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• Pac-Man

  Pac-Man turns eating dots and escaping ghosts into a game of routes, timing and sudden reversals. Its maze-chase roots have grown into inventive score challenges and platform adventures, giving the familiar yellow character different ways to explore and outwit enemies.

  Published collection: 8 games

• Sonic the Hedgehog

  Sonic the Hedgehog is SEGA’s action franchise starring its speedy blue hero. Running, jumping and learning the terrain connect adventures that range from side-scrolling courses to 3D stages and open islands, with different entries giving speed and exploration their own balance.

  Published collection: 27 games

• Tenchu

  Tenchu is a ninja stealth-action series about reaching your objective without giving yourself away. Watch patrols, approach through cover and use ninja tools to create an opening for a decisive stealth kill.

  Published collection: 5 games

• Rayman

  Rayman is a platform-adventure series starring a hero whose floating hands and feet are part of its visual charm. Across 2D courses and 3D worlds, jumping, attacking and exploring turn strange landscapes into playful obstacle courses.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Contra

  Contra is a run-and-gun action series where commandos jump, shoot and push through military fortifications and alien attacks. Weapon pickups, towering bosses and cooperative play turn each advance into a busy test of movement and aim.

  Published collection: 12 games

• Nobunaga's Ambition

  Nobunaga’s Ambition is a historical strategy series about leading a clan through Japan’s Warring States era. Develop your lands, negotiate with rival lords and send armies into battle, balancing the cost of expansion against the strength of your own domain.

  Published collection: 3 games

• Marvel Ultimate Alliance

  Marvel Ultimate Alliance turns superhero team-ups into action RPG adventures. Assemble a squad, develop its powers and try different combinations as heroes from across Marvel fight together through shared threats.

  Published collection: 2 games

• Mana

  Mana builds fantasy adventures around the power of mana, a legendary sword and encounters with unusual companions. Its action RPGs combine weapon-based battles with colourful worlds, while individual games find different ways to shape your journey.

  Published collection: 10 games

• Battle Arena Toshinden

  Battle Arena Toshinden is a fighting series built around weapon duels and movement in three dimensions. Sideways evasions, dramatic special attacks and changing arena rules make positioning part of the contest.

  Published collection: 7 games

• The World Ends with you

  The World Ends with You brings action RPG battles to a stylized Shibuya, where young people must survive the mysterious Reapers’ Game. Pins grant psychic powers, fashion shapes the atmosphere and the music keeps the streets alive. Learning to trust other people matters as much to the story as fighting alongside them.

  Published collection: 2 games

• River City

  River City is part of the Kunio-kun family of schoolyard brawls, comic rivalries and unruly sports games. Its street-fighting adventures let you punch, kick and grab weapons, with several entries adding shops and new moves to learn between fights.

  Published collection: 19 games

• Galaga

  Galaga turns alien formations into a game of timing, dodging and chasing scores. Namco’s arcade shooting series is especially memorable for letting enemies capture your fighter, then rewarding a successful rescue with a powerful double ship.

  Published collection: 3 games

• Boulder Dash

  Boulder Dash mixes cave exploration with quick action puzzles. You dig through dirt, gather gems and find the exit before time runs out, but removing the wrong patch of earth can send a boulder falling into your path—or onto your head.

  Published collection: 6 games

• ActRaiser

  ActRaiser casts you as a divine protector fighting monsters and helping humanity rebuild. The original and Renaissance alternate side-scrolling action with guiding settlements, while ActRaiser 2 concentrates on action stages. That change makes the choice of game especially important.

  Published collection: 3 games

• Daemon X Machina

  Daemon X Machina is a mecha action series built around customizing combat machines called Arsenals. You mix weapons and armor, move between ground and aerial combat, and look for equipment that suits your fighting style. Titanic Scion changes the scale with an Arsenal worn as powered armor.

  Published collection: 2 games

• Culdcept

  Culdcept combines a fantasy board game with card-deck strategy. Roll dice, summon creatures to claim land and build magical wealth, deciding when to strengthen your holdings and when to challenge an opponent.

  Published collection: 3 games

• Derby Stallion

  Derby Stallion puts you in charge of a stud farm, from choosing breeding pairs to training horses and entering races. Prize money feeds back into the farm, while each new generation gives you another chance to refine a bloodline.

  Published collection: 9 games

• Crazy Castle

  Crazy Castle is Kemco's cartoon puzzle-action series about collecting items while keeping pursuers at a safe distance. Doors, stairs and passages turn each stage into a routing puzzle, with limited tools to clear trouble from your path. The starring characters change between games and regional editions.

  Published collection: 6 games

• Fantasy Life

  Fantasy Life mixes fantasy adventure with the pleasures of making a living. Switch between fighting, gathering and crafting vocations, turning materials from your travels into useful equipment and everyday creations. A trip out of town can become a monster hunt, a fishing break or a search for your next ingredient.

  Published collection: 3 games

• Airforce Delta

  Airforce Delta is Konami’s aerial combat series, built around fighter planes and arcade-style missions. Choose an aircraft, line up your targets and weave through dogfights, with later games adding campaign routes and different pilots to the mix.

  Published collection: 4 games