Saturday 1 October
25 releases
- 1943: The Battle of Midway Nintendo Entertainment SystemCapcom
- Acrojet PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 SeriesMicroProse Software, Inc.
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance Commodore C64/128/MAXStrategic Simulations
- Barbarian Commodore C64/128/MAXPsygnosis
- Battle Chess AmigaInterplay
- Battlehawks 1942 DOSLucasfilm Games
- Dangerous Dave Apple IIJohn Romero
- Derringer PC-9800 Series
- Double Dragon Sega Master System/Mark IIITechnos Japan
- Fantasy Zone Sega Master System/Mark IIISega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Ghostbusters Nintendo Entertainment SystemActivision
- Lovely Horror: Ochame na Yuurei MSX, PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X1Studio Angel
- Ninja Gaiden ArcadeTecmo
- Pac-Man Nintendo Entertainment SystemNamco Hometek
- Pete Rose Pennant Fever DOSDynamix, Inc.
- Racket Attack Nintendo Entertainment System
- R-Type PC-8800 SeriesIrem
- R-Type Sega Master System/Mark IIIIrem
- Salamander Sharp X68000Konami
- Seicross Nintendo Entertainment SystemNichibutsu
- Shanghai Sega Master System/Mark IIIActivision
- Starglider 2 AmigaArgonaut Software Ltd.
- Truxton ArcadeToaplan
- Turbo Cup DOSLoriciels
- Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders Commodore C64/128/MAXLucasfilm Games
Sunday 2 October
1 release
- Matou no Houkai: The Hero of Babel Family Computer Disk SystemCarry Lab
Friday 7 October
1 release
- 19 Part One: Boot Camp Commodore C64/128/MAX
Saturday 8 October
2 releases
- Doukeshi Satsujin Jiken Sharp X68000Thinking Rabbit
- Megalopolis SOS MSX2
Sunday 9 October
3 releases
- Exciting Soccer: Konami Cup Family Computer Disk SystemKonami
- Nekkyuu Koushien Sega Master System/Mark III
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo Entertainment SystemNintendo R&D4
Tuesday 11 October
1 release
- Daisenryaku Family ComputerQuest
Friday 14 October
1 release
- Fantasy Zone TurboGrafx-16/PC EngineBits Laboratory
Saturday 15 October
3 releases
- Lipstick. ADV PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 SeriesFairyTale
- Thunder Force II Sharp X68000Technosoft
- Ys: The Vanished Omens Sega Master System/Mark IIINihon Falcom
Tuesday 18 October
2 releases
- Eggerland: Souzou he no Tabidachi Family Computer Disk SystemHAL Laboratory
- The Black Bass Family ComputerAnother Ltd.
Wednesday 19 October
2 releases
- Gold Cliff Game & WatchNintendo
- Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz MacInfocom
Friday 21 October
4 releases
- Cobra Command Family ComputerData East
- Computer Board Game: Genpei Touma-den Family Computer
- Dandy: Zeuon no Fukkatsu Family Computer Disk System
- Sorcerian Additional Scenario Vol. 2: Sengoku Sorcerian PC-8800 SeriesNihon Falcom
Saturday 22 October
1 release
- TrianGo Amiga
Sunday 23 October
1 release
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Family ComputerNintendo R&D4
Thursday 27 October
2 releases
- Erika to Satoru no Yume Bouken Family ComputerAtlus
- Leisure Suit Larry 2: Goes Looking for Love (in Several Wrong Places) DOSSierra On-Line
Friday 28 October
2 releases
- United State Presidental Race Family ComputerAxes Art Amuse
- Youmais Family Computer Disk System
Saturday 29 October
4 releases
- Altered Beast Sega Mega Drive/GenesisTeam Shinobi
- Space Harrier II Sega Mega Drive/GenesisM2
- Space Harrier II Sega Mega Drive/GenesisSega R&D 2
- Super Thunder Blade Sega Mega Drive/GenesisSega R&D 2
Monday 31 October
1 release
- Super Jack PC-8800 Series
Dates come from IGDB and move when publishers change them. Following counts are IGDB followers.