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Castle Wolfenstein

Castle Wolfenstein

Sep 1, 1981
Castle Wolfenstein is a slow-paced stealth game set in World War II. The game's main objective is to traverse the levels of the castle to find the secret war plans …
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Zaxxon

Zaxxon

Jan 1, 1982
Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting …
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Death Sword

Death Sword

Dec 30, 1987
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior is a video game first released for Commodore 64 personal computers in 1987; the title was developed and published by Palace Software, and ported to other …
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Mr. Do!

Mr. Do!

Sep 1, 1982
Mr. Do! is an arcade game created by Universal in 1982. Similar in some ways to Namco's popular Dig Dug title, Mr. Do! was also popular and saw release on …
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Kick Off

Kick Off

Dec 31, 1989
Kick Off was the first football game of its kind, having a top-down view and unlike other football games of that time, the ball was not glued to the feet …
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Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns

Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns

Feb 17, 1984
Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is the sequel to Pitfall and was released for a variety of systems during the mid-1980s including the SG-1000 in 1985. It was also ported …
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Robotron: 2084

Robotron: 2084

Jan 1, 1982
In 2084, man creates a species of super-advanced cyborgs known as Robotrons. Recognizing the imperfect nature of their creators, the Robotrons conclude that the inefficient human race must be exterminated. …
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Atlantis

Atlantis

Dec 31, 1982
The lost city of Atlantis is under attack! Wave after wave of Gorgon vessels are approaching, each armed with weapons capable of destroying a part of the city. You are …
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Lunar Lander

Lunar Lander

Aug 1, 1979 · Port of Moonlander
Lunar Lander is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1979, which uses a vector monitor to display vector graphics. The object is to pilot a lunar landing module …
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Kaboom!

Kaboom!

Dec 31, 1981
Kaboom! is an unauthorized adaptation of the 1978 Atari coin-op Avalanche. The gameplay of both games is fundamentally the same, but Kaboom! was re-themed to be about a mad bomber …
Atari2600 Atari5200 Atari8bit
Montezuma's Revenge featuring Panama Joe

Montezuma's Revenge featuring Panama Joe

Dec 31, 1984
PANAMA JOE, That’s what they call him ‘round these parts; though no one knows his real name or where he comes from. But one thing’s for sure, PANAMA JOE’s a …
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Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

Nov 1, 1981
The adventure begins in the Barrow from "Zork I" armed only with the trusty brass lantern and sword of elvish antiquity. The purpose of the game is not initially clear. …
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Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

Jul 8, 1983
Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The player controls a cartoon bear by the name of Bentley Bear, who has to collect gems located …
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Jet Set Willy

Jet Set Willy

Dec 31, 1984
Jet Set Willy is a flip-screen platform game in which the player moves the protagonist, Willy, from room to room in his mansion collecting objects. Unlike the screen-by-screen style of …
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Keystone Kapers

Keystone Kapers

Dec 31, 1983
Flash! Harry Hooligan, notorious con-artist, thief and all around-not-a-nice-person, has escaped!! He is now at large and in the vicinity of Southwick‘s Emporium. At this moment, Hooligan is failing every …
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Head Over Heels

Head Over Heels

Dec 31, 1987
Two distinct characters called Mr Head and Mr Heels are played in this arcade adventure. They are separated at the shoulders but capable of joining together to maximize their abilities …
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Star Raiders

Star Raiders

Mar 1, 1980
Star Raiders is a first-person space combat simulator for the Atari 8-bit family of computers. It was written by Doug Neubauer, an Atari employee, and released as a cartridge by …
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Super Pac-Man

Super Pac-Man

Sep 26, 1982
Super Pac-Man is a game in Namco's Pac-Man family, but instead of gobbling up dots, Pac is required to eat fruit and prizes, such as apples, bunches of bananas, doughnuts, …
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3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

3-D Tic-Tac-Toe

Dec 31, 1979
The game is similar to the traditional game of tic-tac-toe, but is played on four 4×4 grids stacked vertically; it is basically a computerized version of the board game Qubic …
Atari2600 Atari8bit TRS-80
Basketball

Basketball

Dec 31, 1978
Basketball is an Atari 2600 game loosely based on the sport of the same name. The game features a simple game of one-on-one basketball playable by one or two players, …
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Blue Max

Blue Max

Dec 31, 1983
Blue Max is a video game developed and published by Synapse Software, originally released for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. In 1984 it was ported to …
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Raid over Moscow

Raid over Moscow

Mar 13, 1984
Released during the Cold War era, Raid Over Moscow is an action game in which the player (an American space pilot) has to stop three Soviet nuclear attacks on North …
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sep 14, 1984
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is a classic Interactive Fiction game. Though divergent from the source material, the main characters, locations, and concepts are here. Unlike the book, death …
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Deadline

Deadline

Dec 31, 1982
Deadline is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1982. Written by Marc Blank, it was one of the first murder mystery interactive fiction games. Like most Infocom …
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Pitstop II

Pitstop II

Dec 31, 1984
Pitstop II is the first 3D racing game to implement a split-screen simultaneous two-player game mode. Players could be in completely different places on the racing track, and each split …
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