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Genre : Platform
Publisher : Data East
Released : January 1988
Karnov must travel through 9 different levels. He must walk, jump and shoot his way through these levels and find special items that will help him on his way. He can collect red orbs in which he can upgrade up to 3 fireballs at a time. Each level contains...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : Taito
Released : January 1988
In Renegade, the player controls a nameless thug who fights a variety of street gangs on his way to save his girlfriend. Unlike other similar games like Double Dragon and Final Fight, the playfield is limited to one two-screen-wide area (a subway platform...
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Genre : Shooter
Publisher : Capcom
Released : February 1988
Gun.Smoke is very similar to Commando, another Capcom game. However, there are differences in Gun. Smoke. Whereas Commando is a run and gun game, this game is a scrolling shooter in which the screen scrolls upward automatically and players only have three...
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Genre : Racing
Publisher : Nintendo
Released : February 1988
R.C. Pro-Am plays very similar to early 1980's overhead racers like Super Sprint; the game is fast, has very simplified physics, and the courses have a large number of twists and turns. The difference from those titles, is that R.C. Pro-Am's game ...
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Genre : Sports
Publisher : LJN
Released : February 1988
Town and Country Surf Designs is an NES action game where players have to skate, evading obstacles and enemies. Then, take to the surfboard!...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : Konami
Released : February 12, 1988
The player's character is equipped with a semi-automatic rifle with an unlimited amount of ammunition and can jump, move and fire in all four cardinal directions and all four ordinal directions. The protagonists can move and jump simultaneously while firi...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : Bandai
Released : March 1988
The game stars Son Goku and very roughly follows the first two volumes of the Dragon Ball manga, culminating in the first wish from Shenlong. (In the US, this portion of the storyline is often called the Emperor Pilaf Saga.) The game consists of 2D overhe...
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Genre : Sports
Publisher : Nintendo
Released : March 1988
Each game consists of two teams in 5v5 matches (one on each team being a goaltender). The four players on offense and defense may be in one of three different weight classes (determined pre-game): thin players, ordinary players, and stocky players. Thin p...
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Genre : Light Gun
Publisher : Sunsoft
Released : April 1988
Players assume the role of an anti-terrorist gunman who must kill terrorists without shooting any of their hostages. The game has different levels, including an airport that has been taken over by the terrorists and a city street. The game does have some ...
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Genre : Adventure
Publisher : Broderbund
Released : April 1988
In The Guardian Legend, the player takes control of the guardian of Earth, a "highly sophisticated aerobot transformer". It is the guardian's mission to infiltrate Naju, a spaceship the size of a planet which is hurtling towards the Earth. W...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : SNK
Released : April 1988
When we last saw Paul and Vince, they had saved the Colonel and were about to head for home in a special plane given to them by the General. But then, while in flight over the ocean, the sky suddenly blackens - the ocean begins to churn - and the plane go...
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Genre : Baseball
Publisher : LJN
Released : April 1988
Sure you've always wanted to be a professional ball player but have you ever thought about managing? Well, here's your chance to prove yourself both on and off the field. You choose your starting line-ups based on individual stats and playing situ...
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Genre : Arcade
Publisher : Jaleco
Released : May 1988
The main character in the game is a driver on a tour of all the sights and roads across the world. To prove that he has visited a particular location, he must drive around the location painting every section of the road white. However, the police, who hav...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : Acclaim
Released : May 1988
While the game's cover art predominantly displays Rambo firing heavy ammo, unlike the movies the game has Rambo fightly mostly snakes, spiders, and animals, with little fighting with actual people. Also, Rambo's primary weapon for the majority of ...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : Tradewest
Released : June 1988
The story of Double Dragon is set in a post-apocalyptic version of New York City, five years after a Nuclear War, where gangs and criminal organizations take control of the city. The protagonists are Billy and Jimmy Lee, the titular duo and the successors...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : Ultra
Released : June 1988
The player must navigate the main character (codenamed "Solid Snake") through various locations, while avoiding visual contact and direct confrontation with patrolling guards. If the player is seen, the game enters the "Alert Mode." In...
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Genre : Baseball
Publisher : Jaleco
Released : July 1988
Bases Loaded featured a unique television-style depiction of the pitcher-batter matchup, as well as strong play control and a relatively high degree of realism, which made it one of the most popular baseball games of the early NES era. One unique feature ...
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Genre : Adventure
Publisher : Nintendo
Released : July 1988
You are the elves' last hope. Outside the town walls lurk monsters with the power to destroy anything in their path. Inside the walls, water and time are running out. Soon the ancient elf town of Eolis will vanish into eternity. Only you can save Eoli...
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Genre : Action
Publisher : SNK
Released : July 1988
In 1944 the United Forces are preparing their final assault on the Normandy coast. The mission is to break through the front lines and destroy enemy headquarters. To spearhead the invasion, they have chosen Paul from Command Unit 88, also known as Iron Sn...
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Genre : Shooter
Publisher : Capcom
Released : July 1988
Legendary Wings takes place 20,000 years in the future in a Greek mythos-themed world. The player controls a soldier wearing mechanical wings who flies across the landscape while shooting various flying and stationary machines with a weapon that improves ...
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