Dai Senryaku is a long-running series of strategy games by SystemSoft and SystemSoft Alpha in Japan. SystemSoft Alpha performs development for all console Daisenryaku games while the parent SystemSoft writes Windows and Macintosh editions.

Daiku no Gen-san is a series of platforming video games developed and published by Irem in 1990. The titles were developed and published for the arcades, NES, Game Boy, Famicom and Sony PSP platforms.

Daiku No Gen San 2 - Akage No Dan No Gyakushuu is a series of platforming video games developed and published by Irem in 1990. The titles were developed and published for the arcades, NES, Game Boy, Famicom and Sony PSP platforms.

Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat is an arcade racing game. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. It is based on a three-player arcade game of the same title. It starred American IndyCar driver Danny Sullivan, and featured the tracks of the CART series of the early 1990s.

Darkman was developed by Twilight and published by Ocean Software in 1991. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, NES, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. It was also ported to the Game Boy and Atari ST.

Darkwing Duck is a video game based on the Disney television series Darkwing Duck. The game was developed by Capcom for the NES in 1992 and was ported to the Game Boy in 1993. The Game Boy version is essentially a slightly stripped-down version of the game.

Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum was an action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1990 exclusively in North America. Players take the role of Dash Galaxy, a space scout who has been captured by a hostile civilization. Gameplay involves a series of floors with several rooms each.

Datsugoku is a Beat-'Em-Up game, developed by SNK, which was released in 1989.

Instead of paying attention in school, Davey imagines himself having grand adventures in settings like ancient Greece and the Old West. Too bad these adventures consist of navigating boring mazes, fighting generic enemies and struggling with poor controls. While the storyline is cute, and Davey has a certain charm about him, the gameplay is too bland to make Day Dreamin' Davey worthwhile.

Deadly Towers is a video game developed by Lenar and exclusively-licensed by Irem as a software title for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It was released in Japan on December 15, 1986, and in the North America in September of the following year.

Mutech Corporation, the gigantic multinational conglomerate, purchases Alcatraz prison for the site of Gamma Base, the first clean energy Gamma Ray Reactor. Or so they claimed! Alcatraz, famous for preventing anyone from escaping alive, would ironically now prevent anyone from entering its forbidding walls. Who could have guessed that Mutech Corporation was controlled not by humans, but by a malignant digital life form? Who would have believed that these life forms had evolved to a level of intelligence far beyond that of man? Mutech's ultimate plan is a simple one.. enslave all mankind or destroy them! Only you can stop Mutech and save humanity as we know it! Prepare yourself for the challenge of a lifetime... your lifetime!

Deep Dungeon 3: Yuushi heno Tabi is a Role-Playing game, developed by Hummingbird Soft and published by Square Enix, which was released in Japan in 1988.

Deep Dungeon 4 - Kuro no Youjutsushi is a Role-Playing game, developed by Hummingbird Soft and published by Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc, which was released in Japan in 1990.

Defender 2 is an arcade video game developed released by Williams Electronics in 1980. It is a shooting game that features two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The game is set on a fictional planet, where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts.

Defender of the Crown is a strategy computer game designed by Kellyn Beck. It was Cinemaware's first game, and was originally released for the Commodore Amiga in 1986, setting a new standard for graphic quality in home computer games.

Defenders of Dynatron City is a video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by JVC and LucasArts in August 1992.

Deja Vu is a "point-and-click" adventure game set in the world of 1940s hard-boiled detective novels and movies. It was released in 1985 for Macintosh - the first in the MacVenture series - and later ported to several other systems.

Demon Sword is an action video game developed by Taito in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is similar in gameplay to Legend of Kage, and thus was often treated by gamers as the sequel to the game, although this is not the case.

You are Kuros, the knight warrior, hero of the Books of Excalibur. Your journey begins deep within the woods of Elrond, where even the wind obeys the Supreme Wizard, Malkil. A wizard so great, Merlin calls him teacher. But Malkil has strayed from the path, and is now part of the dark side. Buried within the catacombs and dungeons of Elrond lies the key to your quest. The powers of levitation, the cloak of darkness, and the mysterious potions only Kuros can drink will be revealed to you. In caverns of fire, through demons that fly and crawl, against the soldiers of the undead you must continue. No sorcery can prevail, for you are the only knight with the strength to wield the Brightsword. The prisoner of the wizard awaits. She calls to you from Castle IronSpire. But the wizard is watching you, warrior. And this tale has just begun.

Desert Commander is a turn-based tactics game based on the North African theatre of World War II for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The players can choose between the Allied Forces and the Axis Powers.

Destination Earthstar is a futuristic, first person, space shooter game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The view of the game is from the cockpit of a spacecraft. The goal of the game is to explore a grid which is displayed on screen in search of opponents to destroy and to land on planets some of which refuel the energy and refill ammo to your arsenal of weapons which consist of your photon laser which is your primary weapon and your secondary weapon torpedoes.

Destiny of an Emperor is a traditional console role-playing game by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan in 1989, with an English language localization released for the North American market in 1990.

Dezaemon 3D is a game creator for the Nintendo 64. It was released only in Japan in 1998. The game was one in which one could design their own shooting game levels similar to the levels shown in Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth. The game had nearly limitless options, from creating the stage boss or adding a custom soundtrack for each level.

Dick Tracy appeared in three video games, one for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Bandai, one for the Game Boy (also by Bandai) and also one the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Sega Master System by Sega themselves.

Digger - The Legend of the Lost City is an NES game developed by Rare, and released by Milton Bradley in February 1991.

Dizzy the Adventurer is a game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was bundled with the Aladdin Deck Enhancer.

Don Doko Don is a 1–2 player platform arcade game by Taito made in 1989. The players are bearded dwarves who must defeat various enemies by using a mallet to stun them. Players can pick stunned enemies up and throw them at other enemies to destroy them.

Donald Land is a Family Computer game developed and published by Data East. It was released only in Japan on January 29, 1988. It is based on McDonald's characters.

Doraemon is a 3D Platformer game, developed and published by Epoch, which was released in Japan in 1997.

Double Dare is a video game based on the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare. It was released by GameTek for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990, and ported to the NES by Rare Ltd.

Double Dragon​ is a 1987 beat 'em up developed by Technos Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito Corporation. The game is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (released outside of Japan by Taito as Renegade), but introduced several additions such as two-player cooperative gameplay and the ability to arm oneself with an enemy's weapon after disarming them.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technos originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1988. It is the sequel to Double Dragon, released during the previous year.

Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technos Japan Corp. that was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1991.

Double Dribble, known in Japan as Exciting Basket, was the second basketball arcade game developed and released in 1986 by Konami, following Super Basketball.

Enter the exotic South Pacific where some of the most beautiful islands on Earth have become the lair of one of the most vicious terrorist organizations on the planet. Witness unrelenting, awesome military might that invades air, land and sea in an attempt at world domination. Destroy wave after wave of powerful attack forces. Your reinforcements are three days away, but the time for battle is now. Surrender is not a possibility. Your only option is to strike, and strike again! Double Strike!

Dough Boy is a combat game where you must run around collecting items in one stage, while firing at enemy soldiers and jumping in fox holes to avoid their return fire, and use those items to destroy the enemy structures in another stage.

In 1988, Technos turned its attention to the NES (Nintendo) console, which had become very popular at that time. Its first three titles were ports of Nekketsu Koha Kunio-kun (Renegade) Double Dragon and Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball bu (Super Dodge Ball). All three games contained considerable differences from their arcade counterparts.

Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou! is a Beat-'Em-Up game, published by Technos Japan, which was released in Japan in 1991.

Dr. Chaos is an action-adventure game originally released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987 by Pony Inc. An English localization was produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System that was released in North America by FCI in 1988.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde​ is a 1988 side-scrolling action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System loosely based on the novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Gameplay alternates between the characters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde based on the player's ability to either avoid or cause damage.

Drac's Night Out is the title of a video game made by Parker Brothers that was produced for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game featured the Reebok Pump. In the game you controlled the infamous Count Dracula who, while wearing Reebok Pumps, had to walk from his castle to his girlfriend Mina's house in order to drink her blood. Along the way you could suck the blood of villagers in order to transform into a bat or a wolf.

Dragon Ball - Dragon Tricks delivers an extreme 3D fighting experience, improving upon last year's game with over 150 playable characters, enhanced fighting techniques, beautifully refined effects and shading techniques, making each character's effects more realistic, and over 20 battle stages. This is the ultimate chapter in Budokai Tenkaichi series with over 20 new characters that have never been seen in any other DBZ video games such as Nail, King Cold and King Vegeta and battle stages that fans will love.

Dragon Fighter​ is a fantasy-themed side-scrolling action game developed by Natsume for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first published in Japan by Towa Chiki in 1990 and in North America by SOFEL in 1992.

Dragon Spirit - The New Legend is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game released by Namco and Atari Games (in the US). It runs on Namco System 1 hardware, and was later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, DOS, Atari ST, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16 and ZX Spectrum platforms.

Dragon Unit is a side-scrolling action game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. It is a port of an obscure arcade game of the same name, produced by Jaleco; the gameplay and graphics were significantly modified to suit the abilities of the NES.

Dragon's Lair is a laserdisc video game published by Cinematronics in 1983. It featured animation created by former Disney animator Don Bluth. Dragon's Lair features the hero, Dirk the Daring, attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe locked in a wizard's castle. The screen shows animated scenes, and the player executes an action by selecting a direction or pressing the sword button with correct timing.

Dropzone is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Arena Graphics in 1984. It is a bi-directional, horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up in the style of Defender. It was designed and written by Archer MacLean, his first commercial video game.

The Duck game is a series of questions and answers that are repeated. The entertaining aspect of the game is both that the questions and answers can be funny in various different ways and that the people playing the game might begin to forget their lines. It can be played by any number of people and with as many rounds as desired.

Dudes with Attitude is a game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The player controls a "dude" and tries to collect treasures while avoiding obstacles.

Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements is a first-person RPG (similar in vein to Bard's Tale and the various SSI D&D games) produced by Taito in 1989, and programmed by Natsume for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball (released in Japan as Softball Tengoku) is a one- or two-player NES game where players can pick and choose various fictional softball players and customize their own team to take to the championship.

Dynablaster is a name that has been given to the European releases of three different games of the Bomberman franchise.

The seedy underworld is crawling with criminals. Even worse - the JOKER is back on top of 'em all! Law and order means nothing... until now! Because BATMAN is here - and the action is hotter than ever! Ear-crunching sound effects. Pulse-quickening music. Graphics that are as hot as 16-bit. And this time, BATMAN hits fast and hard. Flying, leaping, and sliding to attack! And striking at the heart of the JOKER. The CAPED CRUSADER has a totally new arsenal at his command: Batarang, Crossbow, Sonic Neutralizer. He's even got a superfueled jetpack. And even more powerful weapons at the touch of a button. BATMAN has got to use all of his power. Because this world is a very dark place, and you never know where the JOKER is hiding!

Dynamite Bowl is a bowling game for the NES where you can choose between five different players and 30 different lanes. The game is played and scored just like real bowling.

Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus is a game developed and published by Bandai for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in 1989 in Japan and in 1990 in North America.