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Gradius is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up developed and published by Konami, initially in 1985 as an arcade. The game was ported to MSX and NES in 1986 and released outside Japan with the name "Nemesis.
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Silkworm is a side-scrolling shooter arcade developed by Tecmo and released initially in 1988. In 1989 the game was ported to Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum by Random Access.
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Space Ace is the second laserdisc game created by Don Bluth, published at the end of 1983, less than 1 year after Dragon's Lair's huge success. The home computers conversions, for ...
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Rampage is a popular arcade created by Bally Midway in 1986. It was ported to Commodore 64, Atari ST, and Atari 8-bit in 1987. Later it was also released for Amiga, NES, Apple II, ...
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Rainbow Islands is the sequel to Bubble Bobble and was developed and published by Taito in 1987 for arcades only. It would remain a coin-op until 1990 when it was ported to the Amiga, Commodore 64, and other home platforms.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the famous arcade developed by Atari in 1983. The cabinet of The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1985 as an upgrade to the first one.
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Shadow Warriors (or Ninja Gaiden in non-PAL countries) is a coin-op created by Tecmo and released in 1988. The home computer versions were developed by Ocean and published in 1990 ...
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Bomb Jack Beer Edition is a Bomb Jack clone created for the Amiga by Graeme Cowie (Mcgeezer) and released in the public domain in 2018. Unlike the official Amiga port, this edition...
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R-Type II is the sequel to the original R-Type and is a side-scrolling arcade shooter developed and published by Irem in 1989 in arcades only. It soon made its way onto multiple pl...
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Marble Madness is an arcade created by Atari Games and published initially in 1984. You have to guide a rolling ball (a marble) down your path, viewed from an isometric perspective, avoiding obstacles and enemies.
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Operation Wolf is a rail-shooter arcade released by Taito in 1987. It was ported to many home platforms, including Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Atari ST, Amiga, and more. Roy Ad...
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Gauntlet II is the sequel to the popular hack and slash fantasy arcade created by Atari Games. Released in 1986, one year after the original game, Gauntlet II was ported to the Ami...
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Rodland (aka Rod-Land or Rod Land) is a platformer developed and published by Jaleco in 1990 initially in arcades only. In the following years, it was ported to multiple other plat...
Year: 1991 Genre: Platformer
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Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is an Atari coin-op released in 1989, ported to Amiga, CPC, Atari ST, C64, DOS, and other platforms. The game was designed by Mark Stephen Pierce, also known for Klax and Dark Castle.
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