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Games released in 1986

Arkanoid re-invents the Breakout genre, while Bubble Bobble brings cute dragons blowing bubbles to the world. The Famicom gets an add-on in the form of the Disk System, complete with re-writable disks. The highly-anticipated sequel to Super Mario Bros. comes out for the add-on, though Nintendo of America is very hesitant on a localization, fearing its difficulty and extremely similar feel to the original would disappoint players. Tetris is made for MS-DOS and starts making its way to America not too long after, rapidly becoming popular throughout the world. Dragon Quest sparks interest in console RPGs in Japan and instantly becomes a hit. Atari makes the Atari 7800 to little success and brings back the 2600 in a lower cost Jr. form ("Under 50 bucks! 50 bucks?! Now isn't that nice."). The Sega Master System is released in the US.

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