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Games Index

Obscure Games

A growing directory of Arcade Side B game histories, plus individual games already documented inside the company archive.

13games currently indexed
9standalone game histories
4company-history game entries

Full Game Histories

Standalone Arcade Side B research pages

1987Full history

Captain Silver

Data East · Jorudan Information Service

Pirate-themed action with shops, temporary powers, progression systems and a demanding second loop.

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1976Full history

Cobra Gunship

Meadows Games

A discrete-logic cockpit shooter built around a recessed display, physical overlays and an ambitious flight yoke.

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1981Full history

Colony 7

Taito America · Threshold Research attribution

Defend a vulnerable colony with limited weapons while navigating one of the era’s more unusual extra-coin experiments.

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1979Full history

Cosmic Guerilla

Universal Co., Ltd.

A fixed-screen defense shooter with visible reserve weapons, Ishimori-linked artwork and a tangled regional hardware story.

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1983Full history

Intrepid

Nova Games Ltd.

A compact espionage adventure built from maze-action mechanics, tools, guards and a miniature embassy mission.

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©1982 / 1983Full history

Minky Monkey

Technos Japan · Roller Tron

Technos Japan’s first arcade game: fruit-delivery commands, eight repeating layouts and a steadily rising score multiplier.

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1983Full history

Sindbad Mystery

Sega

A treasure-maze puzzle where revealing less of the map can be worth more than uncovering every clue.

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©1986Full history

The Lost Castle in Darkmist

Seibu Kaihatsu · Taito

Fantasy action with forced scrolling, towns, barter, cursed treasure and maze-like RPG behavior hidden beneath the surface.

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1981Full history

Thief

Pacific Novelty

A getaway-car maze chase with eight street layouts, escalating criminal ranks and cassette-driven police-radio chatter.

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Inside the Company Histories

Game coverage already available without a standalone article

1982Company history

Eyes

Digitrex · Techstar · Rock-Ola / Zaccaria

The maze game that exposes the complicated split among authorship, rights ownership, licensing, manufacture and regional presentation.

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1981Company history

Mariner / 800 Fathoms

Amenip · U.S. Billiards and regional partners

An underwater shooter whose surviving program, regional names and cabinet history show how one work crossed several markets.

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1982Company history

Mole Attack / Holey Moley

Yachiyo Denki Sangyo · Roller Tron

A video whack-a-mole machine with a nine-button control panel and a documented Japanese manufacturing and release chain.

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1980–1981Company history

Deep Death / Shark Attack

Pacific Novelty

A shark-versus-divers action game whose prototype name, recorded voices, licensing and cabinet history survive unusually well.

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This is the first pass, not the final catalog.

The index will grow as more standalone histories are published and as substantial game sections inside company research are added. The goal is eventually to make every meaningful game entry in Arcade Side B reachable from here without turning the homepage into a giant list.