1986 in video gaming
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[edit] Events
[edit] Notable releases
- Namco releases Sky Kid Deluxe, Hopping Mappy, Toy Pop, The Return of Ishtar, which is the sequel to Tower of Druaga, Genpei Tōma Den, and Rolling Thunder.
- February 21 — Nintendo also releases The Legend of Zelda (designed by Shigeru Miyamoto for the Nintendo Famicom Disk System), the first in The Legend of Zelda series
- August 6 — Nintendo releases Metroid by Makoto Kano, the first in the Metroid series.
- Sega releases the Out Run arcade game
- Arkanoid (Taito, arcade), spawned many sequels and remakes
- Bubble Bobble (Taito, arcade), spawned many sequels
- Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter was released in October
- Dragon Quest (Enix, Famicom), usually considered the foremost Japanese role-playing video game, the first in a series that has been phenomenally successful in Japan
[edit] Hardware
- Namco releases the Namco System '86 arcade system board
- Atari releases the Atari 7800 home console two years after its original test market date
- Sega releases the Sega Master System home console in the United States
- Sharp releases the Twin Famicom home console
- Nintendo releases the Famicom Disk System (an add-on for the Famicom) in Japan only
[edit] Business
- New companies: Acclaim, Majesco, Ubi Soft
- June 13 - Activision merges with Infocom Inc.
- Activision acquires Gamestar Software
- Sinclair Research Ltd. is acquired by Amstrad
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