1986 in video gaming

EventsNotable releasesNamco 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.August 6 — Metroid by Makoto Kanoh, the first in the Metroid series.February 21 — The Legend of Zelda (designed by Shigeru Miyamoto for the Nintendo Famicom Disk System), the first in The Legend of Zelda series, a spiritual forerunner of console role-playing gamesArkanoid (Taito, arcade), spawned many sequels and remakesBubble Bobble (Taito, arcade), spawned many sequelsSpace Quest I: The Sarien Encounter was released in OctoberDragon Quest (Enix, Famicom), usually considered the foremost console role-playing game, the first in a series that has been phenomenally successful in Japan
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