| Capcom released 1942 as an arcade game in December 1984. | p. 23 (scan image 25), 国内編 (Japan), Capcom | Publisher |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, 1942 came out in the United States in July 1985, distributed for Capcom USA through Romstar. | p. 112 (scan image 114), 海外編 (overseas), CAPCOM USA (Capcom Coin-Op)overseas index | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list also files a 1942, credited to Capcom, under Nintendo of America in July 1987, in the same month as Metroid and Konami's Rush'n Attack and Track & Field; it doesn't say which machine. | 海外編 (overseas), NINTENDO of AMERICA (OCR text line 33604)海外編 (overseas), NINTENDO of AMERICAoverseas index | Book |
| Altered Beast began as a Sega arcade game. Akagi Masumi's Arcade TV Game List dates it to June 1988 both in Japan, where it is 獣王記 (Jūōki), a Sega game on the System 16B board, and in its overseas part, where Sega USA's Altered Beast is listed under the same month. | 国内編 (Japan), セガ (Sega) section (OCR text lines 5605-5609)国内編 (Japan), index of titles (OCR text lines 19134-19138)海外編 (overseas), index of titles (OCR text lines 37676-37680) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Taito's Arkanoid to July 1986 in Japan, and in its overseas part to August 1986, released through Romstar. | p. 43 (scan 0044), 国内編 (Japan), Taito国内編 (Japan), index of titlesp. 137 (scan 0138), 海外編 (overseas), TAITO AMERICAp. 130 (scan 0131), 海外編 (overseas), ROMSTAR | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Taito's arcade Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh to June 1987 in Japan, and in its overseas part to July 1987, a Taito game released in North America through Romstar. | 国内編 (Japan), Taito section (OCR text lines 7604-7605)国内編 (Japan), index of titles (OCR text line 14248)海外編 (overseas), ROMSTAR (OCR text line 34311)海外編 (overseas), TAITO AMERICA (OCR text line 36085) | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, SNK released Athena in Japan in July 1986. The list puts its sequel, Psycho Soldier, in March 1987. | 国内編 (Japan), SNK (OCR text line 1700)国内編 (Japan), SNK (OCR text line 1709) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Vs. Baseball, on Nintendo's Vs. System, to May 1984 in its Japan part. | printed p. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界 | Book |
| The same list's overseas part dates Baseball to April 1984 under Nintendo of America. | printed p. 128 (PDF p. 130), 海外編 (overseas), Nintendo of America | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Bubble Bobble came out in Japan in September 1986. | p. 43 (scan image 45), 国内編 (Japan) | Book |
| Akagi's list puts Bubble Bobble in the United States in October 1986, under Taito America and distributed through Romstar. Romstar's operator's manual for the American release reads "Licensed From TAITO" and ©1986, from Romstar's address in Torrance, California. | p. 137 (scan image 139), 海外編 (overseas), TAITO AMERICAoverseas index | Book |
| A 2005 Japanese list of arcade video games dates a Vs. System version of Clu Clu Land to December 1984 in its Japan part, the same month it gives Vs. Urban Champion and Vs. Excitebike. | p. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界p. 75 (PDF p. 77), title index | Book |
| Capcom released Commando as an arcade game in May 1985. Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files it in its Japan part under the title 戦場の狼 (Senjō no Ōkami), in the same month. | 国内編 (Japan), Capcom (OCR text line 2567)index | Publisher |
| By Akagi Masumi's list, Commando came out in the United States in June 1985 through Data East USA. In November 1986 Computer Entertainer wrote that Capcom had licensed Commando to Data East for arcade and computer games in the U.S. | 海外編 (overseas), DATA EAST USA (OCR text line 30647)海外編 (overseas), DATA EAST USAoverseas index | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Cyberball under Atari Games, in its overseas section, in September 1988, and its sequel Cyberball 2072 in August 1989. | overseas index (OCR text lines 39934-39938)海外編 (overseas), ATARI GAMES section (OCR text lines 29901-29903)海外編 (overseas), ATARI GAMES section (OCR text lines 29971-29973) | Book |
| The Vs. System arcade version came out in Japan in December 1984, by Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games. | p. 57, 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界 | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Toaplan's arcade game 飛翔鮫 (Hishō Same, Sky Shark) came out in Japan in March 1987, sold through Taito. | 国内編 (Japan), 東亜プラン (Toa Plan) section | Book |
| In North America the arcade game was Romstar's Sky Shark: Akagi Masumi's list credits it to Toa Plan and Romstar in March 1987, and Play Meter's April 1987 report on the American Coin Machine Expo (ACME '87) says Romstar showed it there as a conversion kit and that it was the Romstar game operators raved about most. The magazine's picks from the show gave it the award for best conversion kit. | 海外編 (overseas), index of titles | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Atari Games released Gauntlet II in August 1986, ten months after Gauntlet (October 1985). The list also has an entry called "Gauntlet 2 player" in June 1986, without saying what it is. | 海外編 (overseas), ATARI (ATARI GAMES/TWI) (OCR text lines 29679-29723)海外編 (overseas), ATARI (ATARI GAMES/TWI) (OCR text line 29702)海外編 (overseas), ATARI (ATARI GAMES/TWI) (OCR text line 29723)overseas index (OCR text line 42020) | Book |
| Capcom released Ghosts'n Goblins, Makaimura in Japan, as an arcade game in September 1985. Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games gives the same month for its Japanese release. | 国内編 (Japan), Capcom (OCR text line 2569) | Publisher |
| By Akagi Masumi's list, Ghosts'n Goblins reached American arcades in October 1985, under Capcom USA and through the distributors Digital Control and Romstar. Computer Entertainer called it "currently in U.S. arcades" in November 1986. | 海外編 (overseas), p. 112 (image 114), CAPCOM USA (Capcom Coin-Op)overseas index (OCR text line 41650) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Nintendo's Vs. System Golf in Japan to August 1984, the same month as its Pinball. | p. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendop. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendop. 57 (PDF p. 59), section heading | Book |
| SNK's arcade game Guevara (ゲバラ) went on sale in Japan in December 1987. Game Machine's 15 December 1987 issue reported that SNK would put the Guevara board on sale in mid-December, and Akagi's arcade list dates it 87/12 under SNK. In a notice dated November 1987, printed in Game Machine's 1 December issue, SNK called its newly announced video game Guevara an original product of its own development. | 国内編 (Japan), SNK section | Magazine |
| SNK's American company showed the arcade game as Guerrilla War: Game Machine's report on the AMOA show in its 15 December 1987 issue says SNK of America presented a new product, "Guerrilla War (Guevara)". Akagi's list dates Guerrilla War 87/12 under SNK of America. | 海外編 (overseas), SNK of America section | Magazine |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Vs. Hogan's Alley April 1985, under Nintendo of America in its overseas part; its Japan part, which lists Nintendo's other VS. games, has no Hogan's Alley. | p. 128, 海外編 (overseas), Nintendo of Americap. 57, 国内編 (Japan), Nintendo | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files the arcade game in Japan as Hyper Olympic '84, by Konami Kogyo, in July 1984, and gives Hyper Sports as its other title. | p. 27 (image 29), 国内編 (Japan), Konami section (OCR text line 3344)p. 92 (image 94), Japanese index (OCR text lines 23388-23392) | Book |
| Akagi's list files the arcade game abroad as Hyper Sports, by Konami and Centuri, in July 1984. | p. 155 (image 157), overseas index (OCR text lines 43194-43198)p. 113 (image 115), 海外編 (overseas), among Konami's games (OCR text line 30431) | Book |
| The Vs. System arcade version came out in Japan in February 1985, by Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games. | p. 57, 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界 | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates SNK's arcade 怒 (Ikari Warriors) in Japan to February 1986. | 国内編 (Japan), SNK (OCR text line 1696) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of overseas releases has the arcade Ikari Warriors in June 1986, through Trade West. | 海外編 (overseas), SNK (OCR text line 35030)海外編 (overseas), TRADE WEST (OCR text line 36324)overseas index (OCR text line 43275) | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Data East released Karnov in Japan in January 1987, on its DECO Motherboard 1 (DM 1) hardware. | p. 48 (scan image n49), 国内編 (Japan), Data East's sectionintroduction, board abbreviations (OCR text line 421) | Book |
| The same list files Karnov under Data East USA in March 1987. | p. 115 (scan image n116), 海外編 (overseas), DATA EAST USA | Book |
| Klax began as an Atari Games arcade game. Computer Entertainer's January 1990 issue, reporting on the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, said the coin-op "just hit the arcades earlier this month". A 2005 Japanese reference list of arcade games gives February 1990 for Atari Games' Klax in its overseas part, and March 1990 for Klax from Atari Games and Namco in its Japanese part; Hudson Soft's Famicom manual says Atari Games presented Klax in the arcades in spring 1990. | 海外編 (overseas), index of titles, PDF p. 158 (OCR text lines 43760-43764)国内編 (Japan), index of titles, PDF p. 77 (OCR text lines 16995-16997) | Magazine |
| Irem made an arcade Lode Runner under license from Broderbund: Computer and Video Games found it in a London arcade in late 1984, and Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates it November 1984, distributed through Digital Control. | Irem | Magazine |
| The Vs. System arcade version came out in Japan in August 1985, by Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, which credits HAL beside Nintendo for it. | 国内編 (Japan), Nintendo国内編 (Japan), title indexintroduction, explanatory notesintroduction, explanatory notesintroduction, key to the system marks (text line 436) | Book |
| Nintendo's Vs. System arcade library listed Vs. Mach Rider as a future release for summer 1985, for both the Dualsystem and the Unisystem cabinets, in Canadian Coin Box's July 1985 issue. Akagi Masumi's list dates Nintendo of America's release to January 1986. | 海外編 (overseas), Nintendo of America | Magazine |
| Chris Scullion's NES encyclopedia gives Nintendo R&D2 as the developer; Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games names HAL with Nintendo for the Vs. System version. | 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, key to the system marks (text line 436) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files the arcade Metro-Cross under Namco in Japan in May 1985. | 国内編 (Japan), ナムコ (Namco) section (OCR text lines 10237-10239) | Book |
| Akagi's list files the arcade game abroad as Metrocross in November 1985, a Namco game in its section for Kitkorp, under the heading Sun Corp (Kitkorp, Sunsoft). | 海外編 (overseas), SUN CORP (KITKORP - SUNSOFT) section, KITKORP (OCR text line 35834)overseas index (OCR text lines 44825-44829)海外編 (overseas), section heading (OCR text line 35792) | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Taito released Operation Wolf in Japan in October 1987. | 国内編 (Japan), Taito's section (OCR text line 7619)Japan index (OCR text lines 15761-15765) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list files Operation Wolf under Taito America in December 1987. | 海外編 (overseas), TAITO AMERICA (OCR text line 36091)overseas index (OCR text lines 45257-45261) | Book |
| Taito followed Operation Wolf in the arcades with Operation Thunderbolt, dated December 1988 in Japan by Akagi Masumi's list. The list files Operation Wolf 3, dated September 1994 in Japan, under East Technology, issued through Taito. Scullion notes that Operation Thunderbolt was ported to the SNES and worked with its Super Scope light gun. | 国内編 (Japan), Taito's section (OCR text line 7679)国内編 (Japan), East Technology's section (OCR text line 1178; the section heading "East Technology" at line 1156)Japan index (OCR text line 8322) | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Namco released Pac-Land in Japan in August 1984. Outside Japan the list dates it November 1984 under Namco America ("via Midway") and December 1984 under Bally Midway, and its overseas index gives Namco/Bally Midway, December 1984. | printed p. 93 (PDF p. 95), domestic index (OCR text lines 24146-24150)printed p. 52 (PDF p. 54), domestic list by maker, Namco's column (OCR text line 10162)printed p. 126 (PDF p. 128), overseas list, NAMCO AMERICA (OCR text line 33141)printed p. 125 (PDF p. 127), overseas list, BALLY MIDWAY (OCR text line 32870)printed p. 160 (PDF p. 162), overseas index (OCR text lines 45541-45545) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Paperboy under Atari Games with the month 85/04 (April 1985), in the Atari Games section and in its alphabetical index. The list's introduction says the Japan list is in kana order and the overseas list in alphabetical order, so the entry reads as the overseas one; the list doesn't say in which country the month applies. | overseas index (OCR text lines 45178-45182)ATARI GAMES section (OCR text line 29648)introduction (OCR text line 188) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Pinball, on Nintendo's Vs. System, to August 1984 in its Japan part, the same month as Golf. | printed p. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界 | Book |
| The same list's overseas part dates a Pinball to October 1984 under Nintendo of America, beside Golf; unlike Golf's row, Pinball's carries no Vs. System mark. | printed p. 128 (PDF p. 130), 海外編 (overseas), Nintendo of America | Book |
| A 2005 Japanese list of arcade video games dates Nintendo's Popeye to December 1982 in its Japan part. | p. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界 | Book |
| The same 2005 list dates Popeye to November 1982 in its overseas part, both in its list by date and under Nintendo of America. | p. 111 (PDF p. 113), 海外編 (overseas), by date海外編 (overseas), NINTENDO of AMERICA | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Rainbow Islands (レインボーアイランド) under Taito in October 1987, and Rainbow Islands Extra under Taito in March 1988. | index (OCR text line 28162)index (OCR text line 28164)by maker, Taito (OCR text line 7625) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Rampage under Bally Midway in August 1986. | 海外編 (overseas), MIDWAY (Bally Midway-Midway Games) section, BALLY MIDWAY (OCR text line 32899)overseas index | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Technōs Japan's Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun, the arcade game sold abroad as Renegade, came out in Japan in May 1986, sold through Taito. | 国内編 (Japan), Technōs Japan section国内編 (Japan), Technōs Japan section (scan image 51)国内編 (Japan), another maker's section (scan image 45)Japan index by title (scan image 93) | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list, the arcade Renegade came out abroad in September 1986, under Taito America, credited to Technos. | 海外編 (overseas), TAITO AMERICA海外編 (overseas), TAITO AMERICA (scan image 139)overseas index (scan image 164) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Data East's RoboCop to January 1989 in Japan and files it under Data East USA in February 1989. Computer Entertainer wrote in April 1989 that the coin-op had been doing well in the arcades since its release the previous November. | p. 48 (jp2 leaf 0049), 国内編 (Japan), Data East (OCR text line 9233)海外編 (overseas), DATA EAST USA (OCR text line 30699)overseas index (OCR text line 46874) | Book |
| Tecmo released アルゴスの戦士 (Argus no Senshi) as an arcade game in Japan in 1986, under the overseas title Rygar. Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates the arcade release May 1986. | p. 49 (leaf 0050), 国内編 (Japan), テクモ (Tecmo) (OCR text line 9498) | Publisher |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games lists Rygar under Tecmo (US) in its overseas section at 86/06 (June 1986). | p. 138 (leaf 0139), 海外編 (overseas), TECMO (US) (OCR text lines 36255-36259) | Book |
| The same list also files an arcade Rygar, credited to Tecmo, under Nintendo of America in 1987, with no month and without the tags it uses for PlayChoice-10 or Vs. games, so it doesn't say which machine. | p. 128 (leaf 0129), 海外編 (overseas), NINTENDO of AMERICA (OCR text line 33664) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Shinobi (忍) under Sega in its Japanese section, in November 1987, and under Sega USA in its overseas section, in February 1988. | Japanese index (OCR text lines 18919-18921)海外編 (overseas), SEGA USA section (OCR text lines 34540-34562)overseas index (OCR text lines 47514-47518) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games lists Tecmo's Solomon's Key in Japan for July 1986, between Rygar (May 1986) and Teed Off (December 1986). | p. 49 (scan image 51), 国内編 (Japan), テクモ (Tecmo)p. 49 (scan image 51), テクモ (Tecmo)p. 49 (scan image 51), テクモ (Tecmo) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Solomon's Key under Tecmo's US arm for February 1987. | p. 138 (scan image 140), 海外編 (overseas), TECMO (US)p. 138 (scan image 140), TECMO (US) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Space Harrier under Sega in its Japanese section, in December 1985, and under Sega USA in its overseas section, in April 1986. | Japanese section, Sega (OCR text lines 5479-5481)overseas section, SEGA USA (OCR text lines 34540-34551) | Book |
| Irem also made an arcade Spelunker. A retrospective list of arcade games dates it January 1986, after the Famicom version, on Irem's M62 board, credits Broderbund in brackets, and lists Spelunker II: 23 no Kagi in September 1986. | 国内編 (Japan), アイレム (Irem) section国内編 (Japan), index国内編 (Japan), index | Book |
| By Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games, Atari Games released the arcade Super Sprint in April 1986. | overseas index (OCR text lines 49227-49229) | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Nintendo's Vs. Tennis in Japan to February 1984. | p. 57 (PDF p. 59), 国内編 (Japan), Nintendop. 57 (PDF p. 59), section heading | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates the Vs. System version to December 1984, in its Japan part. | 国内編 (Japan), Nintendointroduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界国内編 (Japan), the list's key to system marks | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list dates Nintendo of America's release of the arcade game to January 1985. | 海外編 (overseas), Nintendo of America海外編 (overseas) index | Book |
| SNK's arcade game came out in Japan as 怒号層圏 (Dogō Sōken) in October 1986, according to Akagi Masumi's arcade game list, which gives Victory Road as its English title. Famicom Tsushin's issue of 12 December 1986 offered a jumbo poster of the game, supplied by SNK, to 20 readers who sent in their impressions of playing it by 5 December; its furigana give the title's reading as どごうそうけん. | 国内編 (Japan), SNK section | Book |
| In North America the game was sold as Victory Road by Tradewest. Akagi Masumi's list dates it to February 1987 under the name "Victory Roads", in SNK's overseas section "via Trade West" and in Trade West's section as an SNK game. Play Meter's April 1987 issue listed Victory Road under Tradewest among dedicated video games in its spring buyer's guide, and reported that Tradewest had had "a tremendous hit" with Ikari Warriors and similar success with its latest game, Victory Road. | 海外編 (overseas), SNK section海外編 (overseas), Trade West section | Book |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games files Vindicators under Atari Games, in its overseas section, in April 1988. | overseas index (OCR text lines 50675-50679)海外編 (overseas), ATARI GAMES section (OCR text lines 29861-29863) | Book |
| Konami's arcade game came out in Japan in January 1985, by Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games. | 国内編 (Japan), コナミ工業 (Konami Industry), row 85/01introduction, 国内編と海外編、リストの限界 | Book |