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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.
Konami releases Dance Dance Revolution, an arcade game with four arrow pads that the players used to "dance." This game would create many sequels and spin-offs. Gauntlet Legends is released by Atari Games and it is the first game in the Gauntlet series to be produced in 3D and is the last Gauntlet game released by Atari Games.
Battle Cruiser (video game) Battlefield Germany; Battleship Bismarck: Operation Rhine - May 1941; 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 ...
A re-release of the console in the Japanese market under the new Master System brand and redesign also occurred in 1987. There are 315 [a] game titles for the Master System. 18 were released exclusively in Japan, 4 were released exclusively in North America, 158 were released exclusively in PAL regions and 22 were released exclusively in Brazil.
Dark Adventure is a dimetric action-adventure game produced by Konami that was released for the arcades in North America in 1987. [3] It was the first arcade game by Konami that allowed up to three players simultaneously.
Arcade games gained a resurgence with the introduction of Street Fighter II by Capcom in 1991. The original Street Fighter in 1987 had already introduced a fighting game game format that allowed two players to challenge each other, but the characters were generic combatants.
Upright arcade cabinet. The game was released in Japan in December 1986. [3] Namco debuted the game internationally outside Japan at the 1987 Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) show, [1] held at Olympia London in January. [7] The game was released in North America by Atari Games. [3]
After Burner was a worldwide commercial success, becoming Japan's second highest-grossing large arcade game of 1987 and overall arcade game of 1988 as well as among America's top five highest-grossing dedicated arcade games of 1988. It was acclaimed by critics for its impressive visuals, gameplay and overall presentation, and is seen as being ...