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Sokoban
is a puzzle video game created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi. In Sokoban, the player pushes boxes in a warehouse to get them onto storage locations. The game is viewed from a top-down perspective. Boxes can only be pushed, never pulled, and only one box can be pushed at a time. The principal challenge is planning moves correctly to avoid causing a deadlock, a situation where a box or the player becomes permanently trapped, making the puzzle unsolvable.

Lode Runner
1983 video game
1943: The Battle of Midway
1987 arcade game

Nintendo World Cup
1990 NES association football video game

Out Run
1986 video game

Q1327963
is a 1983 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan and in North America by Atari, Inc. in February 1983. Controlling the Solvalou starship, the player attacks Xevious forces before they destroy all of mankind. The Solvalou has two weapons at its disposal: a zapper to destroy flying craft, and a blaster to bomb ground installations and enemies. It runs on the Namco Galaga arcade system.
Q2468410
1987 arcade video game

Altered Beast
1988 video game

Gradius
1985 arcade game

R-Type
is a 1987 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Irem for arcades. The player controls the R-9 "Arrowhead" starship in its efforts to destroy the Bydo, a powerful alien race bent on wiping out all of mankind. The R-9 can acquire a glowing orb called a "Force", giving limited protection from enemy fire and providing additional firepower.

Ninja Gaiden
1988 video game developed by Tecmo for NES
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1987 video game

Pac-Land
is a 1984 platform game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in North America by Bally Midway, and in Europe by Atari Games. Controlling Pac-Man, the player must make it to the end of each stage to return a lost fairy back to its home in Fairyland. Pac-Man will need to avoid obstacles, such as falling logs and water-spewing fire hydrants, alongside his enemies, the Ghost Gang. Eating large flashing Power Pellets will cause the ghosts to turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for points.

Turrican
Turrican is a 1990 run and gun video game developed by Factor 5 and published by Rainbow Arts. Designed by Manfred Trenz, it was released for the Commodore 64, and was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64. A sequel, Turrican II: The Final Fight, followed in 1991 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms.

Salamander
1986 shoot 'em up video game

Raiden
1990 scrolling shooter arcade game
Q288958
1987 video game

Space Harrier
1985 video game

Columns
1990 match-three puzzle video game

Wonder Boy in Monster Land
1987 video game

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
1989 video game

Darius
1987 video game

Bonk's Adventure
1989 computer and video game

Solomon's Key
1986 puzzle game

The Tower of Druaga
1984 video game

Klax
1989 video game
Q90994
1988 video game

The NewZealand Story
1988 video game

Bomberman '94
video game by Hudson and part of their Bomberman franchise
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1987 video game

Yokai Dochuki
arcade game by Namco

Truxton
1988 video game

Parasol Stars: The Story Of Rainbow Islands 2
1992 video game

Devil's Crush
1990 pinballl video game

Fantasy Zone
1986 arcade video game

Puzznic
is a tile-matching video game developed and released by Taito for arcades in 1989. It was converted to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, PC Engine, X68000, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum between 1990 and 1991. Home computer ports were handled by Ocean Software; the 2003 PlayStation port was handled by Altron. The arcade and FM Towns versions have adult content, showing a naked woman at the end of the level; this was removed in the international arcade release (but not the US one) and other home ports. The completed Apple IIGS port was never offic

Air Buster
1990 video game
Special Criminal Investigation
1989 video game

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
1991 video game

Splatterhouse
is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Namco for Japanese arcades. It was the first in a series of games released in home console and personal computer formats. This game would later spawn the parody Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti, the sequels Splatterhouse 2, Splatterhouse 3, and the 2010 remake Splatterhouse, with the classic games being added to Namco Museum since 2017.

Die Hard
1991 video game

Volfied
is an arcade video game designed by Fukio Mitsuji and released by Taito in 1989. It is a successor to Qix, with extra features and a futuristic science fiction aesthetic, rather than Qixs abstract geometry style; the player pilots a small spaceship named "Monotros" instead of a marker, and the enemies come in the form of various aliens.
A-Train
is a series of business simulation video games developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink in Japan. The first game in the series was published in 1985. The first release in the United States was Take the A-Train II, published in 1988 by the Seika Corporation under the title Railroad Empire. However, the most well known U.S. release is Take the A-Train III, published in 1992 by Maxis as simply A-Train. There is also the spin-off title C.E.O.

Bomberman
1990 video game by Hudson Soft for PC

Detana!! TwinBee
1991 video game

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
1992 arcade game

Super Dodge Ball
1987 video game

Vigilante
1988 arcade video game

Don Doko Don
1989 video game

Ninja Spirit
1988 video game

Alien Crush
1988 video game

Parodius! From Myth to Laughter
1990 video game

TaleSpin
1991 video game

Galaga '88
1987 video game

Dungeon Explorer
1989 video game
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Cadash
is an arcade action role-playing game with elements of the platform game genre originally released by Taito in 1990. It was then ported to the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991 and the Sega Genesis in 1992. It is included in Taito Memories Volume 2 released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005 and the Xbox and Microsoft Windows versions of Taito Legends 2 released in 2007. The original arcade version was made available for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch via the Arcade Archives series on August 31, 2023.

Hatris
is a 1990 puzzle video game developed by Alexey Pajitnov and Vladimir Pokhilko of ParaGraph for Bullet-Proof Software. An arcade version was manufactured by Video System.

Neutopia
is an overhead action-adventure video game developed by Hudson Soft. It was released by Hudson for the PC Engine in Japan on November 17, 1989. It was then released by NEC for the TurboGrafx-16 in North America on April 15, 1990. It was re-released for the Virtual Console service worldwide for the Wii in 2007; it was re-released for the PlayStation Network in Japan in 2010 and in North America in 2011. It was re-released for the Wii U on April 16, 2014 in Japan, and in USA and Europe in 2017. The game takes place in the land of Neutopia, where the evil demon Dirth has captured Princess Aurora

Magical Chase
1991 video game