "Rygar" in the side scrolling platform game. The aim is to make it though 27 levels picking up power ups and bonuses along the way.
Ikari Warriors
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.
Galaga Plus
ギャラガプラス
1984 Distributed game name: GAPLUS OR GALAGA 3... A sequel released by NAMCO of the original Galaga under two different names both released in 1984.
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.
Legend of Kage, The
1985 Action/Adventure game set in ancient feudal Japan.
Steel Gunner 2
スティールガンナー2
1991 As part of of a male/female police force you must follow and destroy aliens to save the city.
Kingdom Grand Prix
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.
Chase H.Q. 2
1990 police chasing baddies and running them off the road. Just like C-HQ1 except you had a man jump out of the sun roof and fired a machine gun when you pressed a button.
Joust
ジャウスト
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.
Bucky O'Hare
バッキーオハラのスチャラカ空中戦
1992 Bucky's mission is to destroy each planet boss and rescue his crews and infiltrate into the Toad's spaceship and stop their ambition of universe domination.
Bonanza Bros.
ボナンザブラザーズ
1990 One or two bank robbers move up and down floors collecting treasures and avoiding the cops.
Esprade
エスプレイド
1998 Sharp looking shooter in which your ship can equip itself with a large arsenal of power pick-ups and bolt-on weaponry.
Legendary Wings
アレスの翼
1986 Two Player game similar to Xevious. Unique combination of vertical scroller (main game) and side scroller (underground sequences).
Invinco
インビンコ
1979 Invinco is a space invaders clone. Sometimes packaged in a multigame with Head On 2 or Deep Scan.
Metro Cross
1985 You control a runner in a series of timed races. You must run to the end of the hall before time runs out.
Xexex
ゼクセクス
1991 Xexex is one of the best shooters out there with really innovative power ups (the arms are cool) and engrossing action.
Space Invaders Part II
スペースインベーダーパート2
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!
Neo Bomber Man
1997 The arcade released Neo*Geo version of Bomberman. Similiar to the other versions. Also released for the Neo*Geo home cart system.
Metal Slug 3
2000 All-out shooting, side-scrolling game with fantastic 2D graphics.
Deep Scan
ディープスキャン
1980 Shoot at subs from your battleship. Sometimes packaged in a multigame with Invinco.
Time Traveler
タイムトラベラー
1991 You are a cowboy who goes through time to destroy the Evil Scientist and Rescue the Princess to save the Universe.
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.
Balance Try
バランストライ
1998 Japan only, balance on a white board
Asterix & Obelix
1992 A 2 player fighting game like Final Fight, the 2 characters you can choose are Asterix and Obelix.
Inferno
インフェルノ
1977 Put out the fires and save the trapped stick figure in this black-and-white game.
Speed Rumbler
ラッシュ&クラッシュ
1986 Save your family from terrorists by running and shooting, or driving and shooting. Earn bonus as you save each person. Somewhat graphic.
Rampage
ランページ
1986 Destroy all the buildings and move to the next city.
Wolf Fang
1991 You're the mech in this side scrolling platformer which its you against a host of enemy soldiers, bosses and harsh terrain.
Soul Blade
1996 You've been killed by and evil ruler, and become a vampire. Now you need to eat souls to live.
Super Mario Bros.
スーパーマリオブラザーズ
1986 Mario and Luigi stamp out the evil Koopas through 8 levels to kill the Koopa King and save the Princess.
Bigfoot Bonkers
1976 Draw a line and try to make your opponent crash while avoiding the big feet.
Wonder Boy
ワンダーボーイ
1986 Guide Wonder Boy through cartoon world - Cutsey platform game, save yer girlfriend - Also called Wonder Boy Deluxe (ワンダーボーイデラックス)
Print Club 2
1997 A classic photo booth that can be reconfigured to print stickers. Has two verified styles of printers and can print one, four or sixteen pictures to a page in beautiful photo-quality images. Has overlays that are applied to the frame of the image.
Metal Slug 2
1998 The sequel to the popular all-out shooting side scroller.
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
1993 A walk-around-and-kill-everything-that-moves game with the exact same gameplay as the first Golden Axe.
Playchoice 10 Cabinet
1986 A hardware design that reused the Punch Out!cabinet. A Nintendo Entertainment System with some hardware that handles changing/selecting games and buying game time.
Crazy Climber 2
クレイジークライマー2
1981 Sequel to Crazy Climber. Climb a building and avoid falling obstacles. A Japanese game featuring excrement that actually made it to the states!
Mortal Kombat
モータルコンバット
1992 Gore-fest head to head fighting. Seven awesome warriors go head to defeat the evil Shang Sung to win back control over the earth and restore peace.
Neo Turf Masters
1996 Golf game for the Neo Geo, AKA Big Tournament Golf. Licensed from Nazca.
Narc
1988 A game where you play a hero trying to arrest the dope dealers and to catch the big guy, named Mr. BIG.
Gyruss
ジャイラス
1983 Space - fly through the solar system shooting enemies. Made by Konami and Centuri.
Domino Man
ドミノマン
1982 Set up a row of dominoes before the other characters in the game knock them over.
Rockman 2 - The Power Fighters
ロックマン2
1996 One or two players fight their way through one of three scenarios.
Eggs
1983 Free your chicks contained in Eggs while avoiding the Bad Guys.
Scrambled Egg
1983 Free your chicks contained in Eggs while avoiding the Bad Guys.
Stunt Cycle
スタントサイクル
1976 Jump a motorcycle over school busses. Each time you succeed, another bus is added.
Tokio / Scramble Formation
スクランブルフォーメーション
1986 You can change between 3 shadow formations flying over Tokyo city.
Block Hole
1989 A puzzle game where a spaceship tries to shoot blocks by shooting the top of each block until they match. The game ends when the blocks reach the bottom.
Nemesis
グラディウス
1985 Space - fly over strange worlds and get power-ups - A.K.A. Gradius.
Cobra Command
サンダーストーム
1984 Standard scrolling shooter. Fly your helicopter and wipe out round after round of bad guys while picking up powerups.
Ponpoko
ポンポコ
1982 Collect food while dodging creatures that walk back and forth across the platforms. Avoid apple cores.
Atari Football
フットボール
1978 Black-and-white head-to-head football for two or four players. First arcade game to use a trackball as the controller.
Banbam
1984 A one or two player maze game published and developed by Sun Electronics
Super Locomotive
スーパーロコモティブ
1982 Super Locomotive is a split screen scrolling game. The aim is to reach the end of each section without being run into by the opposition and without running red lights.
New York Captor
1986 Light gun shooting fun; nail the gangsters before they get you or your loved ones.
King of Fighters '94
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.
Time Crisis
タイムクライシス
1996 Time Crisis is a first person shooter in which there is a pedal used for ducking/reloading.
Heiankyo Alien
1979 Move a character around a maze and try to trap aliens in bubbles.
Chain Reaction
1985 Known as Magical Drop outside of North America.
A. P. B.
1987 Overhead driving game. Catch criminals, force confessions, eat doughnuts, avoid demerits, meet quotas. (No, it's not a sim, even if it sounds that way.)
Jungler
ジャングラー
1981 You're a centipede trying to shoot other centipedes while navigating through a maze.
Violence Fight
バイオレンスファイト
1990 Primitive two player fighting game. Two players can duke it out in this 2d fighter similar to Pit Fighter.
Blaster
ブラスター
1983 Space - blast through 20 levels to Paradise. Quasi-sequel to Robotron.
Eightman
エイトマン
1991 Fast paced platform game where you assume the role of a superhero, 8 Man, and take down the villians.
Karate Champ
1984 Head to Head Karate, gaming's first complex beat-em-up - beat your opponent senseless
Mappy
マッピー
1983 Travel through a house to collect items and avoid the cats trying to get you.
Sky Soldiers
1988 One or two future pilots time warp through important historical air battles to prevent the evil organization Amondule from changing history.
Do! Run Run
1989 Continuing the Mr. Do! Series, Do! Run Run is the final incarnation of Mr. Do! and his bout with the baddies and letter-munchies. Played on a multi-level playfield.
Goonies, The
1988 Slow moving platformer; "run" and jump through creepy stages, with ineffectual weapons at the ready.
Outfoxies, The
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.
Gun Force
ガンフォース
1991 Side scrolling platform game like Metal Slug with lots of power ups.
Killer Instinct 2
1996 Ten fighters duke it out in one-on-one battles, in order to reach the boss, Gargos, and win the Ultratech Tournament.
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.
Snow Bros.
スノーブラザーズ
1990 Also called Snow Bros. Nick & Tom
Megaman: The Power Battle
1994 A decent platformer to look at and has excellent novelty and collectable value but isn't the most fun to play.

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