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Games by Year of Release: 1986

Adventure Construction Set

Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is not a game, but a game maker tool, created by Stuart Smith originally for the Commodore 64 in 1984, then ported to Apple II (1985), Amiga (1986), and MS-DOS (1987).

Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing

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Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance

Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance is an adult card game developed and published by Artworx Software Company in 1982, initially on the Apple II. Between 1983 and 1987, it was p...

Year: 1986 Genre: Puzzler

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Uridium

Uridium is a science fiction side-scrolling shoot 'em-up originally designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64. It was one of the most popular games for the 8-bit home compu...

Year: 1986 Genre: Shooter

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The Sentinel

The Sentinel (The Sentry in the U.S.) is one of the first games of the famous designer and coder Geoff Crammond, the author of the Grand Prix series. Developed initially for the BB...

Year: 1986 Genre: Puzzler

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Arcticfox

Arcticfox is one of the first 3D games ever created for the Amiga. It puts the player in the cockpit of a futuristic tank, on an alien world covered by snow. The game, developed by...

Year: 1986 Genre: Action

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a text adventure by Infocom, based on the famous novel by Douglas Adams, a masterpiece of the comedy science fiction genre, written in 1979.

Year: 1986 Genre: Adventure

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Starflight

Starflight is one of the first sandbox space exploration role-playing and simulation games; it was developed by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts originally for MS-DOS in 1986.

Year: 1986 Genre: Adventure

non-linear real-time science fiction space flight

Silent Service

Silent Service is a warfare submarine simulator designed by legendary Canadian video game creator Sid Meier, known for the acclaimed Sid Meier's Civilization. The game was publis...

Year: 1986 Genre: Simulation

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Dragon Quest

Dragon Quest, known as Dragon Warrior in the US, is a Japanese-style role-playing game created by Chunsoft for the NES and released in 1986. It's the first game of the famous Drago...

Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing

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Gradius

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.

Year: 1986 Genre: Shooter

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Vampire Killer

Vampire Killer is a videogame created by Konami for MSX computers and released in 1986. It's been defined as an alternative version of Castlevania, released one month before, for the Famicom.

Year: 1986 Genre: Platformer

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The Bard's Tale

Tales of the Unknown: Volume I - The Bard’s Tale (or simply The Bard's Tale) is a role playing game designed by Michael Cranford and developed by Interplay. Released initially ...

Year: 1986 Genre: Role Playing

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Joust

Joust is a popular arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It was one of the first and most successful two-player cooperative games. The players control...

Year: 1986 Genre: Arcade

2 players arcade co-op platform

The Chessmaster 2000

The Chessmaster 2000 is the first title in the popular Chessmaster series created by The Software Toolworks. The game, developed initially for MS-DOS, was released in 1986 for PC, Amiga, Commodore 64, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and MSX.

Year: 1986 Genre: Strategy

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