Popular games published by company Nichibutsu

Terra Cresta is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. The player controls a ship, initially with limited firepower. Numbered pods appear containing further parts of the ship that will increase firepower. These additional parts combine with the player's ship to increase its firepower, and the final module transforms it into a fiery phoenix which is invulnerable for a certain period of time. Once the ship has multiple sections, the player may also split it, allowing it to fire in multiple directions. The player begins with three lives and it is possible to play with either one or two players.

A horizontal scrolling shooter, players control the title hover ship in an attempt to completely construct the ship into a giant robot and to destroy any enemies attempting to stop it. The three-headed mechanical dragon found as a boss character in the game, known as Babylon, strongly resembles Mecha-King Ghidorah from the Godzilla franchise.

Moon Cresta is an arcade game released in 1980 by Nichibutsu. A moving starfield gives the impression of vertical scrolling, but the game is a fixed shooter in the vein of Namco's Galaxian. Incentive Software published a version of this arcade game for many 8-bit home computers of the time. Dempa also released a port of both Moon Cresta and Terra Cresta for the X68000. It was also released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 9, 2010 and PlayStation 4 (Arcade Archives) in 2014.

Crazy Climber is a coin-operated arcade game produced by Nichibutsu in 1980. It was also released in North America by Taito America Corporation by UA Ltd. in 1982 for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 and other video game consoles. It is one of Nichibutsu's most highly-acclaimed video games in its library. A precursor to the platform game genre, Crazy Climber was the first game revolving around climbing, specifically climbing buildings, before Nintendo's 1981 release Donkey Kong.

Formation Armed F is a vertically scrolling shooter. The basic gameplay principle offers no surprises: shooting a lot of aliens without getting hit by their attacks. Additionally there are environmental obstacles like poisonous gas or walls. Of course the player can collect power ups to upgrade the ship, e.g. speed-ups or a large variation of weaponry. Each of the seven levels has its own set of weaponry which suits the enemies. The big exception are smaller ships which stay near to the main ship. By pressing a second fire button, the formation can be changed. There are no continues.

Hashiriya: Ookami Tachi no Densetsu is a racing game.

A roller derby/fighting game from Nichibutsu.

Horizontal space shooter

Released in 1998 as Family Bowling for the Playstation.

A puzzle game for the Super Famicom where the hero has to push blocks across a grid to complete lines of the same color.

Top down racing game in which the player collects dots Pac Man-style on several lanes while avoiding collisions with the other car.

Ninja Emaki was produced by Nichibutsu in 1985. Nichibutsu released 80 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Other machines made by Nichibutsu during the time period Ninja Emaki was produced include Cop 01, Pastel Gal, MagMax, Dangar Ufo Robo, Youma Ninpou Chou, Roller Jammer, Tube Panic, Dacholer, Rug Rats, and Nichibutsu Hustler. Game Play A lot like Commando, but the game has a much more interesting landscape. Pick up scrolls that will give you a variety of high-powered weapons to fight your opponents. Boss stages are fairly challenging.

Super Nichibutsu Mahjong is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1992.

Mighty Guy combines the overhead perspective of a run and gun with the gameplay of a beat 'em up. Your character has to fight their way through a desert, town, and mechanical area filled with machines, humans, and bugs to fight. You use punches or a jump kick to defeat enemies as you advance upward. Some enemies will drop guns that you can pick up to use for yourself, making the game play more like a conventional run and gun. Once you defeat the boss at the end, the game will loop back to the beginning and repeat until you run out of lives.

Super Nichibutsu Mahjong 3: Yoshimoto Gekijou-hen is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1994.

Frisky Tom is a 1981 arcade game by Nichibutsu. The object of the game is to provide enough water for a shower by crawling along a network of plumbing pipes and picking up/replacing loose pieces. Various types of mice are the game's antagonists, trying to thwart Tom in different ways: knocking pipes loose to disrupt the water flow, jumping down to fall on him, or setting a bomb to blow up the entire plumbing arrangement.

Wiping is a Maze / Digging game developed by Nichibutsu for the Arcade.

Super Nichibutsu Mahjong 2: Zenkoku Seiha-hen is a Miscellaneous game, developed and published by Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1993.

Strip mahjong game featuring FMV scenes and photographs of models.

Kouryaku Casino Bar is a Miscellaneous game, published by Nichibutsu, which was released in Japan in 1995.

Before the SNES adaptation, Nichibitsu had actually licensed the Heiankyo Alien game in order to create its Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen series. Although it features hole digging/enemy trapping mechanic, it's hardly the trap-'em-up that Heiankyo Alien is. The real goal of each level is to collect all the items available to exit the level through a door. With the use of other items such as flame throwers and bombs, you could play through the entire game without once trapping an enemy. The game had several sequels, including Booby Kids for the Famicom and Doraemon Meikyū Daisakusen for the PC Engine. The latter was localized and released on the TurboGrafx-16 under the title Cratermaze, with the Doraemon character removed.

Cosmo Police Galivan puts the player in control of a human being armed with a beam blade, which is only able to attack monsters in close proximity. As the game continues, the player character can use different powers - some ranged - to take out enemies and progress further. Eventually, the player will have the option of becoming a metal-armored officer with considerably more fire-power, though this power-up state will vanish if too much damage is taken. The player character will also level-up after destroying so many enemies, improving their health and "cosmo points" - a stat similar to mana that is used to power the player character's special attacks. The game's world is a network of caves that the player can explore for necessary items and bonus areas. The NES version expands this aspect, providing some Metroidvania-esque exploration. Some impediments are in place to restrict further exploration until the right item is found, as well.

Control an angel and connect the stars to complete the constellation. Various enemies that get in the way can be defeated using the bow. When all the constellations are completed, RAN and LUM will appear. Make them hug well to get a bonus.

A Racing/Driving/Vertical Shooting game.