showing 8 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro Robo Sasa | ASCII (Bits Laboratory) | 1985 | Astra Robo Sasa is an early and rather obscure action title for the Famicom. What makes this game special is its control method. You are floating through each screen. Shooting your gun not only kills enemies but also pushes you in the opposite direction of where you shot at. Your goal is to collect all energy packs in each level. Often these cubes must be shot free to get to them. The game tries to have a good amount of different looking levels with different looking environments, which is a nice plus. The control method though needs getting used to and might not be everybody's taste. | labelimageminimize |
| Thexder | Square (Bits Laboratory) | 1985 | Thexder was a very successful action game on early Japanes homecomputers. As a result it was ported to the Famicom. You are controlling a robotic mecha which can transform into a flying ship. The goal of each level is to find the exit. Easier said than done, because the game can confuse with its labyrinthine design. Gameplay is interesting, but the controls are not optimal. Shooting as a mecha is semi-automatic, you press the fire button and the aiming is done automatically. A very challenging game. | labelimageminimize |
| Gradius | Konami | 1986 | [100]*** [17]*** [62]*** [49]*** [33]*** [49]*** [1]*** [52]***Although UPC 0-83717-11001-0 appears on the USA Gradius box, this is barcode with an invalid checksum and it is not in the UPC database (no invalid codes are). 0-83717-11001-9 is on the Federal Republic of German box and is most certainly the intended code for the USA version as well, and is the registered UPC code for USA Gradius. Gradius ArchiMENdes is a special edition given as a contest prize. Pills in the game are replaced with bowls of ramen noodles.***Gradius is one or two steps beyond every other Famicom/NES shooting game released at its time. The game ends the time where shooting games would loop endlessly. Gradius features several very different designed levels with great graphics and music as well as a clever extra-weapon upgrade system and good playability.***Across the galaxy, there exists a distant planet known as Gradius. Gradius’ peaceful existence has been brought to an end by an intense space invasion by a race known as the Bacterion. To save the planet, the hyperspace fighter Vic Viper has been deployed to fight the Bacterion invasion. Players pilot the Vic Viper through seven stages, shooting and dodging through deadly obstacles, while using various power-ups, including missiles, lasers, options and shields. The Vic Viper’s target is the enemy fortress, Xaerous. The only way to end the war is to plunge deep through the enemy forces and destroy its very core. | labelimagesubject |
| 8 Eyes | Seta;Taxan (Thinking Rabbit) | 1988 | After hundreds of years of chaos, mankind has finally emerged from the ruins of nuclear war. This world of the distant future has once again flourished under the guidance of the Great King, who harnessed the power of the 8 Eyes to rebuild the planet. These strange jewels of power were formed at the eyes, or center, of the eight nuclear explosions which nearly destroyed the Earth. In the wrong hands, the 8 Eyes could cause untold destruction... And now, they have been seized by the Great King's eight Dukes, in a desperate bid to gain control of the world for themselves. They have banished the King to the nuclear wastelands, and already their squabbling threatens to plunge the world into war once again! The task of retrieving the 8 Eyes falls to you, Orin the Falconer, the bravest and mightiest of the King's Guardsmen. With your fighting falcon, Cutrus, you must penetrate each of the 8 Dukes' castles. There you will face the Dukes' soldiers, and battle strange nuclear mutants such as living skeletons, giant wasps, and mud men. You must defeat the monstrous Boss of each castle to retrieve the Jewel of Power he guards. Then, to complete your quest, return the 8 Eyes to the Altar of Peace to await the return of the Great King, so that he may finish the rebuilding of Earth. Your reward will be the eternal gratitude of all mankind!*** [49]***NES-8E-USA エイト・アイズ literally reads `[code]eito aizu[/code]´.***Great Castlevania-type sleeper. | labelimagesubject |
| Burai Fighter | Taxan;Taito (Disco) | 1990 | In a remote corner of the galaxy, there lives a race of super-brains known as the Burai. For thousands of years, their vast mental capabilities have been focused upon one goal: the conquest of the universe! To accomplish this, they are creating huge armies of robo-mutants - bizarre creatures, half robot and half living flesh. With their seven manufacturing bases producing thousands of robo-mutants each day, the Burai armies will soon overrun the galaxy - unless you can stop them! Strap on your proton pack, charge up your laser cannon, and prepare to do battle with the deadliest army of mutant rogues in the universe. You must somehow penetrate the seven bases of the Burai, where you will confront a super-mutant guarding each base - monstrous creatures like the Giganticrab, Jawsipede, and Fangskull - until finally, you face the terrifying Slimedragon! But with the awesome arsenal of weapons at your command, victory may still be within your reach. It's up to you to rid the universe of the evil Burai once and for all!*** [64]*** [37]*** [27] | labelimagesubject |
| Tetra Star The Fighter | Taito | 1991 | [spoiler=Alternate Endings Spoilers;hide spoilers]The destruction of Statue of Liberty, destruction of the World Trade Center, and the death of Omega can each be avoided if the player has insane level gaming skills[/spoiler] There are additional songs that have not yet been identified and tagged. | labelimageminimize |
| Taiyō no Yuusha Fighbird | Irem (Tamtex) | 1992 | Some evil dude tries to start a war by stealing all the oil. Choose between pilots Kesota or Katori to stop him in this vertical scrolling shooter. The player can switch between different vehicles during play. Tank, drill, rocket, bomber, jet. Eventually the Fire Bird mech is added to the list. Each vehicle has multiple weapons that can be switched during play. This game is known to have also been released in Japan and Brazil. The Brazil release is apparently in English but uses "ファイバード" in some parts of the game. titled after episode 2 of the Brave series, The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird. The Brave series was animated by Sunrise and distributed by Nagoya TV. Apparently "Fighbird" really is the correct spelling in Japan. Title from the cartridge art and box art: 太陽の勇者 ファイバード [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Time Diver: Eon Man | Taito;Nitra (A.I) | 1994 | [b]time travel[/b] - 1993, 1882 and 2052***Originally finished but never published, but... [quote]released into the underground Asian game market by a company known as Nitra [...] under the title Time Diver: Avenger[/quote] Apparently besides the title screen, the games are identical. | labelimageminimize |
