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Genre

science fiction video game

1985-1993 /62 titles

62titles
#9Rank by number of titles (of 152)
5,500 yenMedian price
23 pointsMedian Famitsu score

About this genre

A record of the titles in this genre only.

Titles: 62 titles
Period: 1985-1993
Formats: FC / NES / FDS
Main genre: science fiction video game
Median price: 5,500 yen
Median Famitsu score: 23 points

Titles

62

Share released in Japan

69%

Share released overseas

66%

Share with a known price

63%

Share with a known score

34%

Titles per year

Covers the 62 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 65 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

1Jaleco6%4 titles

2Hudson Soft5%3 titles

3Capcom5%3 titles

4DOG3%2 titles

5King Record Co. Ltd.3%2 titles

6Hot-B3%2 titles

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 66 titles with a known developer.

1Compile6%4 titles

2Hudson Soft5%3 titles

3Capcom5%3 titles

4Aicom5%3 titles

5Natsume5%3 titles

6Advance Communication5%3 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan43 titles

2North America41 titles

3Europe16 titles

Released in Japan too43 titlesOverseas only19 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

1,000,000titles

The best-selling title, "Star Soldier". Only 1 titles have known sales figures.

1Star SoldierJapan1,000,000 titles

Launch price (median)

5,500 yen

39 titles have a known price

12,000 yen range2 titles

23,000 yen range2 titles

34,000 yen range8 titles

45,000 yen range16 titles

56,000 yen range8 titles

68,000 yen range2 titles

79,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 21 titles with a known score, the median was 23.

3 titles

9 titles

5 titles

4 titles

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Titles in this group (all 62)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleStar Soldier

1986-06-13 / shoot 'em up/ 4,900 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleBlaster Master

1988-06-17 / platformer/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 32 /Sunsoft

Game titleZanac

1986-11-28 / shoot 'em up/ 2,900 yen / Famitsu 31 /Pony Canyon

Game titleDai-2-ji Super Robot Taisen

1991-12-29 / tactical role-playing game/ Famitsu 31 /Banpresto

Game titleThe Guardian Legend

1988-02-05 / action-adventure game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 30 /Irem

Game titleStarship Hector

1987-07-16 / platformer/ 5,000 yen / Famitsu 29 /Hudson Soft

Game titleLagrange Point

1991-04-26 / role-playing video game/ 8,500 yen / Famitsu 27 /Konami

Game titleLayla

1986-12-20 / platformer/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 26 /dB-SOFT

Game titleSection Z

1987-05-25 / shoot 'em up/ 2,890 yen / Famitsu 26 /Capcom

Game titleStreet Fighter 2010: The Final Fight

1990-08-08 / platformer/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 25 /Capcom

Game titleBio Senshi Dan: Increaser to no Tatakai

1987-09-22 / Metroidvania/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 24 /Jaleco

Game titleImage Fight

1990-03-16 / shoot 'em up/ 6,500 yen / Famitsu 23 /Irem

Game titleShadow of the Ninja

1990-08-10 / platformer/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /Natsume

Game titleTotally Rad

1990-09-28 / action-adventure game/ 5,600 yen / Famitsu 23 /Jaleco

Game titleThe Krion Conquest

1990-12-14 / platformer/ 6,000 yen / Famitsu 23 /Vic Tokai

Game titleMetal Slader Glory

1991-08-30 / adventure video game/ 8,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /HAL Laboratory

Game titleThe 3-D Battles of WorldRunner

1987-03-12 / third-person shooter/ 3,400 yen / Famitsu 22 /DOG

Game titleLast Armageddon

1990-11-10 / role-playing video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 22 /Yutaka

Game titleClash at Demonhead

1989-01-27 / Metroidvania/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 20 /Vic Tokai

Game titleHoshi Wo Miru Hito

1987-10-27 / role-playing video game/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 19 /Hot-B

Game titleSummer Carnival '92: Recca

1992-07-17 / shoot 'em up/ 4,980 yen / Famitsu 19 /Naxat Soft

Game titleWurm: Journey to the Center of the Earth

1991-11-15 / platformer/ 6,300 yen / Famitsu 18 /SOFEL

Game titleField Combat

1985-07-09 / shoot 'em up/ 4,500 yen /Jaleco

Game titleThexder

1985-12-19 / adventure video game / Square

Game titleExed Exes

1985-12-21 / shoot 'em up / Tokuma Shoten

Game titleAlpha Mission

1986-09-03 / shoot 'em up/ 4,900 yen /SNK

Game titleSpace Hunter

1986-09-25 / action game/ 4,900 yen /Kemco

Game titleSuishō no Dragon

1986-12-15 / adventure video game/ 3,400 yen /DOG

Game titleStar Voyager

1986-12-23 / first-person shooter/ 4,900 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleMiracle Ropitt: 2100-Nen no Daibōken

1987-08-07 / action game/ 4,900 yen /King Record Co. Ltd.

Game titleRoboWarrior

1987-08-07 / action game/ 5,500 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleArtelius

1987-11-13 / action role-playing game/ 5,500 yen /Nichibutsu

Game titleGodzilla: Monster of Monsters!

1988-12-09 / action game/ 5,800 yen /Toho

Game titleJesus: Kyōfu no Bio Monster

1989-03-17 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /King Record Co. Ltd.

Game titleAbadox: The Deadly Inner War

1989-12-15 / shoot 'em up/ 5,800 yen /Natsume

Game titleAstro Fang: Super Machine

1990-10-26 / racing video game/ 6,700 yen /A-WAVE

Game titleMetal Mech: Man & Machine

1990-12-14 / action game/ 5,900 yen /Jaleco

Game titleNinja Crusaders

1990-12-14 / platformer/ 5,500 yen /Sammy Corporation

Game titleOver Horizon

1991-04-26 / shoot 'em up/ 6,800 yen /Hot-B

Game titleVice: Project Doom

1991-04-26 / platformer/ 6,000 yen /Sammy Corporation

Game titleWerewolf: The Last Warrior

1991-06-28 / platformer / Takara

Game titleOtaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy

1991-07-31 / pop music/ 6,900 yen /M&M

Game titleShatterhand

1991-10-26 / action game/ 6,000 yen /Angel

Game titleCyber Stadium Series—Base Wars

sports video game / Ultra Games

Game titleDash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum

puzzle video game / Data East

Game titleDefenders of Dynatron City

action game / JVC Musical Industries

Game titleDestination Earthstar

shoot 'em up / Acclaim Entertainment

Game titleDynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus

platformer / Bandai

Game titleElite

space flight simulation game / Imagineer

Game titleGalaxy 5000: Racing in the 51st Century

racing video game / Activision

Game titleGodzilla 2: War of the Monsters

turn-based strategy video game / Toho

Game titleInfiltrator

action game / Mindscape

Game titleRampage

platformer / Data East

Game titleSolar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship

shoot 'em up / Tradewest

Game titleStar Trek: 25th Anniversary

action-adventure game / Ultra Games

Game titleStrider

action game / Capcom

Game titleSuper Glove Ball

action game / Mattel

Game titleSuper Turrican

science fiction video game / Imagineer

Game titleSupremacy: Your Will Be Done

strategy video game / Avalon Interactive

Game titleThe Mutant Virus: Crisis in a Computer World

action game / American Softworks

Game titleThe Uncanny X-Men

action game / LJN

Game titleXenophobe

platformer / Sunsoft

Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
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