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Ninja Gaiden, released in Japan as Ninja Ryūkenden (Legend of the Ninja Dragon Sword) and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is a side-scrolling cinematic action-platformer. Tecmo developed and published it for the NES; its development and release coincided with the beat 'em up arcade version of the same name. The story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa... 505

Disney's The Jungle Book is a platform game based on the 1967 Disney animated film of the same name, released by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in 1994 for the home consoles and computers. While gameplay is the same on all versions, technological differences between the systems forced changes - in some case drastic - in level design, resulting in... 1527

Batman: The Video Game, is a group of platform games developed by Sunsoft for the NES, Sega Genesis, TurboGrafx16 and Game Boy, loosely based on the 1989 film of the same name. Despite having the same title, each is actually a different game. The NES title is arguably the best known and contains five levels culminating in a showdown with the Joker... 747

RoboWarrior, known in Japan as Bomber King is an action puzzle video game developed by Hudson Soft, and co-developed by Aicom, making it their first NES game they worked on, and published by Jaleco for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the MSX. RoboWarrior takes place on an alien planet called Altile which was created by scientists as a solution... 66

Bomberman II is an action maze like game developed and published by Hudson Soft and released for the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. The game was titled Dynablaster in Europe. The game follows the classic Bomberman formula: Players control Bomberman, who is in a room full of blocks and enemies and must plant bombs to destroy... 1143

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 2D side-scrolling action platformer developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for Genesis/Mega Drive home consoles in 1991. The game features an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic in a quest to defeat Dr. Robotnik, a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and stolen the powerful Chaos Emeralds. The gameplay centers... 6581

Tetris is a tile-matching puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union on an Elektronika 60. This is the version licensed by Russian company Elektronorgtechnica (Elorg) in 1988 to Atari - arcade coin-op machines, and Nintendo - home consoles and handhelds. The game features a standard endless mode, as... 3451

1943: The Battle of Midway is a 1987 shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Capcom. It was the first followup to Capcom's earlier 1942. The game's name is a reference to the Battle of Midway, which in actuality happened in June of 1942. The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll. The goal... 614

1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. It was the first game in the 19XX series. 1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. Despite the game being created by Japanese developers, the goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a Lockheed P-38 Lightning... 844

Uncharted Waters (Daikōkai Jidai) is the first game in the popular Japanese strategy game series, produced by Koei as part of its Rekoeition games. The player assumes the role of Leon Franco, the young, ambitious son of a noble family fallen on hard times in Portugal. The goal of the game is to restore the family's former glory and achieve Leon's dreams.... 195

Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu is a 1990 action platform video game, developed and published by Hudson Soft. The player controls Jackie Chan, the well-known martial arts stunt master, and brawls against many enemies during his quest to save his sister. The game is played through five levels (each with a boss at the end). Throughout the game, The player... 324

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a video game based loosely on the 1992 film of the same name; it was released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Genesis, Game Boy, MS-DOS and Super NES platforms. The game was released in late 1992 for all three Nintendo's consoles available at the time. Mechanically, the three versions are identical, with the... 306

Final Fantasy is a role-playing game created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, developed and first published in Japan by Square, originally released for the Famicom/NES. The game has four basic game modes: an overworld map, town and dungeon maps, a battle screen, and a menu screen. Final Fantasy was the first game to show the player's characters on the right... 408

Lethal Weapon is an action side-scrolling platform game based on the movie series of the same name. The player chooses one of the two police partners - Martin Riggs or Roger Murtaugh (Mel Gibson / Danny Glover) and battles it out with criminals around the city of Los Angeles and the surrounding area. Each character can walk, jump, swimm and kick or... 118

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a side-scrolling platform game for the NES by Konami. loosely based on the 1987 cartoon series of the same name. The Ninja Turtles (Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello) are on a mission to retrieve the Life Transformer Gun from Shredder, a device that could restore their sensei Splinter back to his human form.... 1174

North & South is a combined strategy and action game released in 1989, developed and published by Infogrames. The game is based on the Belgian comic book series "Les Tuniques Bleues", which is based on the American Civil War. The player basically acts out the Civil War, choosing to play as either the North or the South. The player may choose to start... 741

Shadowgate is a 1987 point-and-click adventure, originally released for the Apple Macintosh in the MacVenture series (Deja Vu, Uninvited). The game is named for its setting, Castle Shadowgate, residence of the evil Warlock Lord. The player, as the "last of a great line of hero-kings" is charged with the task of saving the world by defeating the Warlock... 334

Times of Lore was an early computer-based action role-playing game with a detailed world. The story tells of a kingdom where the monarch has died and the dukes and barons are wrestling for power. Barbarians are threatening to invade, and monsters are pillaging the land. The player must assume the role of one of three heroes and unravel the conspiracy... 149

The Legend of Zelda, originally released as The Hyrule Fantasy: Legend of Zelda in Japan, is an RPG with action-adventure and puzzle elements, developed and published by Nintendo, and designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka. Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the plot centers on a boy named Link, the playable protagonist, who aims to collect... 8930

Sweet Home is a psychological horror role-playing game that was released for the Famicom in 1989, developed and published by Capcom in Japan only. The game is based on the Japanese horror film of the same name and is a forerunner of the Resident Evil game series, sometimes perceived as the original game in the survival horror video game genre. Plot:... 264