Nintendo NES

The second Super Robot War is the first canonical episode, where all the basic fundaments of the story and system are set for the rest of the series. The story begins when a magnificent scientist discovers that Earth is being threatened, and he decides to construct the world's mightiest robot in order to combat the threat. In order to support hi...

On a planet 6000 light-years from earth, there were creatures called Exes, which resemble large insects, that were used for industrial purposes. However, these creatures one day took to revolting against their creators. Two battle machines have been sent to fight against the Exes, known as Colonel and Sargent. The Exes are nearing completion of the...

Doraemon is an action game based on the popular children's cartoon of the same name. As the eponymous blue robot cat, the player must rescue each of his friends who have been kidnapped. Much like Hudson's earlier title Challenger, each stage plays differently from the others. In the first stage, Doraemon must explore a large top-view overworld....

Players take on the role of the young ninja by the name of Kanzo Hattori who is out training to impress his master. The game features four difficulty levels of 16 side-scrolling areas that have to be completed within a time limit. Hattori has the ability to jump and throw shurikens. He can also collect scrolls that allow him to use up to eleven...

The boy Michimune and the girl Miu happily live in a small house together with their wise old grandfather. One day, just when they were about to celebrate Miu's birthday, the room suddenly became dark, and an evil demonic figure appeared out of nowhere. Ironically, the dark being addressed your grandfather, saying it's been a long time. Apparently,...

In Gomoku Narabe Renju, players take turns attempting to connect 5 of their pieces in a straight or diagonal line without being blocked by their opponent. Each individual game won gives the player a point. The player with the most amount of points after a set number of games wins the overall game. The game offers three difficulty modes. On the hard...

When Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil see a commercial for the new Reptar video game, they pretend that they're in a video game of their own! Toggle between beautiful 8-bit and HD art, select your favorite baby and play solo or co-op in Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland, a neo-retro platformer.

Sick and bedridden, the zaibatsu tycoon Tomiko senses that her death is near and must nominate an heir among her three granddaughters. To decide who will receive her whole fortune, she launches a challenge: whoever will give her best in the next three months will be the winner. Shizuka, the oldest granddaughter and owner of several business compani...

The game is based on the anime Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. It features 50 different battle fields in which the players employ one character per turn. The characters can either move, use a skill/item, or enter a RPG-like round based close combat. For beating an enemy the characters will gain experience points and level up which will be kept for...

In Star Luster, the player controls Dan Heinick, a pilot of the starfighter Gaia. He is tasked with having to fight the evil being Battura and its minions, who are bent on controlling the entire universe. The game is played from an inside the cockpit view. Players select a location on their interplanetary map and warp to it. Locations that can b...

In the 80’s, the world was ruled by two things: the NES and Garbage Pail Kids cards. These lovable grossout monster children could be found in the lunchboxes of every latchkey kid, juvenile delinquent, rascal, and brat in your neighborhood. At the same time, the NES was taking over living rooms all across America. So, it only made perfect sense whe...

DAIVA Story 6: Nirsartia no Gyokuza is the sixth game in the DAIVA saga. Like the other games in this franchise, it tells the same overarching story, however this time the story is explored through the view of the protagonist named Mahtari Shuban. Mahtari's task is to take resources from 15 different hostile planets and also defeat the enemies who...

Kawa no Nushi Tsuri is the first game in the Kawa no Nushi Tsuri series, which became known as the River King series in the west.

Oh, no! On the way to meet your girlfriend Haruka, our intrepid little hero has gotten ambushed by that nefarious, time-traveling villain, Professor Time. Now it's time to join him as he crosses time and space to save her from his evil clutches. In this run and jump action game, you'll find yourself flung anywhere from prehistoric times to the f...

The world of Fern was in turmoil until the knight Emmerich wins a battle over the evil Glory, and seals Glory's soul inside a candle. Since then, peace has reigned. A soldier named Farreth was summoned before King Millem of Elmia. The king tells Farreth that the Magic Candle at Teth Sanctuary needs Farreth to protect it. The previous guardian, G...

Tenkaichi Bushi: Keru Naguuru is a one-on-one martial arts fighting game set in ancient China. Using 2D side-scrolling graphics with a distinct cartoony design, the player takes control of a single fighter as he attempts to defeat his opponent in single-round fights. Combat is controlled with a single attack button which can unleash all sorts of...

The main character is the reincarnation of the legendary warrior Debias, who must save the Arumata kingdom from the rule of the Devil and three Gorgons.

Power Soccer is a soccer game for the Nintendo Famicom that used a more cartoony style. The game was never released outside of Japan. It features fictional teams in matches that are depicted with a vertical viewpoint of the field. As the action moves from the midfield to the nets, the screen transitions between each area: when close to the net o...

I Love Softball is a sports-related video game for the Family Computer that is about softball. It was released in 1989 to an exclusively Japanese market. Pachio-kun, an anime-like pachinko ball that is famous for starring in the game American Dream (which was made by the same company as I Love Softball), announces the team that will be batting f...

In Navy Blue, players command a naval fleet with the objective to defeat the opposing naval forces and destroy their main base. Gameplay is based on the general rules of Battleship. Payers are presented with a four by seven grid map. This map lets the player select their next horizontally or vertically adjacent area of battle. The further the pl...

Mahjong Block Jongbou is a combination of a Breakout-style arcade game and a Mahjong game. The player can either beat a level by removing all bricks from the screen or finish a valid Mahjong hand by collecting the falling bricks that turned to Mahjong pieces. In the original arcade version the player is rewarded with a picture of an anime-style gir...

Peepar Time is a puzzle game released in 1990 exclusively in Japan.

When adventurer was lost and trapped in the mysterious Egyptian Palace, he has met the spherical Blue Jewel, which represents himself as trapped god without power and proposes to help adventurer if he solve all the puzzles. This should restore the god's power and allow him to break the seals. So adventurer steps into the Jewel and begins his advent...

On Ripple Island, humans and animals coexist in harmony. One day though, the malevolent emperor Gerogēru enters the island habitat and kidnaps the island's Princess Nasarell. The distraught King Dotella makes an offer to the populace, that whoever rescues his daughter shall have the honor of marrying her. Hearing the king's plea, a young villager n...

Erunaaku No Zaihou is a simplistic arcade game played from an overhead view. The player controls a man who wants to go upriver. This man can move up, down, left and right. On his travels, he is assaulted by all kinds of enemy creatures. His means of attack is to throw sais (daggers) directly in front of him which destroy the enemies. Various power-...