The Black Onyx is a Japanese RPG created by Bullet-Proof Software originally in 1984 for the NEC-PC 8801. It was the first role-playing game developed in Japan, taking inspiration from big western hits such as Wizardry and Ultima.
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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action-adventure adventure aliens atari st original first-person space exploration spaceshipF/A-18 Interceptor is a 3D combat flight simulator developed by Intellisoft and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga systems in 1988. The game that allows the player to man a...
Year: 1988 Genre: Simulation
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Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
anime nes original game platform-shooter platformer science fictionBattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
aliens cyborgs post-apocalyptic real-time robots rpg science fiction top-down rpgPolice Quest II: The Vengeance is an adventure game released in 1988 as a sequel to Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel. The game was created by Jim Walls for Sierra On...
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Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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c64 original game commodore 64 h-scrolling shoot-em up science fiction shooter side-scrollingRastan is a hack & slash side-scrolling platformer created by Taito and released initially in 1987. The game was designed and directed by Toshiyuki (aka "Nenko") Nishimura. The her...
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