19: Neunzehn

Nintendo Famicom Disk System - Released - March 4, 1988

The heir to the throne is shared by four brave people: Darius, Simon, Thales, and Sonia. The 19 gods of Olympus left behind an omnipotent stone to the great emperor Achilles, who has ordered a search to be conducted for the stone. You take the role of one of these four in an effort to find the stone on the island before the rest, waging war with opponent armies to prevent them from finding it first. 19 is somewhat unique among turn based strategy games, in that turns are taken in real time, following rules that are reminiscent of the Japanese chess-like game known as Shogi. The game takes place on an overworld map, on which players take turns moving troops. When opposing troops vi for the same location, the game switches to a zoomed-in combat screen, showing each individual member of the opposing forces. While the story of the game revolves around finding a stone, there is no actual stone to discover. Your only goal is to wipe out the armies of the other three opponents.

Bakutoushi Patton-kun

Nintendo Famicom Disk System - Released - August 5, 1988

Bakutoushi Patton-Kun is an action game developed by Soft Pro and published for the Famicom Disk System in Japan in 1988. It is an overhead tank combat game similar in style to Atari's Combat game. It was the first FDS title to allow for four players to play simultaneously. In the game, players attempt to destroy one another's tanks. If a tank is destroyed, the driver of the tank will exit the vehicle, and must try to stay alive long enough for a replacement tank to parachute down from the sky. Game play continues until only one tank is the sole survivor. Then players advance to a new stage with different terrain. There are 56 stages in total. Despite referencing the name of American General George S. Patton in the title, there is no mention of him anywhere else throughout the game. The game also features a construction mode where players may design their own stages. Although the game was only release in Japan, the loading screen instructions contain English profanity.

Breeder

Nintendo Famicom Disk System - Released - December 15, 1986

Breeder is a sort of fighting game featuring automated fighting robots designed by the player. The action takes place in the distant future and to improve the quality of their war-robots, a star civilization decides to organize special tournaments. Those "metal combats" are held in arenas where two robots fight against each other in a death match. A vast list of components can be edited and customized from the start and the game counts seven different types of robots ( 2 legs, 4 legs, snake, hover, 3 tires, 6 tires and Belt). 1000 points are given to the player and they need to be strategically spent over fifteen abilities - from speed, dexterity to luck and IQ. When the player robot is ready, it can be activated and fight in a special arena. However, the fight is totally controlled by the CPU - so the player just sits down and watch the action until his robot wins, or loses. Up to eight robots can be saved on the Disk Card.

Fairytale

Nintendo Famicom Disk System - Released - April 28, 1989

Fairytale is a turn-based war strategy game that takes place in an archetypal fairytale world. The player and their units must fight off an invasion of pigs by encountering them on the map and fighting in strategic battles where the opponent and player commit to a course of action and watch both sides move and act simultaneously. In this respect the challenge is not only out-maneuvering their opponent but also correctly predicting their next plan of attack and reacting ahead of time.

Pulsar no Hikari: Space Wars Simulation

Nintendo Famicom Disk System - Released - October 2, 1987

Pulsar no Hikari ("Pulsar of Light"): Space Wars Simulation is a game for the FDS created by computer game developer Soft Pro International. It's a rather dense strategic space simulator that has the player control a starship as it explores a galaxy and fights off enemy ships. The player needs to keep an eye on various pieces of information, such as their energy and their destination, and ensure they don't accidentally wander into an area with pulsars or black holes, or off the galaxy map all together. Exploration in Pulsar no Hikari seems to follow a set course of scanning nearby space, moving into the next region once it's been ascertained with the long-range scanners that there are no insurmountable obstacles to be encountered there, destroy any asteroids or enemy ships that might be prowling around by checking the short-range scanners and then long-range scan/warp to the next area. Once the ship's energy/fuel is low (combat and movement will steadily drain it), the player should return to the closest star base for refuelling. Smaller star bases can refuel the ship's standard energy unit, but damage and lost ammo (the torpedoes, of which the ship has a finite amount) must be recovered at the major bases. Accidentally warping to a location with a black hole will instantly end the game. It's generally considered a bad idea.

Rabbian

Microsoft MSX - Released - 1985

Scarlet 7

Sharp X1 - Released - 1986

In this basic horizontal shooter you have to defend the earth from an alien invasion. Just blast your way through swarms of aliens. You can design your own space ship. You can change the ship's body, foot, arm, missiles and engine.

Scarlet 7: The Mightiest Women

Microsoft MSX - Released - 1986

In this basic horizontal shooter you have to defend the earth from an alien invasion. Just blast your way through swarms of aliens. You can design your own space ship. You can change the ship's body, foot, arm, missiles and engine.

Tensai Rabbian Daifunsen

Microsoft MSX - Released - 1986

You are a rabbit that must move all of the packages while dodging enemies to be loaded on the container ship. When you succeed in 'loading' all packages on the container ship you get a 'Parfect'.