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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.
Tengen manufactured both licensed and unlicensed versions of three of their NES games (R.B.I. Baseball, Gauntlet, and Pac-Man).The cartridges for their unlicensed games did not come in the gray, semi-square shape that licensed NES games came in; instead, they are rounded and matte-black, and resemble the original Atari cartridges.
In the United States, the game was one of the top four highest-grossing arcade games of 1987. [11] The arcade game was a commercial success in Europe. [12] Upon release, Clare Edgeley wrote a very short review of the arcade game in Computer and Video Games, saying that the gameplay in Rolling Thunder is "rather slow" and that she wouldn't ...
Sente Technologies (also known as Bally Sente, Inc.) was an arcade game company.Founded as Videa in 1982 by ex-Atari employees Roger Hector, Wendi Allen (then known as Howard Delman), and Ed Rotberg, the company was bought by Nolan Bushnell and made a division of his Pizza Time Theatre company in 1983.
Its release in 1980 caused such a sensation that it initiated what is now referred to as "Pac-Mania" (which later became the title of the last coin-operated game in the series, released in 1987). Released by Namco, the game featured a yellow, circle-shaped creature trying to eat dots through a maze while avoiding pursuing enemies. Though no one ...
Alien Syndrome released with a strong opening, becoming one of Sega's best-selling video games for the Master System. It received generally positive reviews, with praise towards the gameplay, character designs, sounds, and horror theme. It was included as a bonus game in the Genesis compilation game, Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection (2009).
RoadBlasters is a vehicular combat game released in arcades by Atari Games in 1987. [2] The player navigates an armed sports car through 50 different rally races, getting to the finish line before running out of fuel. Ports were released for a variety of home systems by Tengen and U.S. Gold.
Darius Extra Version (1987): An updated and rebalanced version of the above based on player feedback. Darius II (1989): The game was released in both triple- and double-screen (more common) versions. An international version with various changes was released titled Sagaia; accordingly, this name is commonly associated with Darius II outside Japan.