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Nintendo Entertainment System games
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1992 video game)The Nintendo Entertainment System version of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back arrived in 1992, two years after the original film and one year after its NES…
- Star Wars (1991 video game)Victor Musical Industries released the game for the Family Computer in Japan on the 15th of November 1991. JVC Musical Industries brought it to North America…
- Metal Gear (video game)Hideo Kojima took over the Metal Gear project in 1987 after a senior associate had already begun work on it. The original concept was a straightforward…
- Star Wars (1987 video game)Namco released Star Wars for the Family Computer in 1987. This title stands as one of only two games in the entire franchise to remain exclusive to Japan.
- Snake's RevengeIn 1990, Konami released Snake's Revenge for the Nintendo Entertainment System under the Ultra Games brand. This title appeared in North America and PAL…
- Final Fantasy IIISquare released Final Fantasy III in 1990 as one of the largest games ever built for the Famicom. The cartridge held 512 KB of data, which was the…
- Final Fantasy IISquare began production of Final Fantasy II in 1987, shortly after the original game's success. The team consisted of approximately ten people, including…
- Pac-ManIn early 1979, Toru Iwatani began work on a project that would change the video game industry forever. He was just twenty-four years old when he joined…
- Final Fantasy (video game)Hironobu Sakaguchi stood at the edge of his career in 1987. Square, the company he worked for, faced potential bankruptcy.
- North & South (video game)Infogrames released North & South in 1989 for the Amiga and Atari ST. The studio later ported the title to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC…