Block Hole is a hybrid puzzle game/shoot 'em up developed by Konami which was released in 1989 as an arcade game, known as Quarth in Japan. Besides the arcade version, there were also ports of the game to the MSX2 (with a built-in SCC chip), Famicom, and Game Boy—home releases used the Quarth name worldwide (with the exception of the …

This game is known in Japan as "Crazy Cop". King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Collection Vol.0 - 276A-7708) on 21/07/1989. An overhead shoot'em up where you play as a green-haired dude.

A middle eastern country ran by a dictator has invaded a weaker country. The invaded country's last hope for survival is enlisting the help of the Devastators, a team of freedom fighting commandos. The commando's have to go through seven missions of varying locales that include a desert, an air field, a jungle, a savanna, a navy base, mountains and …

Punk Shot was produced by Konami in 1990. Two-on-two ghetto basketball game for one to four people. Players can pass or shoot when they have the ball, or punch and kick when the opposition does. Various obstacles (manholes, etc.) also add to gameplay. There are two teams in the game: The Ramblers and The Slammers. Each team has two different …

Set a year after the events of the original Contra, Bill and Lance, the heroes from the previous game, are sent on a second mission. This time, the alien forces from the previous game have taken over an allied military base, possessing most of its troops. Bill and Lance must not only fight against their former comrade-in-arms, but also a …

The Main Event, known in Japan as Ringu no Ōja (リングの王者, "King of the Ring"), is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Konami in 1988. A player selects two different wrestlers as their tag team, and they wrestle another tag team. If the player wins, his team moves on to another match. If he loses, he gets an immediate …

Thunder Cross is a classic horizontal shooter with 7 stages. Players control the Thunder fighter with up to four "options", which arrange up and down vertically and attack at the player's will. Three weapons are selectable ranging from the Vulcan shot to the Laser and the Boomerang shot (which doubles as a ricochet weapon). End-of-level bosses were present and, typical …

A classic horizontal shooter where up to four options can be added to your ship by collecting the bonus items released from special destroyed enemies. These items also provide speed-ups and different weaponry. The second button lets the player determine the proximity of the options to the ship as well as access to the other options.