Pins matching tag:Retro

Enix released Dragon Quest, designed by Yuji Horii with art by Akira Toriyama and music by Koichi Sugiyama, for the Famicom in Japan on 27 May 1986. It became the template for the Japanese console RPG and later reached North America as Dragon Warrior.

Enix released Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line on the Famicom in Japan on 26 January 1987. It expanded the first game with a three-hero party, a larger world and the villain Hargon.

Square released the first Final Fantasy, designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, on the Famicom in Japan on 18 December 1987 (North America followed in July 1990). It was a hit that launched the series.

Enix released Dragon Quest III on the Famicom in Japan on 10 February 1988. It sold over a million copies on its first day and became the best-selling game of 1988 in Japan.

Square released Final Fantasy II on the Famicom in Japan on 17 December 1988, a sequel with a new story and a skill-based growth system instead of classes. It was not released outside Japan until later compilations and remakes.

Square released Makai Toushi Sa-Ga for the Game Boy in Japan on 15 December 1989; the first SaGa game and the handheld's first RPG, it became Square's first million seller with 1.37 million units shipped.

Enix released Dragon Quest IV on the Famicom in Japan on 11 February 1990, opening the Zenithian trilogy with a story told in separate chapters.

Square released Final Fantasy III on the Famicom in Japan on 27 April 1990, introducing the job system that became a series staple. It shipped 1.4 million copies in Japan and was not released in the West until the 3D remake.

Square released SaGa 2: Hihou Densetsu for the Game Boy in Japan on 14 December 1990; the second SaGa game had sold 850,000 copies by 2002.

Square released the action RPG Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden on Game Boy in Japan on 28 June 1991; it reached North America as Final Fantasy Adventure in November 1991 and became the first game in the Mana series.

Square released SaGa 3: Jikuu no Hasha for the Game Boy in Japan on 13 December 1991; it topped the Famitsu sales chart from December 1991 to January 1992.

Square released Romancing SaGa for the Super Famicom in Japan on 28 January 1992, the fourth SaGa game, which sold over a million copies and topped the Famitsu charts in February and March 1992.

Enix released Dragon Quest V on the Super Famicom in Japan on 27 September 1992. It follows one hero across decades of his life and let players recruit monsters; it was the best-selling home game of 1992 in Japan.

Square released Romancing SaGa 2 for the Super Famicom in Japan on 10 December 1993; it is the best-selling Romancing SaGa title with over 1.5 million copies sold in Japan.

Square released Live A Live for the Super Famicom in Japan on 2 September 1994: a role-playing game of seven scenarios in different time periods, directed by Takashi Tokita.

Square released the tactical RPG Front Mission, the first game of the mecha series, for the Super Famicom in Japan on 24 February 1995; it sold over 500,000 copies.

Square released Romancing SaGa 3 for the Super Famicom in Japan on 11 November 1995; it sold over a million copies and was remastered worldwide on 11 November 2019.

Enix released Dragon Quest VI on the Super Famicom in Japan on 9 December 1995, the last game of the Zenithian trilogy and the first mainline entry developed by Heartbeat. It was Japan's best-selling game of 1995.

Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It reached US theaters on 2 November 2012.

Square Enix released the Seiken Densetsu Collection on Nintendo Switch in Japan on 1 June 2017; the compilation of the first three Mana games reached the West as Collection of Mana on 11 June 2019 with the first official English version of Seiken Densetsu 3.

Nike's 1997 Air Bakin basketball shoe, worn by Tim Hardaway, returns from the vault for only the second time in its original black and Varsity Red colourway, at $170.

The black and Varsity Royal Air Jordan 1 High OG, one of the 1985 originals, returns for the first time in nearly a decade in a box printed with Chuck Kuhn's 1985 photos of Michael Jordan, at $185.

The 1991 'White Infrared' Air Jordan 6 comes back for its fourth release and the model's 35th anniversary, on the original shape with Nike Air on the heel, for $215.

The original royal blue and black Air Bakin, unseen since 2008, follows the red pair back to shelves at $170.

The 1989 'Bred' Air Jordan 4 returns in black nubuck with Nike Air on the heel, closer to the original than 2024's leather 'Reimagined' pair, as a wide Black Friday release at $230.

The black, charcoal, red and purple Air Jordan 7 that Michael Jordan wore in the 1992 playoffs returns for the model's 35th anniversary during NBA All-Star weekend, at $215.