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December 17 – Capcom releases the first Mega Man game in the long-standing series for the NES/Famicom. December 18 – Square's Hironobu Sakaguchi releases Final Fantasy for the Famicom in Japan. Originally intended to be the company's last release, the game's success resulted in a prolific series. It was released in the US 3 years later.
Battleships (video game) Batty (video game) Bermuda Triangle (video game) Beyond Dark Castle; Beyond Zork; Bio Senshi Dan: Increaser to no Tatakai; Bionic Commando (1987 video game) Bismarck (video game) Black Magic (video game) Black Panther (video game) Black Tiger (video game) Blades of Steel; Blasteroids; Blazer (video game) Bolo (Breakout ...
Hard Drivin', by Atari Games is released and is the second arcade driving game to have 3D polygonal graphics. S.T.U.N. Runner is released by Atari Games and is known for early use of high-speed 3-D Polygonal Graphics. 1990 Pit-Fighter is released by Atari Games and is the first-ever fighting game to use fully digitized graphics. Released two ...
In the United Kingdom, it was the top-grossing arcade game upon release in September 1987. [1] The arcade game received positive reviews from critics. Clare Edgeley of Computer and Video Games called it a "fabulous game" with praise for the gameplay and motion cabinet while noting it has a lock-on mechanic similar to the Data East arcade game ...
Atari was an early pioneer in the video game industry.In fact, it virtually created the industry with its introduction of the arcade game Pong.The brand name "Atari" was used for many years and applied to several other entities that developed products ranging from arcade video games to home video game consoles to home computers to video games for personal computers.
R-Type [a] is a horizontally scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and released by Irem in 1987 and the first game in the R-Type series.The player controls a star ship, the R-9 "Arrowhead", in its efforts to destroy the Bydo, a powerful alien race bent on wiping out all of mankind.
1 Games released or invented in 1987. 2 Game awards given in 1987. ... and tabletop role-playing games published in 1987. For video games, see 1987 in video gaming.
In addition to making its own games, Sega has licensed out its arcade systems to third party publishers. This list comprises all of the games released on these arcade system boards. Sega has been producing electro-mechanical games since the 1960s, arcade video games since the early 1970s, and unified arcade systems since the late 1970s.