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Kid Icarus is a 2D platformer released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, famed for its blending together of elements from The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. and Metroid.
Take the role of soldiers infiltrating enemy territory in a jeep to rescue POW comrades.
The true sequel to Super Mario Bros., originally exclusive to Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2, significantly boosted the game's difficulty.
Play as five camp counselors out to protect the kids from Jason Vorhees. Most of the time is spent walking down paths and throwing rocks, knives, and other crap at zombies. Occasionally Jason will show up and must be fought.
Racing Destruction Set was a critically acclaimed car and motocross racing game released for the Commodore 64 that was known for its innovative track editor.
Time Gal must save the world by traveling through time and stopping an evil thief from using a time traveling device in order to become the supreme leader of his time. This game was originally released in Japanese arcades in 1985 and later ported to the Sega CD.
A computer game version of Othello.
Road Avenger is an interactive action movie game, telling the story of an ex-cop avenging the murder of his wife with his highly modified car. Essentially a very long series of QTE car chases, the player reacts to on-screen prompts/situations to direct the action on screen.
An early 3D, first-person, role-playing shooter, released by Bullet-Proof Software in 1985. Ahead of its time, it was an early example of both the Action-RPG and FPS genres.
From Jeff Minter comes a game that features goats, bananas, floppy disks, and other assorted objects.
This shape-based Russian mind-bender set the stage for innumerable puzzle games to follow.
Donald Duck's Playground, released in 1984 by Sierra, is a one the few non-adventure games released by game designer Al Lowe.
Alley cat is a computer game released in 1983. The player controls a street cat whose objective is to get to the neighborhood's female cat.
As Rollo (a paint roller), players must avoid the Brush Brothers (a gang of enemy paint brushes) and paint the perimeter of all boxes on screen in order to progress to the next level.
Players fight mechanized alien bugs in this Atari 2600 shooter.
A vertical scrolling shoot'em up in which the player is travelling through a bloodstream of an ill patient destroying viruses and pathogens. Written by Lewis Geer and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.
A shoot'em up similar to the infamous Space Invaders this time on the high seas where the player controls a fighting ship and has to shoot down planes, helicopters and rockets instead of aliens.
Players control a snake like pipe. The goal is to eat all the pellets on screen in order to get the highest score possible. Players must do this while avoiding being hit by enemies.
A single-screen collec'em up written by Chris Morris and published by Softek for several 8-bit homecomputers.
A treasure-hunting maze game where Sindbad (also known as Sinbad the Sailor) must search for treasure in multi-layered, isometric-like, levels. While doing so, he must avoid enemies, which Sindbad can hold-up by digging holes or using the environment.
Known as the granddaddy of the "Quick Time Event", Dragon's Lair is an interactive cartoon that lets players help guide the actions of brave knight Dirk the Daring, as he ventures through the dangerous castle of Singe the Dragon in order to rescue his beloved princess Daphne.
An educational game dealing with fractions. The player must navigate a bridge on a pogo stick with the objective of landing on the space that answers the fraction shown on screen. Wrong answers remove a space. If too many spaces are removed the player falls to a lower level.
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A Space Invaders clone written by Michael Abrash and published by Datamost for the PC.
A action game written by Ron Meadows and published by Datamost for the Apple II. The player's goal is to capture all the cash in the maze without being caught by enemy cars.
A Space Invaders clone in which this time letters and words instead of aliens must be shot down.
Travel through time and shoot biplanes, fighter jets and alien spacecraft in this 1982 shoot 'em up from Konami.
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