Games That Pushed The Technical Limitations Of Their Consoles To The LimitA list of 20 games created by CIVICMINDED on 31st March 2017

Star Fox (USA)

Welcome to the team! Fly through several sci-fi levels in this game featuring anthropomorphic animals and crazed monkeys bent on the destruction of civilization.

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S.T.U.N. Runner (USA, Europe)

S.T.U.N. Runner is a high-speed racing game in which players take control of a speed bike and must navigate a series of tunnels and other environments while encountering various types of enemies.

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Phantasy Star (USA, Europe) (v1.3)

Phantasy Star is an 8-Bit console RPG released for the Sega Master System. Featuring hours of story-driven dialog, first person dungeon exploring and an epic quest, Phantasy Star spawned numerous sequels and spinoffs.

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Final Fantasy VII [NTSC-U] [Disc1of3]

A young man's quest to save the world and exact revenge upon the man who wronged him, uncovering dark secrets about his past along the way in the most celebrated JRPG of all time.

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Donkey Kong Country (USA)

A landmark SNES game featuring the first 32meg cart to be released on the system. Donkey Kong Country was a revolutionary platformer, going on to spawn two sequels.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (USA)

Play as Sonic or Tails to chase down Doctor Robotnik/Eggman once again. This time Sonic must also face a new enemy, Knuckles the Echidna.

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Legendary Axe, The (USA)

The semi-sequel to Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu. The game has seven stages, and was released in Japan in 1990. Despite popular belief in the United States, the game IS a sequel to the Legendary Axe/Makkyou Densetsu and was marketed as such in Japan.

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Vanguard (1982) (Atari - GCC, Dave Payne) (CX2669)

Vanguard is a scrolling shooter that allows players to shoot in multiple directions in space. The player spends their time avoiding obstacles and shooting enemies in order to replenish their quickly dissipating fuel supply.

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Street Fighter II (USA, Europe) (Rev A)

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is the arcade fighting game that kicked off the "fighting game revolution" of the 1990s. Play as one of eight martial arts warriors as you travel the world to knock your opponents out of the tournament!

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Cadash (USA)

An side-scrolling Action/RPG fantasy game.

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Star Wars Arcade (32X)

Star Wars Arcade is the Sega 32x port of the 1993 arcade title, set during the original Star Wars trilogy.

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Dark Arms - Beast Buster 1999

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China Warrior (USA)

2D Fighter for the Turbografx-16 gaming console.

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Metal Gear Solid - Peace Walker (USA)

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is the latest portable entry in the Metal Gear franchise, and the second canonical Metal Gear title produced for the PSP. Set in Costa Rica, Peace Walker puts you in control of Big Boss once again as he prepares the rise of Outer Heaven.

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Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA)

Super Mario Bros. 3 sends Mario on a whole new adventure across diverse worlds and sporting strange new suits and abilities.

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Killer Instinct Gold (USA)

An expanded version of Killer Instinct 2 made for the Nintendo 64. Console-exclusive features include Team Battles, Team Elimination Battles, Training modes and Controller Pak support.

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Pit Fighter

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Star Wars - Rogue Squadron (USA)

Take to the skies with the Rebellion's finest fliers, the legendary Rogue Squadron, and complete all manner of aerial combat missions in the fight against the deadly Empire.

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Contra (USA)

Contra is famous for its fast-paced, gritty, old-school action.

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Zaxxon 3-D (World)

Zaxxon 3-D is a 1987 Sega Master System remake of Sega's 1982 Arcade classic Zaxxon. The player could use a peripheral to see the game in 3D.

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