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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Nintendo
Released : August 10, 1988
Donkey Kong Classics features both the original Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. on a single cartridge. In Donkey Kong, you need to guide Mario safely up the scaffolding to rescue his girlfriend, Pauline. In Donkey Kong Jr., the roles are reversed; you con...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Nintendo
Released : June 1986
The player (Junior) attempts to rescue Papa, Donkey Kong. The game can be classified as a platformer. Fruits hang in predictable locations, which can be loosed to fall on enemies, killing them. The game has four levels; Vines, Springboard, Chains and Mari...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Taito
Released : August 1987
The player assumes the role of a spy who infiltrates a building filled with elevators. He must collect secret documents from the building and traverse the 30 levels of the building using an increasingly complex series of elevators. The player is pursued b...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Bandai
Released : September 1988
Galaga is a sequel to Galaxian and has similar gameplay. The player controls a spaceship (which can move only right or left) and shoots at swarms of incoming insect-like aliens that fly in formation above him and occasionally swoop down to bomb him in a k...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Tengen
Released : 1988
Unlicensed
Gauntlet is a fantasy-themed arcade game port. A player may control either Thor the Warrior, Merlin the Wizard, Thyra the Valkyrie or Questor the Elf. There is only one of each hero. Each hero has a unique specialty/advantage: The Warrior is strongest in ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Mindscape
Released : September 1990
The biggest difference from the original game is that each player can now choose his class, instead of being limited to a particular one for each joystick. Thus, instead of having a "warrior" or a "wizard" (for instance), in Gauntlet 2...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Activision
Released : October 1988
The player sets up a ghost busting franchise in a city with a rising Psychokinetic (PK) Energy level and has the ability to purchase equipment such as traps, or to upgrade their vehicle. The player then negotiates a grid representing the city. They need t...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Activision
Released : April 1990
The game is a single-player side-scrolling game where the player controls a Ghostbuster through various stages based on the film, making their way to the museum before time runs out. One level involves riding around in the hero's famous car and anothe...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : T*HQ
Released : October 1991
Based on the movie of the same name The game only allows for one player and the object is to get all your parents' valuables in the basement before the "Wet Bandits" get to them and kidnap you....
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Tengen
Released : 1990
Unlicensed
The arcade game based on the second movie in the series. Indy "whips" his way through the levels solving tasks such as saving the children from Mola Ram. Jump gaps using your whip to swing across. Ride mine carts, choosing the right track and av...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : LJN
Released : November 1987
Jaws is an NES game based on the film franchise of the same name, specifically Jaws: The Revenge, the fourth and final film in the series. Unlike the movies, the game is a simple shark hunt arranged like an action RPG; the player pilots a boat across the ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : HAL
Released : October 1988
The player takes the role of a knight with a lance, mounted on an ostrich, battling waves of computer-controlled enemy knights. The enemy knights have three different speed and agility levels and are mounted on large, vulture-like creatures of their own. ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Broderbund
Released : September 1987
The player controls a stick figure, collecting all the gold in the level, and avoiding robots trying to catch the player. The levels feature a multi-story brick platform motif, with ladders and hand-to-hand bars suspended in the air offering multiple ways...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : FCI
Released : October 1987
Lunar Pool takes the historical game of billiards and reinvents it with a unique and futuristic flair. The rules are simple: All you need to do is use your cue stick to hit the white cue ball, causing it to hit the other numbered balls and make them go in...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Taxan
Released : April 1989
Mappy-Land (a.k.a. Mappy 3) is a video game console-only sequel to the 1983 Namco/Midway arcade game Mappy. There are eight theme lands on each in this game. In this game, Mappy the Mouse was given an extended family, including his wife, "Mapico the ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Nintendo
Released : June 1986
Mario Bros. is a 2D side-view platform game. There is only one screen; the platforms have the same position for the entire game. The goal for each phase is to "kick off all the pests". Mario or Luigi can run right and left, and jump. The players...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : American Video
Released : 1992
Unlicensed
Maxi 15 is a multi-cart of many American Video releases. The games included on Maxi 15 are as follows: F-15 City War, Rad Racket Tennis, Puzzle, Chiller, Blackjack, Solitaire, Tiles of Fate, Menace Beach, Krazy Kreatures, Shockwave, DeathRace, Dudes with ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Tecmo
Released : July 1987
The hero of the game, Jack, must make his way through 16 levels of a pyramid in order to defeat the demon Belzebut and rescue the royal Pamera family. Each level is split into two parts; an action zone and a Royal Palace room. The mechanics and level desi...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : HAL
Released : October 1988
The player controls an archer at the bottom of the screen. The player's objective is to destroy the millipede chain that begins at the top of the screen. There are mushrooms scattered around the playing field, which must be shot to be destroyed. When ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Matchbox
Released : January 1992
A simple, top-down driving game where you play a patrol officer in a city police force. You progressively take down bigger bad guys by chasing them down and shooting at them. The gameplay is a precursor to the first Grand Theft Auto games, developed later...
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