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Busou Keiji: Cyber Cross

Busou Keiji: Cyber Cross

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - June 23, 1989

Robots and insectoid creatures are trying to take over the world. You play a man who has the ability to turn into Cyber Cross and stop these evil creatures. As you punch and kick your way across the side view scrolling game you can collect colored pods and turn into Cyber Cross. The color of the pod decides which power you have. Red is a sword, blue is a laser gun and a boomerang is green. Hold down a button and releasing it gives you a special attack. Get hit three times as Cyber Cross and you lose your suit. As well as the main playing area you can also see your score, lives, time, health meter and your special weapon meter.
Chiyonofuji no Ooichou

Chiyonofuji no Ooichou

Nintendo Entertainment System - Released - December 7, 1990

The player is able to customize their own sumo wrestler by giving him a unique appearance. Characters have a chibi appearance to them. Items that can be added include are the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Once the customized wrestler is created, he must fight against other sumo wrestlers for the title of Yokozuna. There are two bars for each player that allow the player to fend off and deliver attacks. A tutorial mode is added that allows players to practice their moves against an AI opponent that is lower in intellect that the actual game's AI.

Digger Man

Arcade - Unlicensed - 2000

An excellent and addictive puzzle game with 32 levels. The player must control character and gather 20 jewels to open a doorway to the next level before his life gauge expires. Eat fruit for more life and avoid bugs and falling rocks.
Fushigi no Yume no Alice

Fushigi no Yume no Alice

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - December 19, 1990

Obviously based on Alice in Wonderland, Fushigi no Yume no Alice is a cute and colourful platform romp. You adventure through forests, caves, castles and such, defeating the many enemies by letting out a loud scream that shoots across the screen. The scream can be powered up by holding down the button, but leave it too long and you'll get out of breath and stand there panting, defenseless for a few moments. Aside from your voice, you can also jump on enemies to dispatch them. As you progress through the stages (each with a boss at the end of course) you also gain magic powers in the form of books. By pushing RUN then selecting your power with BUTTON I, you get the chance to do such things as show hidden power-ups and become invincible for a short time.
Gururin

Gururin

Arcade - 1994

"Gururin" is an action-puzzle game released in 1994 by FACE. Enjoy a puzzle game the likes of which you've never seen before while rotating the Magic Troupe "Gururin!" Comes with One Player Mode, Challenge Mode (VS CPU), and Two Player Mode.
Hanii in the Sky

Hanii in the Sky

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - March 1, 1989

One day, Hani (sometimes known as Honey), who is a phallic objet d'art from stoneage Japan, is summoned by the god Izanaki. Izanaki is worried because his wife Izanami's heart has been invaded by a demon. His once peaceful wife now kills thousands of humans each day and threatens to destroy the world that she once created together with her husband. Hani must fly into Izanami's heart and destroy the demon. Once Hani has entered Izanami's heart, and you are put in control, it turns into a vertically-scrolling shoot'em up. One button fire the gun, but the other one rotates the gun clockwise, so that you may shoot at enemies coming from any direction. Hani is thus reminiscent of a flying tank. Hani starts out with only one life to spare and a weak weapon, usually giving few minutes of play before game over. However, each enemy shot gives spiritual power to Hani. Pressing the run button puts you in contact with Izanaki, who will let you trade in those power points in exchange for the usual assortment of power-ups, such as multiple shots. Izanaki will also grant you teleportation abilities, so that you may travel back and forth between levels.
Hanii on the Road

Hanii on the Road

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - September 7, 1990

Hanii on the Road (aka Hany on the Road or Honey on the Road) is a side scrolling action game by Face. After Hanii's exploits in Hanii in the Sky, the little Haniwa clay doll is back on a new mission. This time around, our cute friend must free the world from all the demons and other evil creatures that escaped from the Gods' realm. But this time around he's not flying or shooting balls of energy - instead, he must run along a roadway divided into four lanes, each moving at different speeds. And things are just not as easy as it may sound - Hanii has to jump over various enemies and try not to fall into deep holes dug into the ground, without forgetting the occasional change in scrolling direction and the myriad of other exciting, and often lethal, effects. A time limit also urges him to hurry and to quickly reach the end of each stage. Every little helps, and tiny wood signs scattered around every road tell Hany how far the next exit is. Additionally, special items can be collected along the way, such as Blue jars giving Hanii extra lives (twenty five of them need to be collected though), Mystery Jars giving from 100 to 1000 points, Extra Lives, Time Clocks, Rockets, Trampolines and other unique and often bizarre super powers (he can turn into a race-car or an almighty warrior in some stages!). Hanii on the Road consists of many levels and features a non-linear structure with interconnected paths to follow, as well as bosses. The game also offers a two simultaneous player mode where Lemon, a yellow version of Hanii, comes to the rescue.
Mahjong Gakuen Mild: Touma Soushirou Toujou

Mahjong Gakuen Mild: Touma Soushirou Toujou

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - June 29, 1990

Mahjong Gakuen Mild: Touma Soushirou Toujou is a mahjong game for the PC Engine that removed the pixelated nudity from the earlier release of the game and replaced it with skimpy swimwear. When playing female opponents, winning subsequent hands of mahjong causes them to undress, similar to strip poker. The game also has male opponents which the player simply beats up instead after every successful game.
Mahjong Gakuen Touma Soushirou Toujou

Mahjong Gakuen Touma Soushirou Toujou

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - November 24, 1989

Mahjong Gakuen Touma Soushirou Toujou is a mahjong game for the PC Engine that features pixellated nudity. When playing female opponents, winning subsequent hands of mahjong causes them to undress, similar to strip poker. The game also has male opponents which the player simply beats up instead after every successful game. Touma Soushirou Toujou is the follow-up to the original 1988 Arcade game Mahjong Gakuen. Outcry over its salacious content forced Face to reconfigure the game as Mahjong Gakuen Touma Shoushirou Toujou Mild the subsequent year, which removed the nudity and replaced it with skimpy swimwear.
Metal Stoker

Metal Stoker

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - July 12, 1991

An overhead multi-directional action shooter, you control a craft that has to destroy all the enemies in various locations to progress. Your ship fires in any of the eight directions that you face, and you can also lock the direction of fire for more accuracy. Scattered around are various power-up pods that allow you to chose another ship from the pause menu, each having differing offensive or defensive abilities.
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

Arcade - Released - 1993

Nostradamus is a vertically scrolling shoot' em up. Players control either a male pilot named Dalas (player one) or a female pilot named Joanna (player two). Dalas' ship is faster and has a weaker, but wider-coverage shot that loops behind the ship, whereas Joanna's ship is a bit slower but provides more powerful forward-firing shots. You can power up your shot up to seven times by collecting purple crystals. There's also an option weapon called the E.B.A. (Energy Boost Acceleration) which attaches to the sides of your ship and adds additional weaponry. It comes in two colors: blue one gives you homing plasma shots while the red one provides fireball shots. Collecting another E.B.A. item of the same color powers up the extra shots while grabbing the opposite color switches over. By holding down the fire button the player can charge up the system thus forming an energy barrier behind the ship which serves as a shield that protects the ship from rear attacks. Once the player releases the button, the E.B.A. will discharge a wave weapon: the blue E.B.A. unleashes the Plasmic Wave - a large blue laser beam that reaches the full vertical length of the screen, while the red E.B.A. grants you the Phoenix Wave, which creates a fiery pair of wings that cover and roast a wide horizontal area. The game consists of nine stages.
Ryukyu

Ryukyu

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - October 26, 1990

Ryukyu is an unusual puzzle game produced by Ascii Corporation and published by Face. Decorated in a Hawaiian theme (actually, the game is probably based on the Japanese Ryukyu Islands), the game mixes together elements from various classic features with new ones - the most obvious being traditionnal Poker and Tetris. The game field is made of a uniform "five by five" grid. Playing cards are dropped from the top of the field and fill up these empty spaces. When a row, a column or a diagonal of five cards is filled, the game awards the player points for creating poker hands (card combinations) such as pairs, straights or flushes. The goal of the game is to gain the maximum amount of points and maybe achieve a perfect Clear. Ryukyu offers different play modes - solo modes often give the player an opportunity to reveal a picture with a cute girl in bikini made of mosaic tiles (if only they can manage to cleanup the field and unlock them all).

Ryukyu

Microsoft MSX2

Ryukyu is an unusual puzzle game produced by Ascii Corporation and published by Face. Decorated in a Hawaiian theme (actually, the game is probably based on the Japanese Ryukyu Islands), the game mixes together elements from various classic features with new ones - the most obvious being traditionnal Poker and Tetris. The game field is made of a uniform "five by five" grid. Playing cards are dropped from the top of the field and fill up these empty spaces. When a row, a column or a diagonal of five cards is filled, the game awards the player points for creating poker hands (card combinations) such as pairs, straights or flushes. The goal of the game is to gain the maximum amount of points and maybe achieve a perfect Clear. Ryukyu offers different play modes - solo modes often give the player an opportunity to reveal a picture with a cute girl in bikini made of mosaic tiles (if only they can manage to cleanup the field and unlock them all).
Sand Scorpion

Sand Scorpion

Arcade - Released - 1992

Sand Scorpion: Sasori was produced by Face in 1992. A vertically scrolling space shooter for 1 or 2 players (co-op) that has cool weapons.
Time Cruise

Time Cruise

NEC TurboGrafx-16 - Released - November 8, 1991

Time Cruise is a pinball game from FACE with a sci-fi theme and multiple tables. Unlike most pinball games with extended play zones, these tables are to the left and right of the core table, and the pinball can switch between them by passing through connecting tunnels. In addition, the player can power up time machines by hitting several levers with the pinball. Entering a time machine takes the pinball to a number of different time zones, each providing a possible score boost or extra ball.
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