📆 1989 games
175 games released in 1989, organized by month. Click a month for the full monthly release schedule.
March 1989 1 game
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Phantasy Star II
Moto, a once peaceful tropical paradise and the shining jewel of the Algo Star System, is facing terrible oppr…
April 1989 2 games
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Super Mario Land
The Mario game that launched with Game Boy. Mario travels to Sarasaland to rescue Princess Daisy.
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River City Ransom
國夫與阿力在城市中自由行動、痛擊不良少年並購物強化能力，結合清版格鬥與角色扮演要素。
June 1989 1 game
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Far East of Eden: Ziria
以虛構日本「吉邦」為舞台的和風角色扮演遊戲，火之一族的自來也對抗大門教，是早期CD-ROM遊戲代表作。
July 1989 1 game
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MOTHER
糸井重里企劃的現代美國風格角色扮演遊戲，少年奈南與夥伴對抗外星人的入侵。
December 1989 9 games
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The Revenge of Shinobi
After being reduced to rubble by Joe Musashi, the crime syndicate “Zeed” has made a vengeful return as “Neo Ze…
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Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
以西蒙的祖先拉爾夫為主角的前傳作品，可切換多名同伴並選擇分歧路線。
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The Final Fantasy Legend
Game Boy 首款角色扮演遊戲，冒險者組隊攀登連接各個世界的巨塔，也是《SaGa》系列的第一作。
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Gradius III
系列第三作，加入自訂武器編輯功能，以極高難度著稱。
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スウィートホーム
改編自同名恐怖電影，五名攝影隊成員困在鬧鬼宅邸中分頭探索求生，被視為《惡靈古堡》的靈感來源。
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Final Fight
市長哈格與柯迪、凱為救出被綁架的潔西卡，在美特羅市痛擊瑪德吉亞幫的清版格鬥遊戲。
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Duke 2
駕駛可變形戰機指揮部隊佔領據點、摧毀敵方主基地，常被視為即時戰略遊戲的先驅之一。
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Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes
《英雄傳說》系列的起點，王子賽利歐斯踏上旅程奪回被奪走的王國。
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Bonk's Adventure
大頭原始人以頭槌擊倒恐龍、用牙齒攀爬牆壁的橫向動作遊戲，成為PC Engine的招牌角色。
1989 (date TBA) 161 games
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Tex Murphy: Mean Streets
The year is 2033. Your name is Tex Murphy, Private Investigator in San Francisco. You've been hired by the bea…
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Dragon Wars
The designers of the Bard's Tale series, Wasteland, and Battle Chess pooled their talents to create the ultima…
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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
The whole Kidd family is upset! Alex’s father, King Thor, is missing, and they suspect he has been kidnapped b…
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Crack Down
Ben and Andy, the two top Special Service agents have accepted a very dangerous assignment – the elimination o…
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Sword of Vermilion
To take revenge against Tsarkon over his father’s death, the prince must collect the eight Rings of Good hidde…
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Curse of the Azure Bonds
Welcome to the official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer product, Curse of the Azure Bonds, A Forgotten Re…
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Richman
The first installment of the Monopoly series released by Dassault Informatique, where you roll the dice to adv…
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SimCity: The City Simulator
Plan roads and residential, commercial, and industrial zones while managing your budget to develop your city. …
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Populous
Move mountains, part the seas, and lead mortal armies to victory in Populous. Take on the powers of a mighty d…
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Prince of Persia
A classic platform action game where you must navigate through dungeon traps and guards to rescue the princess…
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DuckTales
史高治叔叔以手杖彈跳前往世界各地尋寶的橫向動作遊戲，改編自迪士尼卡通。
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Strider
特級忍者飛龍揮舞光劍、攀爬牆壁與天花板，潛入敵陣討伐冥王的高速橫向動作遊戲。
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Golden Axe
三名戰士為討伐魔王死亡亞德而戰的奇幻清版動作遊戲，可施放魔法並騎乘怪獸坐騎。
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Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
亞特魯與夥伴多奇前往菲爾加納地方，系列唯一改為橫向捲軸動作的作品，後以《伊蘇 菲爾加納之誓約》重製。
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Europe, 1938: The lost Ark was just a warm-up! Now Adolf Hitler is after the most powerful talisman of all - t…
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Stunt Car Racer
駕駛改裝賽車在高架的雲霄飛車式賽道上競速，需控制車速避免在跳台墜落，由傑夫·克拉蒙德開發。
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Hard Drivin'
以多邊形3D畫面呈現的街機駕駛遊戲，方向盤具力回饋，可挑戰包含迴圈與跳台的特技賽道。
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Xenon 2 Megablast
縱向捲軸射擊遊戲，可在關卡中途的商店購買武器，以改編自Bomb the Bass的配樂聞名。
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Shadow of the Beast
被變成野獸的戰士向魔王復仇的橫向動作遊戲，以多層視差捲軸與氛圍配樂展現Amiga的機能。
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Kick Off
俯視角足球遊戲，球不會黏在球員腳上，需要精準控球，由迪諾·迪尼設計。
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Space Quest III: The Pirates Of Pestulon
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon continues the hilarious space-faring adventures of Roger Wilco, the u…
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game is a side-scrolling action title based on the 1989 film of…
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Pipe Dream
Your goal in this game is to build pipes. The water flows in the pipes and you have to build them as fast as p…
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Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain
Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain is a World War II combat flight simulation game by Lawrence Holland, …
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Black Gold
Oil Imperium is an Oil business strategic game. Every player has one month for dealing. He can buy or sell oil…
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It Came from the Desert
It Came From the Desert is an action-adventure game that derives its inspiration from the many cult-horror B-M…
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Castlevania: The Adventure
Castlevania: The Adventure is a platform game released for the Game Boy in 1989. It is the first Castlevania t…
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North & South
Your objective is ensure victory for your side by eliminating all the enemy armies. You will be controlling ar…
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Turbo OutRun
The sequel to OutRun features similar basic gameplay to the original, with the action viewed from behind the c…
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The Duel: Test Drive II
The Duel: Test Drive II is a cross-platform racing game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Acc…
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B.A.T.
You're actually one of B.A.T. (Bureau of Astral Troubleshooters) sergeants, and a new mission awaits you. Vran…
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James Bond 007: Licence to Kill
A "James Bond" action/arcade game based on the movie with the same name. Your aim is to avenge the death of Fe…
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Abrams Battle Tank
Frontline heat. Behind the gun of an M1A1. 0400 Hours: Mission Briefing, Soviet FST-1's and BMP's are pouring …
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Bloodwych
The land of Trazere was once ruled by the powerful and benevolent organization of mages known as Bloodwych. Go…
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Adventures of Lolo
Adventures of Lolo is a puzzle game released in 1989 by HAL Corporation for the Nintendo Entertainment System.…
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Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back
Chaos Strikes Back is an expansion and sequel to Dungeon Master, the earlier 3D real-time action role-playing …
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Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
Carmen Sandiego and her gang are loose once again, and it is the players job to capture her! This time around …
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Budokan: The Martial Spirit
Walk the path of the warrior. Learn four classic martial arts- Karate, Kendo, Nunchaku and Bo. Combine power a…
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Zero Wing
Zero Wing is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game, notable for a poorly translated English version for Se…
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Volfied
Once in the game, using the arrow keys you can move the 'Scanner' ship around the 'Shield Line' at the paramet…
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Arch Rivals
Arch Rivals is a basketball game developed and published by Midway in 1989. The game introduces violence as an…
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Super Monaco GP
A superb Formula One racing game from Sega that took sprite-scaled graphics to a whole new level. The game's s…
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688 Attack Sub
688 Attack Sub is a classic modern submarine simulation which puts you in command of either the American Los A…
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Fester's Quest
It's just a kidnapping. Of an entire day. By an alien UFO! Will Fester sit still for this? The quest begins. F…
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Indianapolis 500: The Simulation
Indianapolis 500: The Simulation is a 1989 computer game. It was hailed as the first step of differentiating r…
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Ballistix
Ballistix is a video game created by Martin Edmondson for the Amiga and Atari ST and published by Psyclapse in…
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Thunder Force II
Thunder Force II is a scrolling shooter developed by Technosoft. Thunder Force II was one of the six launch ti…
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Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer is an action platform game developed by Sega for the Sega System 18 arcade system in 1989. A por…
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Willow
The version of Willow released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Famicom is an adventure game in t…
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Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Abadox is a video game for the NES, subtitled The Deadly Inner War. It is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up in the…
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1988 side-scrolling action video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System loose…
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Friday the 13th
The game is a 2D action horror based on the first movie of popular horror franchise Friday the 13th. The game …
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dragons of Flame
This game is a sequel to Heroes of the Lance. It is arcade oriented, with RPG elements. The player utilizes bo…
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The Adventures of Bayou Billy
The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in No…
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Bandit Kings of Ancient China
Bandit Kings of Ancient China is a turn-based strategy role-playing simulation game developed and published by…
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Baseball Simulator 1.000
Baseball Simulator 1.000 was made by Culture Brain exclusively for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released…
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ABC Monday Night Football
ABC Sports and Data East team up to take you to the gridiron! Strap on your helmet, put that black stuff under…
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S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation
Chase H.Q. II- Special Criminal Investigation- continuing where Chase H.Q. left off. Your mission is to track …
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The Colonel's Bequest
The Colonel's Bequest is a character-driven graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line. It was developed for Ata…
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Drakkhen
The prophecy has been fulfilled. The world shall be ruled by the dragons. On an island far away, their lords p…
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F-15 Strike Eagle II
The second in the series features campaigns in Lybia, the Persian Gulf, The Middle East and Vietnam, making fo…
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Fantasy World Dizzy
Dizzy and Daisy strolled through the enchanted forest without a care in the world...but suddenly the Evil King…
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Nuclear War
As leader of a global power in a fictional world, you must lead your nation to victory by being the last remai…
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Rick Dangerous
The game is largely based on the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. Set in 1945, British agent Rick …
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Shufflepuck Cafe
Shufflepuck Café is a computer air hockey game developed by Christopher Gross, Gene Portwood and Lauren Elliot…
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Toki
The hero of the game is a young jungle-man named Toki. One day the evil wizard Dr. Stark kidnaps his girlfrien…
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S.T.U.N. Runner
You are a S.T.U.N. Runner doing time trials. Shoot or avoid other vehicles that hinder you while driving the o…
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Dynamite Düx
Side-scrolling beat 'em ups in which you must rescue a trapped female friend are nothing unusual. Where this o…
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Millenium: Return To Earth
Millenium: Return To Earth is a strategy game, in which player commands human colony on the Moon. Gameplay foc…
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Cobra Triangle
in Cobra Triangle the player controls a weapon-equipped speedboat through 25 levels. Objectives include winnin…
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Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
A direct sequel to Wonder Boy in Monster Land, you wander through the lands using multiple forms that each hav…
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Castle of Dragon
It's a 2D action game focused on hack & slash with occasional platforming sections. Castle of Dragon contains …
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Clash at Demonhead
Clash at Demonhead is an open-ended platformer. The player takes control of Billy "Big Bang" Blitz, who is cap…
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Street Rod
Year is 1963 and you're one of the hotshots aspiring to be king of the county. You're given a small sum of mon…
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Tennis
Tennis is, as the name implies, Nintendo's version of the sport. One player vs computer or two players will co…
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Top Gun: The Second Mission
Top Gun: The Second Mission, known as Top Gun: Duel Fighters in Japan, is a combat flight game developed and p…
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U.N. Squadron
Side-scrolling shoot-em-up, in a similar style to such games as Gradius, R-Type and Scramble. The aim is to wi…
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Hero's Quest: So You Want to Be a Hero
The little town of Spielburg is populated mostly by beer-drinking humans and some centaurs who like working in…
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Future Wars
In the year 1989, a simple window cleaner is working outside of a skyscraper. Intending to play a prank on his…
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The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
The Crazy Castle series is an action-puzzle game series created by Kemco and released on the Famicom Disk Syst…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
NOTE: This is the original 4-Player Arcade release, not the NES Title. The player chooses from one of the four…
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Sword of Sodan
Like Søren Grønbech's other game Datastorm, Sword of Sodan was most noted on the technical side, as the sprite…
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Midnight Resistance
Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in 1989. Th…
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Battle Squadron
The destruction of the Barrax Empire... A Whirling Barra ship darts out from the recesses of a dark spiral cav…
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Dragon Breed
The player's character is a human who rides a large, green, flying Chinese-style dragon. The dragon is invinci…
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Cyber Police ESWAT
The game is a sidescrolling platformer similar to Shinobi. The game is set in the near future, where the playe…
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Buster Bros.
Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World and in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 arcade act…
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R-Type II
The game is the sequel to R-Type, which was first released as an arcade game in 1987 and profoundly influenced…
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
The player takes control of a master, a general capable of commanding as many states as he can acquire, and, i…
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Manhunter 2: San Francisco
It has been over 2 years since the agressive Orbs attacked the Earth. Now you work as a Manhunter, the highest…
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Alleyway
Interstellar ping-pong with a deadly energy ball! Your spaceship is at the gate of the Alleyway. Use your vess…
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Boomer's Adventure in Asmik World
This video game stars Boomer (Asmik-kun in the Japanese version), a pink dinosaur, coursing through maze-like …
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Boxxle
The player must maneuver boxes in a warehouse in order to make enough money to woo his desired girlfriend.
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J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is the 16-bit game with additional adventuring features compared to the 8…
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Tetris
Tetris is a puzzle video game created by Soviet software engineer Alexey Pajitnov in the mid-1980s. Players ar…
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Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a Nintendo Entertainment System game developed by Beam Software and loosely modeled afte…
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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar
Hillsfar: An incredible fantasy that combines the best of role-playing adventures and fast-paced action games.…
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TV Sports Basketball
TV Sports: Basketball gives you total control over an entire squad, including player substitutions and strateg…
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Astyanax
Astyanax is a side-scrolling platform action game set in a fantasy world. The hero sets out to slay the evil w…
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Bad Street Brawler
Bad Street Brawler was one of two games that were designed for the Power Glove, which was manufactured by Matt…
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Baseball Stars
Baseball Stars has become one of the most influential games in the development of sports video games since it …
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Blockout
Blockout is a puzzle videogame, created in 1989 by Polish developer - California Dreams, designed by Aleksande…
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Targhan
Targhan is developed as a side-scrolling action game with touches of adventure, in which we will have to solve…
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Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
Bumpy, also known as Pop-Up and Cool-Ball, is a 2D platforming video game created by Loriciels. It was release…
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Beast Busters
The longest day of your life... All hope abandon ye who enter here! Bloodthirsty monsters, mad scientists and …
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Blood Money
Hold it right there. Are you really ready for this one? Have you got the courage to load up the experience tha…
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Chambers of Shaolin
In the first part of this game, you will have to train your character in the various chambers of Shaolin. Each…
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Continental Circus
Continental Circus, released as Continental Circuit in North America, is a racing simulation arcade game, crea…
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Dynasty Wars
Originating in the arcades, Dynasty Wars is a beat-em-up set during the Three Kingdoms Era of the Chinese hist…
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Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters
Based on the arcade game, in Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters you are sent in on a rescue mission …
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F29 Retaliator
F29 Retaliator is an combat flight simulator by Digital Image Design, published by Ocean Software in 1989.
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Myth: History in the Making
In this platform game, you are a mere mortal who has been called by the Gods to defeat several mythological cr…
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Act-Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon
It features a cyborg battling against alien creatures, while collecting power-ups and defeating bosses to adva…
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Fighter Bomber
In the game, the player participates in the annual Strategic Air Command Bombing and Navigation Competition at…
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M1 Tank Platoon
Command a platoon of tanks around the battlefield, enter a tank and take on the role of any of four stations a…
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Ivan ''Ironman'' Stewart's Super Off Road
Enter the world of off-road racing as 4 vehicles will face each other, on a series of tracks which are based a…
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Stormlord
Badh the queen has imposed a terrible vengeance on the land by kidnapping the fairies. To restore things their…
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The Untouchables
You are The Untouchables in this side-scrolling action game. Play as Elliot Ness after the ruthless Mafia boss…
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
You play this game as the Private Investigator, Eddie Valliant, while Roger Rabbit wanders around the scenery …
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MechWarrior
MechWarrior is the first video game released in the BattleTech game series. MechWarrior was the first video ga…
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A-10 Tank Killer
This simulation puts you in the cockpit of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, which is also known as the "Warthog". As t…
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Fast Food
Dizzy's back! In Fast Food, Dizzy must run around mazes scoffing loadsa food - chickens, burgers, pizzas, milk…
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Ghostbusters II
The release of "Ghostbusters II" for DOS, based on the movie of the same name.
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Dragon Spirit: The New Legend
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend is a fantasy-themed overhead shoot-'em-up. It is a remixed port of the 1987 arca…
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World Championship Soccer
The game presents a top-down view of a simple version of soccer (there are no fouls, substitutions, or strateg…
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Hellfire
In the year 2998, humanity has finally reached the stars, and was able to build a prosperous, peaceful society…
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Last Battle
Last Battle: Legend of the Final Hero is a side-scrolling action game similarly to its predecessor Black Belt.…
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Super Hydlide
Super Hydlide is an action role-playing game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It incorporates a 'good/evil cha…
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Twin Hawk
Twin Hawk is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan and published by Taito. Twin…
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Valis II
Valis II has the same basic plot as its computer counterpart: Rogles, the tyrant of the magical world Vecanti,…
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Fire Shark
In the arcade version, one summer night in 1991, an enemy fleet known as the Strange Fleet approached a small …
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Darius II
Darius II is a 1989 arcade video game developed by Taito. It is the direct sequel to the 1987 Darius. It was l…
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Tecmo World Cup '90
Tecmo World Cup '90 is a football (soccer) arcade game released in 1989 by Tecmo. An unofficial bootleg of the…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare of Elm Street is an action game based on the movie of the same name, where the player attempts to …
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Street Smart
Street Smart is an Action game, developed and published by SNK, which was released in 1989.
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Secret Quest
It started with one station, then three, then eight. If something isn't done, the aliens will overrun Earth. I…
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Blazing Lazers
Blazing Lazers is a top-down shooter featuring 9 levels of varied and fast-paced action. The story here is the…
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Military Madness
Military Madness (released as Nectaris in Japan) is a futuristic turn-based strategy war game. The year is 208…
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Basketball Nightmare
Basketball Nightmare is a basketball game where the player plays basketball against strange humanoid creatures…
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SpellCaster
He has been summoned by Daikak, the great leader of the Summit Temple, to stop a war between factions of warlo…
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Psycho Fox
Psycho Fox must get to the right hand side of the level. However, there are many enemies in the way. He can us…
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Super Dodge Ball
Team USA is on its way to a Cinderella success story in the Super Dodgy Ball World Cup Championships. From out…
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Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus
Something was terribly wrong in the distant man-made Spondylus star system. One by one, the planets' central l…
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The Uncanny X-Men
The Uncanny X-Men is an overhead-view action game. Players commence by selecting two X-Men from the roster, wi…
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Mendel Palace
Candy needs your help! She's fallen fast asleep and may never wake up--because she's trapped in her own dream!…
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Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
In Ironsword, the hero of the series, Kuros, must face off once again against the evil wizard Malkil, who has …
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Super Spike V'Ball
Warm up with a few exercise games then face contenders in the American Circuit. For the ultimate challenge pla…
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Casino Kid
Casino Kid is a video game on the NES platform released in 1989. It was published and developed by Sofel. In J…
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Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a platformer game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989. The stor…
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Monster Party
Walking home from a baseball game one evening, Mark gazed up at the misty sky. Suddenly, a blazing star plumme…
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Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
Revived by his girlfriend's grief and a flash of lightning, Rick must chase down the Pumpkin king and save his…
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Revenge of the 'Gator
It's pinball....with gators! This arcade-style title brings pinball on the go with the Game Boy! Score as many…
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Kwirk
Kwirk has three game modes: Going Up?, Heading Out?, and Vs. Mode, each one with its own set of rules. The obj…
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Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe
Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe is a one-on-one fighting game for the Game …
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Motocross Maniacs
Motocross Maniacs is a side-scrolling motorcycle racing game developed by Konami.
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Dungeon Explorer
Dungeon Explorer is a multiplayer action/role-playing game where up to five players can play at the same time.…
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Blue Lightning
Blue Lightning, a launch title for the Lynx, is an arcade flight game heavily based on After Burner. The playe…
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Baseball
Strategy, skill and determination. It takes all three to win at Baseball!
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Final Fantasy
The MSX2 home computer port of Square's classic FINAL FANTASY added new and improved graphics, an updated soun…
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California Games
Master System port of California Games.
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Tecmo Bowl
NES port of Tecmo Bowl which was also released in Arcades as part of the Nintendo PlayChoice-10 machine. Throu…
