Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe's Brother was an arcade game which came out in 1988 made by Seta corporation licensed to Taito. It was one of the first arcade to use extensive digital sampling from digitized photos to digitized soundtrack. It is a vertical scrolling shooter in which the helicopter is player-controlled. The player needs to shoot enemy ships, turrets, helicopters and planes and earn points. During the game if certain buildings are destroyed, hostages are found and extra points are received for saving them. A NES port was published a year later by Romstar. The European version of the game contains a well-known Japanese-English mis-translation as the player is informed after losing all lives that "The player game is abortion".[citation needed]

Wizardry is a series of role-playing video games, developed by Sir-Tech, which were highly influential in the evolution of modern console and computer role-playing games. The original Wizardry was a significant influence on early console RPGs such as Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy. Originally made for the Apple II, the games were later ported to other platforms. The last official game in the series by Sir-Tech, Wizardry 8, was originally released for Microsoft Windows and is currently available for play on Mac and Linux via bundled emulation. There have since been various spin-off titles released only in Japan.