Punch-out!!
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Punch-Out!! is a video game series of boxing created by Nintendo´s general manager Genyo
Takeda, and his partner Makoto Wada. The first game was Punch-Out!! made in 1984 as an
arcade unit, which was followed by a sequel Super Punch-Out!! (1984). The series was
released on home consoles soon after, starting with Mike Tyson´s Punch-Out!! on the NES
in 1987 and Super Punch-Out!! on the Super NES in 1994.
Game genre: fighter
year: 1984
Publisher: Nintendo
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The legend of Zelda
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The Legend of Zelda, originally released in Japan as The Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu, is
an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The first game of The
Legend of Zelda series, it is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule and centers on an elf-like boy
named Link, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to
rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon. The player controls Link from a top-down perspective
and navigates throughout the overworld and dungeons, collecting weapons, defeating
enemies and uncovering secrets along the way.
Game genre: adventure
year: 1986
Publisher: Nintendo
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Donkey Kong
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Donkey Kong is a video game series and media franchise created by the Japanese game
designer Shigeru Miyamoto for Nintendo. The franchise follows the adventures of Donkey
Kong, a large, powerful gorilla. Donkey Kong series include the original arcade game
trilogy by Nintendo R&D1, the Donkey Kong Country series by Rare and Retro Studios,
and the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series by Nintendo Software Technology. Various studios
have developed spin-offs in other genres such as racing and rhythm. The franchise also
incorporates animation, comics, merchandise, and theme parks.
Game genre: Platformer
year: 1981
Publisher: Nintendo
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Frogger
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Frogger is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega. In
North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct a
series of frogs to their homes by crossing a busy road and a hazardous river.
Frogger was positively received as one of the greatest video games ever made and
followed by several clones and sequels. By 2005, 20 million copies of its various home
video game incarnations had been sold worldwide. It entered popular culture, including
television and music.
Game genre: action
year: 1981
Publisher: Sega
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Street Fighter
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Street Fighter, is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade
games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in
1987, followed by six other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and
numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release Street Fighter II
established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre.
Street Fighter is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and is one
of Capcom´s flagship series with total sales of 52 million units worldwide as of June 2023.
It is the highest-grossing fighting game media franchise of all time at US$12.2 billion,
including 500,000 arcade units.
Game genre: fighter
year: 1987
Publisher: Nintendo
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Mario Bros
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Mario Bros. is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo as an arcade video game
in 1983. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendos chief
engineer. Italian twin brother plumbers Mario and Luigi exterminate creatures emerging
from the sewers by knocking them upside-down and kicking them away. The
Famicom/Nintendo Entertainment System version is the first game produced by
Intelligent Systems. It is part of the Mario franchise, but originally began as a spin-off
from the Donkey Kong series.
Game genre: Platformer
year: 1983
Publisher: Nintendo
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Sonic
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Sonic the Hedgehog is a Japanese video game series and media franchise created by Yuji
Naka, Naoto Ohshima, and Hirokazu Yasuhara for Sega. The franchise follows Sonic, an
anthropomorphic blue hedgehog who battles the evil Doctor Eggman, a mad scientist. The
main Sonic the Hedgehog games are platformers mostly developed by Sonic Team; other
games, developed by various studios, include spin-offs in the racing, fighting, party and
sports genres. The franchise also incorporates printed media, animations, feature films,
and merchandise.
Game genre: Platformer
year: 1991
Publisher: Sega
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pac-man
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Pac-Man, originally called Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze action video game developed
and released by Namco for arcades. In North America, the game was released by Midway
Manufacturing as part of its licensing agreement with Namco America. The player
controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four
colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called Power Pellets causes the ghosts to
temporarily turn blue, allowing Pac-Man to eat them for bonus points.
Game genre: action maze chase
year: 1980
Publisher: Namco
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Tetris
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Tetris is a puzzle video game created in 1985 by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software
engineer. It has been published by several companies for multiple platforms, most
prominently during a dispute over the appropriation of the rights in the late 1980s. After
a significant period of publication by Nintendo, the rights reverted to Pajitnov in 1996,
who co-founded the Tetris Company with Henk Rogers to manage licensing.
Game genre: puzzle
year: 1985
Publisher: Nintendo
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Space invaders
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Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot ´em up arcade video game developed and released by Taito
in Japan, and licensed to Midway Manufacturing for overseas distribution. Space Invaders
was the first fixed shooter and set the template for the genre. The goal is to defeat wave
after wave of descending aliens with a horizontally moving laser to earn as many points as
possible.
Game genre: fixed shooter
year: 1978
Publisher: Atari
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Duck hunt
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Duck Hunt is a 1984 light gun shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo
for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console and the Nintendo Vs.
System arcade hardware. The game was first released in April 1984, in Japan for the
Family Computer (Famicom) console and in North America as an arcade game. It became a
launch game for the NES in North America in October 1985, and was re-released in
Europe two years later.
Game genre: fps
year: 1984
Publisher: Nintendo
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