Top Games By Year: 1989
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II (SMS, 1989)
DuckTales (NES, 1989)
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES, 1989)(w/ mods)
Mendel Palace/Quinty (NES, 1989)
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (NES, 1989)
Adventures of Lolo (NES, 1989)
Willow (ARC, 1989)
The Revenge of Shinobi (MD, 1989)
TMNT/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ARC, 1989)
Herzog Zwei (MD, 1989)
Super Mario Land (GB, 1989)
Kwirk/Puzzle Boy (GB/FDS, 1989)
Toki (ARC, 1989)
Super Cooks (MSX, 1989)
SonSon II/Son Son II (PCE, 1989)
Tetris (NES/GB/ARC/C64, 1989)
Gravity Force (AMI, 1989/PS1, 1998)
Aleste II/Aleste 2 (MSX, 1989)
Valkyrie no Densetsu/Legend of Valkyrie (ARC, 1989)
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (ARC, 1988/MD, 1989)
River City Ransom (NES, 1989)
S.T.U.N. Runner (ARC, 1989)
Final Fight (ARC, 1989)
Space Manbow (MSX, 1989)
Blazing Lazers (PCE, 1989)
Golden Axe (MD/ARC, 1989)(one more level on MD)
Night Striker (ARC, 1989)
The Final Fantasy Legend/Makai Toushi SaGa (GB, 1989)
North & South (AMI, 1989/NES, 1990)
TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimao (NES, 1989)
SimCity (PC/AMI, 1989)
Dungeon Explorer (PCE, 1989)
Chip's Challenge (Lynx, 1989/PC/AMI, 1990)?
Batman (NES, 1989)
Legend of Hero Tonma (ARC/PCE, 1989), PCE ver.
Bonk's Adventure (PCE, 1989)
Revenge of the 'Gator (GB, 1989)
Gradius III (ARC, 1989)?
Crack Down (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990)
Thunder Force II (X68K, 1988/MD, 1989)
Burning Force (ARC, 1989), R-Type II (ARC, 1989), Military Madness/Nectaris (PCE, 1989), Neutopia (PCE, 1989), Ys: Book I & II (PCE CD, 1989), Ys II, Quest For Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero (PC, 1989),
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (NES, 1989), Mr. Ghost/Yuureikun (MSX, 1989), Columns (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990/SMS/GG, 199?), Turbo OutRun (ARC, 1989), Holy Diver (NES, 1989), Klax (ARC, 1989), Shikinjoh (PC-98, 1989/MD, 1991)?,
It Came from the Desert (AMI, 1989), Rambo III (MD, 1989), Rastan (ARC, 1987/SMS, 1989), Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (NES), Psycho Fox (SMS, 1989), Fire Shark (ARC, 1989)?, Hellfire (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990), Sly Spy (ARC, 1989), Shubibinman (PCE, 1989)?,
Willow (NES, 1989), Forgotten Worlds (ARC, 1988/MD, 1989), The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES, 1989), Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (MD, 1989), Montezuma's Revenge (SMS, 1989), UN Squadron (ARC, 1989)?, Strider (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990), Mystic Defender/Kujaku Ou 2 (MD, 1989),
Prehistoric Isle in 1930 (ARC, 1989), Flying Hero (NES, 1989)?, Outrun 3D (SMS, 1989), Little Ninja Brothers (NES, 1989), Cosmic Wars (NES, 1989)?, Wild Fang/Tecmo Knight (ARC, 1989)?, Double Dragon II (ARC, 1988/NES, 1989)?, Clash at Demonhead/Dengeki Big Bang! (NES, 1989),
Biplane Duel (AMI, 1989), X-Multiply (ARC, 1989), TMNT (NES, 1989), Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (AXL/ARC, 1989), Shadow Dancer (ARC, 1989), Don Doko Don (ARC, 1989)?, ESWAT: Cyber Police (ARC, 1989), Darius II/Sagia (ARC, 1989),
Spherical (AMI, 1989)?, Undead Line/Undeadline (MSX, 1989), Marvel Land (ARC/MD, 1989)?, Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (PC-98, 1989)?, Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact (PC-88, 1989),
Strider (NES, 1989), Rock'n Roll (AMI, 1989), Malaya no Hihou (MSX2, 1989), Treasure Trap (AMI, 1989), Act Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon (ARC, 1989), Knight Arms (X68K, 1989)?,
Paradroid: Metal Edition/Heavy Metal Paradroid (C64, 1989)?, Red Alert (PCE CD, 1989), Prince of Persia (PC, 1989), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (PC, 1989), Project Firestart (C64, 1989), Curse of the Azure Bonds (PC/C64, 1989),
Truxton/Tatsujin (ARC, 1988/MD, 1989), Tusker (C64, 1989), Rock Star Ate My Hamster (AMI, 1989), Bloody Wolf (ARC/PCE, 1989)?, Astyanax (ARC, 1989), Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shojo (NES, 1989)?, Bushido (C64, 1989), Pac-Land (PCE, 1989),
Zero Wing (ARC, 1989), Dragon Breed (ARC, 1989), Prophecy: The Fall of Trinadon (PC, 1989), Dynasty Wars (ARC, 1989), Demon's World/Horror Story (ARC/PCE CD, 1989), Sokoban Perfect (PC-98, 1989) & Boxxle (GB, 1989),
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (ARC, 1988/PCE CD, 1989/MD, 1990), Laser Squad (Spec/C64/AMI, 1989/PC, 1992), Sweet Home (NES, 1989)?, Warlords (PC/AMI, 1989)?, Genocide (X68K, 1989), Spy vs Spy III - Arctic Antics (AMI/C64, 1989),
Pang/Buster Bros/Pomping World (ARC/PCE CD/AMI etc., 1989), Phantasy Star II (MD, 1989)(w/ hacks & codes), Nuclear War (AMI, 1989), Millennium 2.2 (AMI/ST/PC, 1989)?, Doraemon/Cratermaze (PCE, 1989), Laser Ghost (ARC, 1989)?,
Retrograde (C64, 1989), X-Out (C64, 1989), Balance of Power: 1990 Edition (AMI, 1989), The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery (PCs, 1989), Mother/EarthBound Beginnings (NES, 1989), Wings of Death (AMI, 1989),
Hany In The Sky (PCE, 1989), Battle Squadron (AMI, 1989), Super Daisenryaku (MD, 1989), Populous (PCs, 1989), Mechanized Attack (ARC, 1989), Line of Fire (ARC, 1989), The Dark Heart of Uukrul (PC, 1989),
Ganbare Goemon 2 (NES, 1989), Starflight II (PCs, 1989)?, Vapor Trail (ARC, 1989), Dragon Buster II (NES, 1989), Space Rogue (AMI, 1989), Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals (PCs, 1989),
Monster Party (NES, 1989), Tengai Makyo Ziria/Far east of Eden (PCE CD, 1989), Destiny of an Emperor (NES, 1989), Shadowgate (NES, 1989), Marusa no Onna (NES, 1989), The Quest for the Time-Bird (AMI, 1989), Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon (PCs, 1989), Blood Money (AMI, 1989), Fantasy World Dizzy (Multi, 1989), Axel's Magic Hammer (AMI, 1989), Volfied (ARC, 1989), Shadow of the Beast (AMI, 1989), Midnight Resistance (ARC, 1989), Airball (AMI, 1989), Skweek (AMI, 1989), Dogs of War (AMI, 1989), Rick Dangerous (AMI, 1989), Batman (AMI, 1989), Switchblade (AMI, 1989), Wizards & Warriors II (NES, 1989), Cobra Triangle (NES, 1989), Cyberdyne Warrior (C64, 1989), Pipe Dream (AMI, 1989), Block Out (AMI etc., 1989), Oliver & Company (AMI, 1989), Myth: History in the Making (C64, 1989), Hard 'n Heavy (C64, 1989), Twinworld: Land of Vision (AMI, 1989), Trio the Punch: Never Forget Me... (ARC, 1989), Final Countdown (AMI, 1989), Persian Gulf Inferno (AMI, 1989), Budokan: The Martial Spirit (AMI, 1989), Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World (AMI, 1989), Shufflepuck Café (AMI, 1989), Oil Imperium (AMI, 1989), Beach Volley (AMI, 1989), Breach 2 (AMI, 1989), Pro Tennis Tour (AMI, 1989), Lords of the Rising Sun (AMI, 1989), Tennis Cup (AMI, 1989), Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead (PCE, 1989), Atomic Robo-Kid (ARC etc., 1989), Battlehawks 1942 (AMI, 1989), Ninja Golf (A7800, 1989), Lost Dutchman Mine (AMI, 1989), Future Wars: Time Travellers (AMI/PC, 1989), Hybris (AMI, 1989), Blue Angel 69 (AMI, 1989), Drip (AMI, 1989), Datastorm (AMI, 1989), Citadel (C64, 1989), Xenon 2: Megablast (AMI, 1989), Rotor (AMI, 1989) - Side view, large sprites/zoomed in view, Cosmic Pirate (AMI, 1989), Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child (AMI, 1989), Le Fetiche Maya (AMI, 1989), The Kristal (AMI, 1989), Warhead (AMI, 1989), Test Drive II: The Duel (PCs, 1989), LED Storm (ARC/C64, 1989), F29 Retaliator (AMI, 1989), Stunt Car Racer (AMI, 1989), Final Lap Twin (PCE, 1989), Deathtrack (PC, 1989), Hole-In-One (AMI, 1989), Susano-O Densetsu (PCE, 1989), Continental Circus (ARC/Multi, 1989)?, Omni-Play Basketball (AMI, 1989), Conflict: Europe (AMI, 1989), Kingdoms of England (AMI, 1989), Full Metal Planete (AMI, 1989), Pharaoh (AMI, 1989), Bloodwych (AMI, 1989), Hillsfar (AMI, 1989), Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o' Fun, (AMI, 1989), Grand Monster Slam (AMI, 1989), Waterloo (AMI, 1989), Demon's Tomb: The Awakening (AMI, 1989), Journey (AMI, 1989), Ooze: Creepy Nights (AMI, 1989), Scary Mutant Space Aliens from Mars (AMI, 1989), The Hound of Shadow (AMI, 1989), The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia (AMI, 1989), Kult (AMI, 1989), Murders in Venice (AMI, 1989), Myth (AMI, 1989), Scapeghost (AMI, 1989), Personal Nightmare (AMI, 1989), Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (AMI, 1989), Les Portes du Temps (PCs, 1989), La Aventura Original AMI (1989), Dragon Wars (PCs, 1989), Windwalker (AMI, 1989), Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? (AMI, 1989), Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? (AMI, 1989), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (PCs, 1989), Designasaurus (AMI, 1989),
DuckTales (NES, 1989)
Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES, 1989)(w/ mods)
Mendel Palace/Quinty (NES, 1989)
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti (NES, 1989)
Adventures of Lolo (NES, 1989)
Willow (ARC, 1989)
The Revenge of Shinobi (MD, 1989)
TMNT/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ARC, 1989)
Herzog Zwei (MD, 1989)
Super Mario Land (GB, 1989)
Kwirk/Puzzle Boy (GB/FDS, 1989)
Toki (ARC, 1989)
Super Cooks (MSX, 1989)
SonSon II/Son Son II (PCE, 1989)
Tetris (NES/GB/ARC/C64, 1989)
Gravity Force (AMI, 1989/PS1, 1998)
Aleste II/Aleste 2 (MSX, 1989)
Valkyrie no Densetsu/Legend of Valkyrie (ARC, 1989)
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (ARC, 1988/MD, 1989)
River City Ransom (NES, 1989)
S.T.U.N. Runner (ARC, 1989)
Final Fight (ARC, 1989)
Space Manbow (MSX, 1989)
Blazing Lazers (PCE, 1989)
Golden Axe (MD/ARC, 1989)(one more level on MD)
Night Striker (ARC, 1989)
The Final Fantasy Legend/Makai Toushi SaGa (GB, 1989)
North & South (AMI, 1989/NES, 1990)
TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Daimao (NES, 1989)
SimCity (PC/AMI, 1989)
Dungeon Explorer (PCE, 1989)
Chip's Challenge (Lynx, 1989/PC/AMI, 1990)?
Batman (NES, 1989)
Legend of Hero Tonma (ARC/PCE, 1989), PCE ver.
Bonk's Adventure (PCE, 1989)
Revenge of the 'Gator (GB, 1989)
Gradius III (ARC, 1989)?
Crack Down (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990)
Thunder Force II (X68K, 1988/MD, 1989)
Burning Force (ARC, 1989), R-Type II (ARC, 1989), Military Madness/Nectaris (PCE, 1989), Neutopia (PCE, 1989), Ys: Book I & II (PCE CD, 1989), Ys II, Quest For Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero (PC, 1989),
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (NES, 1989), Mr. Ghost/Yuureikun (MSX, 1989), Columns (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990/SMS/GG, 199?), Turbo OutRun (ARC, 1989), Holy Diver (NES, 1989), Klax (ARC, 1989), Shikinjoh (PC-98, 1989/MD, 1991)?,
It Came from the Desert (AMI, 1989), Rambo III (MD, 1989), Rastan (ARC, 1987/SMS, 1989), Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (NES), Psycho Fox (SMS, 1989), Fire Shark (ARC, 1989)?, Hellfire (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990), Sly Spy (ARC, 1989), Shubibinman (PCE, 1989)?,
Willow (NES, 1989), Forgotten Worlds (ARC, 1988/MD, 1989), The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES, 1989), Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (MD, 1989), Montezuma's Revenge (SMS, 1989), UN Squadron (ARC, 1989)?, Strider (ARC, 1989/MD, 1990), Mystic Defender/Kujaku Ou 2 (MD, 1989),
Prehistoric Isle in 1930 (ARC, 1989), Flying Hero (NES, 1989)?, Outrun 3D (SMS, 1989), Little Ninja Brothers (NES, 1989), Cosmic Wars (NES, 1989)?, Wild Fang/Tecmo Knight (ARC, 1989)?, Double Dragon II (ARC, 1988/NES, 1989)?, Clash at Demonhead/Dengeki Big Bang! (NES, 1989),
Biplane Duel (AMI, 1989), X-Multiply (ARC, 1989), TMNT (NES, 1989), Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (AXL/ARC, 1989), Shadow Dancer (ARC, 1989), Don Doko Don (ARC, 1989)?, ESWAT: Cyber Police (ARC, 1989), Darius II/Sagia (ARC, 1989),
Spherical (AMI, 1989)?, Undead Line/Undeadline (MSX, 1989), Marvel Land (ARC/MD, 1989)?, Xak: The Art of Visual Stage (PC-98, 1989)?, Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact (PC-88, 1989),
Strider (NES, 1989), Rock'n Roll (AMI, 1989), Malaya no Hihou (MSX2, 1989), Treasure Trap (AMI, 1989), Act Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon (ARC, 1989), Knight Arms (X68K, 1989)?,
Paradroid: Metal Edition/Heavy Metal Paradroid (C64, 1989)?, Red Alert (PCE CD, 1989), Prince of Persia (PC, 1989), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (PC, 1989), Project Firestart (C64, 1989), Curse of the Azure Bonds (PC/C64, 1989),
Truxton/Tatsujin (ARC, 1988/MD, 1989), Tusker (C64, 1989), Rock Star Ate My Hamster (AMI, 1989), Bloody Wolf (ARC/PCE, 1989)?, Astyanax (ARC, 1989), Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shojo (NES, 1989)?, Bushido (C64, 1989), Pac-Land (PCE, 1989),
Zero Wing (ARC, 1989), Dragon Breed (ARC, 1989), Prophecy: The Fall of Trinadon (PC, 1989), Dynasty Wars (ARC, 1989), Demon's World/Horror Story (ARC/PCE CD, 1989), Sokoban Perfect (PC-98, 1989) & Boxxle (GB, 1989),
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (ARC, 1988/PCE CD, 1989/MD, 1990), Laser Squad (Spec/C64/AMI, 1989/PC, 1992), Sweet Home (NES, 1989)?, Warlords (PC/AMI, 1989)?, Genocide (X68K, 1989), Spy vs Spy III - Arctic Antics (AMI/C64, 1989),
Pang/Buster Bros/Pomping World (ARC/PCE CD/AMI etc., 1989), Phantasy Star II (MD, 1989)(w/ hacks & codes), Nuclear War (AMI, 1989), Millennium 2.2 (AMI/ST/PC, 1989)?, Doraemon/Cratermaze (PCE, 1989), Laser Ghost (ARC, 1989)?,
Retrograde (C64, 1989), X-Out (C64, 1989), Balance of Power: 1990 Edition (AMI, 1989), The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery (PCs, 1989), Mother/EarthBound Beginnings (NES, 1989), Wings of Death (AMI, 1989),
Hany In The Sky (PCE, 1989), Battle Squadron (AMI, 1989), Super Daisenryaku (MD, 1989), Populous (PCs, 1989), Mechanized Attack (ARC, 1989), Line of Fire (ARC, 1989), The Dark Heart of Uukrul (PC, 1989),
Ganbare Goemon 2 (NES, 1989), Starflight II (PCs, 1989)?, Vapor Trail (ARC, 1989), Dragon Buster II (NES, 1989), Space Rogue (AMI, 1989), Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals (PCs, 1989),
Monster Party (NES, 1989), Tengai Makyo Ziria/Far east of Eden (PCE CD, 1989), Destiny of an Emperor (NES, 1989), Shadowgate (NES, 1989), Marusa no Onna (NES, 1989), The Quest for the Time-Bird (AMI, 1989), Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon (PCs, 1989), Blood Money (AMI, 1989), Fantasy World Dizzy (Multi, 1989), Axel's Magic Hammer (AMI, 1989), Volfied (ARC, 1989), Shadow of the Beast (AMI, 1989), Midnight Resistance (ARC, 1989), Airball (AMI, 1989), Skweek (AMI, 1989), Dogs of War (AMI, 1989), Rick Dangerous (AMI, 1989), Batman (AMI, 1989), Switchblade (AMI, 1989), Wizards & Warriors II (NES, 1989), Cobra Triangle (NES, 1989), Cyberdyne Warrior (C64, 1989), Pipe Dream (AMI, 1989), Block Out (AMI etc., 1989), Oliver & Company (AMI, 1989), Myth: History in the Making (C64, 1989), Hard 'n Heavy (C64, 1989), Twinworld: Land of Vision (AMI, 1989), Trio the Punch: Never Forget Me... (ARC, 1989), Final Countdown (AMI, 1989), Persian Gulf Inferno (AMI, 1989), Budokan: The Martial Spirit (AMI, 1989), Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World (AMI, 1989), Shufflepuck Café (AMI, 1989), Oil Imperium (AMI, 1989), Beach Volley (AMI, 1989), Breach 2 (AMI, 1989), Pro Tennis Tour (AMI, 1989), Lords of the Rising Sun (AMI, 1989), Tennis Cup (AMI, 1989), Shiryou Sensen: War of the Dead (PCE, 1989), Atomic Robo-Kid (ARC etc., 1989), Battlehawks 1942 (AMI, 1989), Ninja Golf (A7800, 1989), Lost Dutchman Mine (AMI, 1989), Future Wars: Time Travellers (AMI/PC, 1989), Hybris (AMI, 1989), Blue Angel 69 (AMI, 1989), Drip (AMI, 1989), Datastorm (AMI, 1989), Citadel (C64, 1989), Xenon 2: Megablast (AMI, 1989), Rotor (AMI, 1989) - Side view, large sprites/zoomed in view, Cosmic Pirate (AMI, 1989), Typhoon Thompson in Search for the Sea Child (AMI, 1989), Le Fetiche Maya (AMI, 1989), The Kristal (AMI, 1989), Warhead (AMI, 1989), Test Drive II: The Duel (PCs, 1989), LED Storm (ARC/C64, 1989), F29 Retaliator (AMI, 1989), Stunt Car Racer (AMI, 1989), Final Lap Twin (PCE, 1989), Deathtrack (PC, 1989), Hole-In-One (AMI, 1989), Susano-O Densetsu (PCE, 1989), Continental Circus (ARC/Multi, 1989)?, Omni-Play Basketball (AMI, 1989), Conflict: Europe (AMI, 1989), Kingdoms of England (AMI, 1989), Full Metal Planete (AMI, 1989), Pharaoh (AMI, 1989), Bloodwych (AMI, 1989), Hillsfar (AMI, 1989), Fiendish Freddy's Big Top o' Fun, (AMI, 1989), Grand Monster Slam (AMI, 1989), Waterloo (AMI, 1989), Demon's Tomb: The Awakening (AMI, 1989), Journey (AMI, 1989), Ooze: Creepy Nights (AMI, 1989), Scary Mutant Space Aliens from Mars (AMI, 1989), The Hound of Shadow (AMI, 1989), The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia (AMI, 1989), Kult (AMI, 1989), Murders in Venice (AMI, 1989), Myth (AMI, 1989), Scapeghost (AMI, 1989), Personal Nightmare (AMI, 1989), Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur (AMI, 1989), Les Portes du Temps (PCs, 1989), La Aventura Original AMI (1989), Dragon Wars (PCs, 1989), Windwalker (AMI, 1989), Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? (AMI, 1989), Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? (AMI, 1989), Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (PCs, 1989), Designasaurus (AMI, 1989),