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Duck Hunt was one of the original NES launch titles, featuring a lightgun, ducks and a laughing blood-hound.
Players take the young archeologist Fred through the pyramid of Tootiecarmoon in search of treasure.
Based on the Japanese anime of the same name, Albegas was a 1983 laserdisc game by Sega that differentiated itself by allowing the choice of different paths to take throughout the game. Bally Midway released the game in North America as Cybernaut in March 1984.
Kidou Senshi Gundam Part 1: Gundam Daishi ni Tatsu!! (機動戦士ガンダム PART 1 ガンダム大地に立つ!! "Mobile Suit Gundam Part 1: Gundam Stands on the Ground!!") is an adventure/shooter/RPG from 1983, based on the popular Mobile Suit Gundam anime television series.
A graphical text-adventure written by Chuck Sommerville and Joseph Dudar and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
Designed by Yoshio Kiya and released by Nihon Falcom in 1983, this was possibly the first action RPG. It introduced real-time combat, sci-fi elements, a persistent open world with day-night cycle, and survival mechanics. This was a precursor to Falcom's seminal action RPG franchise, Dragon Slayer.
An early run & gun shooter designed by Hiroshi Ishikawa in the summer of 1983 and published by Enix in October 1983.
A compilation of two Midway classics for Atari 8-bit computers.
Robot Tank is a first-person shooter for the Atari 2600, by Activision.
Play as a spy in an armored sports car, destroying enemy vehicles and protecting civilian vehicles.
Star Wars: Jedi Arena is one of the first Star Wars games to ever be released on a video game console. The original release was back in 1983 for the Atari 2600.
A maze game for MSX. Players must uncover a hidden ring on each floor of the pyramid in order to activate a teleporter to the next one.
James Bond 007 is a side-scrolling action game developed by Parker Brothers, and released in 1983. Players control Bond's car to clear four movie inspired stages.
In this scrolling shooter for the MSX, you control a gun that flies over mountains and shoots at white and purple eggs.
A shooting game featuring a Defender style left/right shooting ship. Enemies drift onto the screen with increasing speed, somewhat reminiscent of Geometry Wars.
Find the Nazi war plans and escape Castle Wolfenstein alive.
The player has to find the Golden Idol which is hidden within a ancient Aztec temple in this 2D action-adventure platformer.
One of the first Japanese RPG's, and the first game based on the Mission: Impossible franchise. It was notable for replacing the fantasy setting of traditional RPG's with a modern setting.
This early example of 3D gaming has players fire rockets from a submarine at incoming ships and UFOs. It was the first video game to use stereoscopic 3D, and the first commercial product to use active-shutter-based stereoscopic 3D.
An Egyptian themed arcade game released in 1982 from Konami, where players control an explorer/treasure hunter raiding the ancient catacombs of King Tut's tomb. It was the first maze-shooter action-adventure, predating games such as Gauntlet and Time Bandit.
The Pit could be considered a precursor to Boulder Dash. It was originally released in the arcades and later ported to the Commodore 64.
Mission-X, also known as Zoar, is a vertical scrolling shooter from Nihon Bussan and Data East, released in early 1982.
Adventure game based on the popular movie
Carnival is an arcade game released in 1980 by Sega. It was ported to various consoles of the day.
Night Stalker is an action game with a treacherous maze full of robots, spiders, and bats. To survive means finding a gun and fighting back, six bullets at a time.
A game for the Atari 2600.
Zaxxon is an arcade shooter developed by Sega, along with assistance from Ikegami Tsushinki. When it was first released, Zaxxon's isometric projection was considered ground-breaking and original, giving players the sense that they were playing in 3-D.
A Berzerk clone in which the player controls a thief that must make his way through simple mazes full of evil robots. Written by Bob Flanagan and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
1981 DECO Cassette System arcade action game, where DECO Kid flies and punches enemies in side-scrolling environments. Ahead of its time, it set precedents for mechanics such as multi-directional scrolling, bosses, energy bars, debris, invincibility, and score combos.
A tactical maze shooter released by Sega in 1981. It has a mixture of vertical scrolling run & gun shooting and maze digging.
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