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| The Legend of Zelda
Nintendo - Adventure - 1987
Web Rating: 9.1Video Length: 6:42
When Zelda was released, its gameplay defied categorization, incorporating elements from action games, adventure games, computer role-playing games, and computer puzzle games. The game begins with the player controlling Link, armed with a small shield. A sword is immediately available in a cave behind (more...) |
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| Lode Runner
Broderbund - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 6.0Video Length: 2:44
The player controls a stick figure, collecting all the gold in the level, and avoiding robots trying to catch the player. The levels feature a multi-story brick platform motif, with ladders and hand-to-hand bars suspended in the air offering multiple ways to travel within the level. The player can dig (more...) |
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| Lunar Pool
FCI - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 4.0Video Length: 4:24
Lunar Pool takes the historical game of billiards and reinvents it with a unique and futuristic flair. The rules are simple: All you need to do is use your cue stick to hit the white cue ball, causing it to hit the other numbered balls and make them go into the pockets. You can enjoy nearly unlimited (more...) |
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| Mega Man
Capcom - Platform - 1987
Web Rating: 8.6Video Length: 8:47
Mega Man has been in several series and this is the first game in what is called the Mega Man Classic series. This first game established many of the conventions that would define several Mega Man series. Most notably, Mega Man established the setup of a number of stages, each with a Robot Master at (more...) |
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| Metroid
Nintendo - Platform - 1987
Web Rating: 7.9Video Length: 5:23
Metroid provided one of the first highly nonlinear game experiences on a home console. The basic gameplay is a mix of action adventure and platform shooter. The player begins with a very limited amount of power-ups, but must always use their ingenuity to achieve the next "locked" or unreachable area. (more...) |
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| Mighty Bomb Jack
Tecmo - Arcade - 1987
Web Rating: 4.0Video Length: 4:01
The hero of the game, Jack, must make his way through 16 levels of a pyramid in order to defeat the demon Belzebut and rescue the royal Pamera family. Each level is split into two parts; an action zone and a Royal Palace room. The mechanics and level designs of the Royal Palace rooms are directly lifted (more...) |
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| Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Nintendo - Fighting - 1987
Web Rating: 9.3Video Length: 5:55
The game features a boxer named Little Mac working his way up the professional boxing circuits, facing a series of colorful, fictional boxers; leading to a final fight with real-life boxer Mike Tyson. The game requires good reflexes in reaction to the computer-controlled boxers' moves, as the more advanced (more...) |
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| Pro Wrestling
Nintendo - Wrestling - 1987
Video Length: 3:44
The player chooses a wrestler with unique skills and presses various combinations of buttons to use different wrestling moves. It is possible to leave the ring; however, a player who leaves the ring for more than 20 seconds forfeits the match. The game was one of the first wrestling games to feature (more...) |
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| Rad Racer
Nintendo - Racing - 1987
Video Length: 3:32
Rad Racer is an arcade style 3-D racing game. The object of the game is to race to the goal within the given time limit. Along each course are several checkpoints which will increase the amount of time you have to reach the final destination. There are eight different stages with increasingly difficult (more...) |
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| Raid on Bungeling Bay
Broderbund - Shooter - 1987
Video Length: 2:22
Apart from offering a 2D overhead view of terrain which was a bit more complex than in other games, Raid on Bungeling Bay was basically a simple war zone shoot-em-up. The player controlled a helicopter that launches from an aircraft carrier to bomb six factories scattered across islands on a small planetoid (more...) |
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