1987 In Video Gaming
1987 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as ''Castlevania II: Simon's Quest'', ''Dragon Quest II'', ''Final Lap'', and ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Zelda II'', along with new titles such as ''After Burner'', ''Contra (video game), Contra'', ''Double Dragon (video game), Double Dragon'', ''Final Fantasy (video game), Final Fantasy'', ''Mega Man (1987 video game), Mega Man'', ''Metal Gear (video game), Metal Gear'', ''Operation Wolf'', ''Phantasy Star (video game), Phantasy Star'', ''Shinobi (1987 video game), Shinobi'', ''Street Fighter (video game), Street Fighter'' and ''The Last Ninja''. ''The Legend of Zelda (video game), The Legend of Zelda'' was also introduced outside of Japan. The year's highest-grossing arcade game worldwide was Sega's ''Out Run''. The year's bestselling home system was the Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) for the fourth year in a row. The best-selling 1987 home video game release in Japan was ''Dragon Quest II: Akuryō no Ka ...
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