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| Elevator Action
Taito - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 6.4Video Length: 3:29
The player assumes the role of a spy who infiltrates a building filled with elevators. He must collect secret documents from the building and traverse the 30 levels of the building using an increasingly complex series of elevators. The player is pursued by enemy agents who appear from behind closed doors. (more...) |
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| Fantasy Zone
Tengen - Shooter - 1987
Video Length: 3:29
In the game, the player's ship is placed in a level with a number of bases to destroy. When all the bases are gone, the stage boss appears; when the boss is defeated, the player moves on to the next level. There are two buttons: shoot and bomb; the normal shot is generally useful though weak, while bombs (more...) |
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| The Goonies II
Konami - Adventure - 1987
Video Length: 6:41
The game begins at the entrance to a mansion, though it is quickly made clear that building is linked to an increasingly-exotic series of other areas through passageways, including ice and lava caves, a mountainside chasm crossed via suspension bridge, and even a medieval-style castle. Stylisically, (more...) |
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| Gotcha!
LJN - Light Gun - 1987
Web Rating: 5.3Video Length: 3:04
Gotcha!: The Sport is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System Released in 1987 that uses the Nintendo Light Gun. It is based on the 1985 movie, Gotcha! . Gotcha! is a capture the flag style game played with paintball guns. The player's mission is to get through the level, capture the enemy (more...) |
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| Ikari Warriors
SNK - Action - 1987
Video Length: 5:09
The player begins as one of two commando-type warriors, garbed in red (Ralf) or blue (Clark) (depending on whether they are player one or two). They must proceed from the bottom of the screen upwards, towards the village of Ikari. Trying to prevent them from reaching the village are enemy soldiers and (more...) |
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| Jaws
LJN - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 3.1Video Length: 7:07
Jaws is an NES game based on the film franchise of the same name, specifically Jaws: The Revenge, the fourth and final film in the series. Unlike the movies, the game is a simple shark hunt arranged like an action RPG; the player pilots a boat across the sea, randomly encountering groups of hostile sea (more...) |
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| The Karate Kid
LJN - Action - 1987
Video Length: 3:33
The game begins with Daniel-San fighting in the All Valley Karate Tournament. He will have to go through four fighters in order to advance to the next stage. The opponent's energy bar increases as the player progresses through them. The final fight is presumably Johny from the movie. Daniel then starts (more...) |
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| Kid Icarus
Nintendo - Platform - 1987
Web Rating: 8.3Video Length: 4:45
In a time where man and gods coexisted in harmony, the kingdom of Angel Land was ruled by two goddesses, Palutena the Goddess of Light and Medusa the Goddess of Darkness. While Palutena administered the light and helped the mortals cultivate their crops, Medusa despised the mortals and used the darkness (more...) |
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| Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
Data East - Platform - 1987
Video Length: 4:32
Kid Niki is armed with the Spinning Sword, which according to the game's manual, "has been passed down from generation to generation from the School of Chirin." In addition to the spinning sword, Kid Niki can gain extra offensive power by collecting Bells. The Golden Bell allows him to launch a projectile (more...) |
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| The Legend of Kage
Taito - Action - 1987
Web Rating: 2.9Video Length: 2:33
The Legend of Kage (Kage no Densetsu in Japan) is an 1985 arcade game by Taito and was released for several contemporary home computer systems the year after. The object is for a ninja named Kage to rescue Princess Kiri from mystical villains. Kage must fight his way through the forest, along the secret (more...) |
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