Crazy Balloon was first released in 1980 as an arcade machine by Taito. This is a game of strategy and skill! The object of Crazy Balloon is to guide a delicate swaying balloon through a maze of pin wheel obstacles.
Arcade / Action / Science fiction
The fourth SNES game in Hudson's explosive multiplayer series sends White Bomber and Black Bomber hurtling through time.
Point-and-click / Strategy / Arcade / Action / Science fiction
Arkanoid Returns is an arcade game released by Taito in 1997 as part of the Arkanoid series. It was the fourth overall, and third to be released in arcades. The game was since ported to the PlayStation, with an updated home release being released afterwards titled Arkanoid R 2000. All versions were released exclusively in Japan, currently making it the only game in the series to never receive an international release. The enemy known as 'DOH' still did not get the message and after many years of silence decides to attack once again. The 'Vaus' space vessel better be ready to face new, yet familiar challenges, in order to stop 'DOH' once again. The gameplay remains similar to Arkanoid: Doh it Again, the previous game in the series released for the Super Nintendo, in that it features the same powerups , some re-used level designs, and the same board size. The initial arcade game contains only 50 levels, the environment changing every 9 levels.
Bomberman is searching the depths of the earth in hopes of finding the Legendary Treasure. In the Story Mode, guide him through 48 levels of puzzle-solving action, collecting power-up items and defeating monsters along the way. The Battle Mode is the old favorite, where one to four players battle it out on six different maps.
Keep Tingle afloat as you collide with the enemies and pop their balloons. Once they've fallen to the ground, ram into them again to knock them out before they've inflated their balloon and taken back to the skies. This game is a bonus item for platinum members in the Japanese Club Nintendo rewards program.
Puzzle / Arcade / Action / Fantasy
Kururin Paradise revolves around avoiding collisions as the player maneuver a robot through levels. The robot is shaped like a stick, and constantly spins. The second in the Kururin franchise, Paradise involves navigating complex levels with a constantly-rotating robot. Spring objects within levels change the direction of rotation when collided with, and an unlockable ability allows for increasing the speed of rotation. The player has three hit points. After three collisions with objects in the level (discounting the aforementioned springs), the level is re-started. Some levels have intermediate points that replenish health fully. However, they do not save progress. If the player loses all of his or her hit points, they still restart the level from the beginning. Almost all of the game is in Japanese.
Not to be confused with the 1997 game known in North America and Europe as "Bomberman 64," this 2D Bomberman title was the last N64 game to be released in Japan.
Dezaemon BSX Version: BS-X Shooting is an action/shooter game, developed and published by Athena, which was released in Japan in 1996 for the Satellaview (Super Famicom add-on).
Space Squash is a Sports game, developed by Tomcat System and published by Coconuts Japan, which was released in Japan in 1995.