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This is a list featuring all the Godzilla games made through the years.
These are the many video games on various consoles that are based on the Godzilla films and related kaiju eiga:
Contents
List of games
1980s
- Godzilla (Commodore 64 - 1983)
- Godzilla vs. 3 Major Monsters (MSX - 1984)
- Godzilla: Gojira-Kun (MSX - 1985)
- The Movie Monster Game (Apple II, Commodore 64 - 1986)
- Monster's Fair (MSX - 1986)
- Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (NES - 1988)
1990s
- Godzilla (Game Boy - 1990)
- Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters (NES - 1991)
- Super Godzilla (SNES - 1993)
- Kaijuu-Oh Godzilla (Godzilla, King of the Monsters!) (Game Boy - 1993)
- Godzilla: Battle Legends (Turbo Duo) - 1993)
- Godzilla: Monster War (Super Famicom - 1994)
- Godzilla: Archipelago Shock (Saturn - 1995)
- Godzilla Giant Monster March (Game Gear - 1995)
- Godzilla Trading Battle (PlayStation - 1998)
- Godzilla Generations (Dreamcast - 1998)
- Godzilla Generations: Maximum Impact (Dreamcast - 1999)
2000s
- Godzilla: The Series—Monster Wars (GBC - 2000)- a 2D sidescroller which features Zilla. It is the sequel of the 1999 game, Godzilla: The Series, but basically have the same gameplay. The game is based from the 1998 TV series. The characters and bosses are all from the series. In this game, Zilla can claw, bite, stomp, and do a firebreath.
- Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (Nintendo GameCube, Xbox - 2002)
- Godzilla: Domination! (GBA - 2002)
- Godzilla: Save the Earth (Xbox, PS2 - 2004)
- Godzilla: Unleashed (Wii, PS2 - 2007)
- Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash (DS - 2007)
Playable characters
Kaiju Melee Domination! Save the Earth Unleashed Double Smash Godzilla 1954 
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5Godzilla 1990s Godzilla 2000 Anguirus Mothra 244Fire Rodan/Rodan King Ghidorah Mecha-King Ghidorah 2Baragon 1Gigan 3Jet Jaguar 1Megalon King Caesar 5Mechagodzilla 15Mechagodzilla 2 Kiryu 5 66Titanosaurus 15Biollante 15Battra 1 25 7SpaceGodzilla Moguera Destoroyah Orga Megaguirus Varan 5Obsidius Krystalak 5Notes:
- 1. ^ Some monsters were set to appear in a Godzilla game, but later got scrapped due to licensing issues or for some unknown reasons.
- 2. ^ Some monsters appear in a Godzilla game as a boss or a summon, but they are not playable.
- 3. ^ The Showa version Gigan does not appear in the Wii version Unleashed, instead, the Millennium version Gigan appears.
- 5. ^ Some monsters appear in certain versions of a Godzilla game.
- 6. ^ Kiryu appears in the Japanese Nintendo GameCube and US Xbox versions of Destroy All Monsters Melee and the Japanese version of Domination!.
Spoof characters
Several other games have featured cameos by Godzilla or are thematically similar to Godzilla:
- Rampage, an arcade game featuring a Godzilla-like monster named Lizzie
- The Revenge of Shinobi features a boss similar to Godzilla.
- Bart's Nightmare, which features "Bartzilla", "Momthra", and "Homer Kong"
- King of the Monsters, A game similar to Godzilla Domination where you take control of several Godzilla and Ultraman-inspired monsters
- War of the Monsters, a cityscape battle game featuring the Godzilla-inspired monster Togera
- Samurai Western stars a warrior named Gōjirō Kiryū (likely in homage to "Gojira" and "Kiryu") and his brother Rando (a syllabary-anagram of "Rodan").
- Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures a bonus level named "The Revenge of Edzilla" makes Ed in a monster suit a parody of Godzilla and the Kankers as a Monster a parody of King Ghidorah.
- Destroy All Humans! 2, A mission called "Kojira Kaiju Battle" has Cryptosporidium do battle with a Godzilla-like monster called Kojira (homage to "Gojira"). Kojira breathes radioactive breath (green in color), fires radioactive missiles from her back which seek out targets and fires a red laser from her eyes.She can also regenerate her health by destroying buildings.
Original video game monsters
These are monsters who are created exclusively for the Godzilla video games and do not appear in any of the Godzilla films.
Bagan
Godzilla video game character Bagan Species Dragon Height 150 meters Weight 280,000 tons Relationships Godzilla (Cell donor)
King Ghidorah (Cell donor)Major enemies Godzilla
King GhidorahFirst appearance Super Godzilla Bagan (バガン) is a monster that was going to be given a chance to battle Mothra and Godzilla, but was cut out. It is the most popular of the unmade Toho monsters due to its appearance as a final opponent in the Super Nintendo video game, Super Godzilla. This is Toho's most well-known abandoned monster (abandoned, film-wise).
First, Bagan appeared in the original draft of Godzilla 1985 (1984) as a strange shape shifting creature with three forms: dragon, sea monster, and a giant ape. He could change from one form to another and when he did, he recovered from all the injuries done to its previous form. In the end, Bagan would combine into single monster with the wings, arms and head of the dragon, the chest, arms, and head of the ape, and the legs, eyes, and mouth of the sea monster. He was stronger in this form, but it could not recover from his injuries, thus in this state Godzilla could defeat it. Bagan was cut from the film because Tomoyuki Tanaka did not have the budget for these special effects.
In 1990s, Bagan's body design was completely changed. He became a large three-horned dragon-like kaiju with white, red, and black scales, wings, and a whip-like tail.
In 1990, he was going to have a chance to battle Mothra in Mothra vs Bagan. He would appear as a Yamato dragon beast that lived in Ancient China. His body eventually became frozen in a block of ice in the Himalayan Mountains. Someone frees Bagan by using explosives on the mountain. He starts to wreak havoc and is unstoppabable until Mothra defeats him and saves the world. The film went very far in the development, but it was canceled because following the box office disappointment of Godzilla vs. Biollante, Toho blamed the fact that an unfamiliar monster was used and Bagan was taken out.
In 1993, Bagan appeared as a final enemy in the Super Nintendo video game, Super Godzilla. When Godzilla fights Bagan, he would change into a second stronger form called Super Godzilla and defeat Bagan.
In 1995, another film that starred Bagan called Godzilla vs. Bagan was going to be released and also, Godzilla changes into Super Godzilla in the film and defeats Bagan. But Bagan was taken out and replaced by Destoroyah and the storyline was renewed. The movie was changed to Godzilla vs. Destoroyah and it became one of the most successful Godzilla films.
Obsidius
Godzilla video game character Obsidius Species Lava monster Height 98 meters Weight 78,000 tons Origins SpaceGodzilla's crystals Relationships SpaceGodzilla (Creator) Major enemies Earth Defenders
Global Defense Force
AliensWorking together with Mutants First appearance Godzilla: Unleashed Created by Pipeworks Software Obsidius (オブシディアス) (originally known as Magmouth) is a villainous entity created exclusively for the video game Godzilla: Unleashed.
Although most of the crystals deposited on Earth by the meteor showers embedded themselves in the surface, some of them managed to punch through the Earth's crust and enter the lithosphere. There, brought together by the magma flows from within the Earth, a sentient creature was brought to life by the accumulated power of the crystals and the raw, ferrous materials of the Earth. Obsidius emerged from a volcano onto the surface world only recently, and thus far has resisted all attempts at communication. Its virtually impenetrable mineral exterior shields him against both physical and energy assaults. It advances single-mindedly toward the most unstable crystal formations on the surface, and as such should be considered extremely dangerous. It is assumed that Obsidous was killed in the end of the game's story.
Obsidius is made of volcanic rock, therefore resisting most attacks on it. It is immune to lava, and therefore can run around in the lava pool on the Seattle arena in the game. It can curl itself into a ball and roll around at a higher speed. Many of Obsidius's attacks are similar to Orga's, with its huge arms and flexible legs playing a huge role in its attacks.
Obsidius was one of the monsters in the IGN roster that got to be game after winning in the roster. The other monsters in the roster that lost to Obsidius were Firelion, The Visitor and Lightning Bug.
Obsidius's name could be named after an igneous rock called obsidian.
Krystalak
Godzilla video game character Krystalak Species Crystal monster Height 76 meters Weight 41,000 tons Origins SpaceGodzilla's crystals Relationships SpaceGodzilla (Creator) Major enemies Earth Defenders
Global Defense Force
AliensWorking together with Mutants First appearance Godzilla: Unleashed Created by Pipeworks Software Krystalak (クリスタラック) is a villainous entity created exclusively for the game Godzilla: Unleashed. It appears in the Wii and DS versions of the game.
Krystalak is a semi-sentient crystal organism, spawned by the same meteor shower that threatens to rip the Earth apart. Born from the crystals, Krystalak seeks to bring all of their energies together to make itself into the ultimate monster. Like the crystals that spawned it, Krystalak is quite resistant to most forms of energy weapons, forcing opponents to fight him tooth and claw. With no ties to any existing alien or terrestrial powers, Krystalak seeks power at any cost.
Krystalak is born from the crystals that crashed onto Earth, therefore producing crystal based powers. It fires crystal shards as a longer range attack and can fire crystal projectiles from its tail. It has incredible agility, and can attack with incredible skill. Its most devastating ability is the ability to overload its heart and cause a huge shockwave to blast around it, dealing incredible damage.
Sphinx
Godzilla video game character Sphinx Species Ancient monster Height 100 metres Weight 80,000 tons Origins Unknown Relationships None Major enemies Earth Defenders
Global Defense Force
Aliens
MutantsFirst appearance Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash Created by Pipeworks Software The Sphinx (スフィンクス) is a monster that appears in Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash. The Sphinx is the third original monster created.
The Sphinx is said to be a villainous entity, and because of this he desires power above all else, as long as he stays on Earth he is the most powerful creature alive.
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