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| NES Games Released in 1987 57 games |
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| 3-D Battles of World Runner, The
Acclaim - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 6.9Video Length: 3:27
3-D WorldRunner features many elements that are typical of a vertically scrolling shooter game. The player must focus on destroying or dodging onscreen enemies against a scrolling background. However, 3-D WorldRunner incorporates a distinct third-person view, where the camera angle is positioned behind (more...) |
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| Alpha Mission
SNK - Shooter - 1987
Web Rating: 3.5Video Length: 5:38
Alpha Mission, which supports up to one player, is very similar to Xevious, as it is a scrolling shooter with segregated weapons. Missiles are used to destroy ground enemies, while laser-like weapons are used for aerial opponents. Throughout each of the levels, the player must fight off waves of enemies (more...) |
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| Arkanoid
Taito - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 6.9Video Length: 5:08
The player controls a small pad, known as the "vaus" space vessel, which prevents a ball from falling from the playing field, attempting to bounce it against a number of bricks. The ball striking a brick causes the brick to disappear. When all the bricks are gone, the player goes to the next level, where (more...) |
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| Athena
SNK - Platform - 1987
Web Rating: 2.5Video Length: 3:04
Athena sat on the top of Mount Olympus one day, pondering... More her existence. She decided that being the Goddess of Wisdom wasn't good enough for her. She concluded that she must leave her castle and head for the Fantasy World, where life as a Princess of Victory awaited. In Athena, you control the (more...) |
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| Athletic World
Bandai - Power Pad - 1987
One of the few games that will give more than just your... More thumbs a workout, Athletic World is designed exclusively for the Nintendo Power Pad. The Power Pad is basically a large, dot-covered floor mat that you run, walk, or jog on in order to control the on-screen action. Athletic World is made (more...) |
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| BreakThru
Data East - Action - 1987
Video Length: 1:17
The goal is to drive a dune buggy to "BreakThru" the enemy lines of five different areas. The five areas are "Mountain", "Bridge", "Prairie" (Although early advertising labeled it "Jungle"), "City", and "Airfield". Secret fighter plane PK430 has been stolen from your country, and it is up to you to get (more...) |
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| BurgerTime
Data East - Arcade - 1987
Video Length: 4:26
The playfield consists of ladders and on which rest oversized hamburger layers (the bun, the meat patties, tomatoes, lettuce, and cheese). The layers are arranged vertically so that they can be dropped directly onto each other.
The player's objective is to control his chef (more...) |
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| Castlevania
Konami - Action - 1987
Web Rating: 8.7Video Length: 7:10
It is the year 1691...The land of Transylvania has been at peace for 100 years now, and the peasants and villagers have begun to purge their minds of the memories of the times when the lands were dominated by chaos and shadows, and when the undead walked the earth...However, there are those that remember (more...) |
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| Deadly Towers
Broderbund - Adventure - 1987
Video Length: 6:31
On the moonlit eve of his coronation ceremony, pensive Prince Myer sits at the lakeside to ponder the future of the kingdom. Suddenly, a shadowy kami called Khan rises from the lake and coalesces into the form of a man. Although he doesn't identify himself, the figure greets Prince Myer by name, and (more...) |
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| Double Dribble
Konami - Basketball - 1987
Web Rating: 4.0Video Length: 3:10
The NES version features 5-on-5 action on a horizontally scrolling court, four different teams (Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles), three levels of single-play difficulty, and four different choices of quarter lengths. Double Dribble was among the first games to feature cut-scenes, which depicted (more...) |
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