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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 Pac-Man variant written by Dan Illowsky and published by Datamost for the Apple II.
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
A "catch the items" game for Vic-20.
Usually start with 3, can earn extra every 10-12 thousand
Released by Sega in 1981, Space Fury was the first video game to feature colour vector graphics. It also featured ship power-ups.
Frogger is a classic arcade game with a simple objective: safely maneuver your frog across a busy highway and a deadly river without getting squished!
The sequel to the hit arcade game, Asteroids, it was released in 1980 by Atari. Just as in its predecessor, players are tasked with destroying the dangerous space rocks in an asteroid field without crashing into any or being shot down by malevolent UFOs.
Players pilot a flying saucer, destroying anti-spacecraft guns. Every time players lose a ship, the new ship flies down from the extra-life display. The game was featured in a high-score contest where the prize was a free t-shirt.
Players must destroy waves of UFOs while saving abductees in this classic shoot 'em up
A vertically scrolling action game written by Nasir Gebelli and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers. The player controls the horizontal movement of a plane and has to bomb various targets beneath him.
One of the earliest Space Invaders inspired shooters developed for the Apple II.
Released by SNK in 1980, it was an early shoot 'em up that featured human characters on foot instead of vehicles, spacecraft, or aliens. The player character faces off against multiple shuriken-throwing ninjas and along the way faces several bosses, such as a flame-shooting shinobi.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
Radar Scope was one of Nintendo's first arcade video games, a space shooter with a pseudo-3D third-person perspective. While a hit in Japan, it was unpopular overseas. The popular worldwide hit Donkey Kong was based on its hardware.
Atari's bestselling game of all time, Asteroids was one of the most influential releases of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. One of the first space shooters, it was the inspiration for many of the dual stick shooter games of the modern era, Geometry Wars chief among them.
Battle space aliens and avoid their suicidal attacks to survive in the world of Galaxian, Namco's first installment in the Galaxian franchise. It was a technical breakthrough in 1979, featuring RGB color, multi-colored sprites, a tilemap playfield, vertical scrolling background, and enemies with individual AI routines.
Originally called Space Invaders Part II in Japan, this is the first sequel to the coin-munching hit Space Invaders. This game is notable for introducing the concept of a cut-scene.
Space Invaders, released in arcades by Taito in 1978, is one of the most influential and successful video games of all time, laying the foundations for most shooters and action games that followed. It revolutionized the game industry and has become a pop culture icon.
Gun Fight, also known as Western Gun, is a 1975 arcade shooter. Set in the Wild West, Western Gun was the first on-foot shooter, introduced human combat, was the first open-world action-adventure video game, and the first real-time tactical cover shooter. Gun Fight was also the first microprocessor video game.
Gyroscope is a Marble Madness clone where the players take control of a gyroscope as opposed to a marble. It is presented in a 3D isometric perspective and has similar hazards as seen in Marble Madness.
Originally designed for the Sega Genesis, then the 32x, and finally the Saturn, Sonic X-treme was meant to be the first fully realized 3D Sonic title. It was eventually cancelled in 1997 after spending a year in development hell.
Maya the Bee: The Great Adventure is a GBA game released only in Europe. It was developed by Shin'en Multimedia and published by Acclaim.
An obscure platformer for the Amiga. Players control peter on his quest through 20 levels in which he much collect hearts to save his girlfriend Daphne.
Adult action game developed by Redfire Soft in 2008.
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game. This game was developed by Gazelle Co, Ltd.
A platformer from Magnussoft.
The sequel to Jump Jack.
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