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The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth is a computer game for the Commodore 64 designed by David Crane with music by Russell Lieblich, released in 1986 by Activision. In the game, the Autobot team must defend a number of sites from Decepticon attack. These sites are presented on an overworld map, and the player can dispatch Autobots to these sites via connecting roads. In an attack, gameplay consists of a first-person fixed-perspective shooting game, where the player must prevent an endless army of multi-colored Seekers from stealing various materials.

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They Stole a Million is a strategy computer game released by Ariolasoft in 1986. The objective of the game is to plan robberies and execute the crime. The player first purchases blueprints of the house where the soon-to-be-stolen object is kept. Then several specialists can be hired which disable alarms, open locks or drive the getaway car. The planning stage allows the player to set waypoints, actions and the times at which the actions should take place. For example, the alarm specialist needs two minutes to disable the alarm for a certain display. After two minutes, the lock picking master opens the display and takes the loot.

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Sky Runner is a shoot'em up developed by Cascade Games. A Skimmer or a Skybike has to be flown over the surface of the fictional planet Naibmoloc and defence towers, armed enemy bikers and the Sky(a new drug)-producing harvesters have to be destroyed.

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A platform shoot-em-up hybrid from Sega for one to four players, selected from either Joe (yellow), Mary (red), Lee (blue) and Edgar (green). The action takes place over a number of sideways scrolling levels, the bulk of which consist of straightforward platform action. On some levels, however, there are jet packs for the players to collect, and the gameplay's emphasis switched to that of a standard, sideways scrolling shoot-em-up. The object of the game is to destroy an army of robots that have taken over an Earth colony satellite station. Each level has a boss character that must be destroyed. Upon its death it releases a door key that must be used to exit the level. Weapon and character power-ups can be collected to aid players in their task. Due to its potential for four-player shoot-em-up gameplay, Quartet's gameplay feels vaguely similar to (though by no means as accomplished as) Atari's 1985 classic, "Gauntlet".

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Basic Sega shoot-em-up in which you must guide your ship through three zones while avoiding hazards. Your only weapon are bullets as your only defense, but if you shoot the flashing red pieces on the terrain, chances are that a green ship will approach you, and if you collect this ship, your weapons will be upgraded so that you shoot a laser beam instead. Keep collecting ships and you can shoot up to three laser beams at once. At the end of each zone, you will come across a boss that takes multiple hits to kill. If you manage to conquer all three zones, you are back to where you started. The whole point of this game is to earn as many points you can without losing all of your lives.

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Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble is a multi-genre video game that is based on the anime Mobile Suit Z Gundam, and is one of the first Gundam video games. Aside from the much later Famicom Mini release, there were two versions of the game: the original release; and a special release of the central location test version, sometimes dubbed Final Version. Only 1000 copies of this second version were ever released, making it among the rarest video game in history.

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ZILFINS — Mighty wizards who established in the town of Batiniq an enchanted realm of peace and prosperity. Their crowning achievement was the creation of two rings which, worn together, endowed the wearer with supernatural power. LORD DRAGOS — A fiendish necromancer who now holds Batiniq in thrall. Captor of one magic ring, Dragos needs only its mate to attain invincibility. The sole hope for thwarting this evil is... you. Possessing innate magical ability, you set forth on a perilous quest to find and reunite the legendary rings and depose the dark overlord. Your wondrous journey unfolds in The Rings of Zilfin, a fantasy game whose revolutionary for 1980s graphics added an unprecedented realism to the action you direct. The fully animated scrolling screen grants you step-by-step control as you journey through the dangerous expanses of Batiniq. A host of characters, including elves, dragons, kings and sorceresses, might provide helpful clues. But the tyrant's monstrous minions, such as flying skulls, shape-shifters, goblin monks, and death ray demons, threaten constant attack. Destroy them with arrows or swords of the protective properties of special plants. But your best weapon comes from developing your latent powers until you attain the status of Grand Master Wizard and can weave potent spells. Time grows short. Hasten to seek the fabled Zilfins and their incomparable Rings of Power. Then wield them well.

The first role-playing game developed by Squaresoft, Cruise Chaser Blassty is a sci-fi title released in April 1986.

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Jackal (特殊部隊ジャッカル, Tokushu Butai Jakkaru, "Special Forces Jackal"), also distributed under the title of Top Gunner, is an overhead run'n gun-style shoot-'em-up video game by Konami released for the arcades in 1986. The player must maneuver an armed jeep in order to rescue prisoners of war (POWs) trapped in enemy territory.

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