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Pinball simulator for the Atari 2600
Galaga is a vertical shooter arcade game released in 1981. Developed by Namco and published by Namco and Midway.
Control Jumpman (later known as Mario) and save his girlfriend, Pauline, from the evil barrel-tossing gorilla known as Donkey Kong. Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, this was the game that set the template for the platformer genre.
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.
Protect the king by preventing evil balloons from carrying him away in this early Namco arcade game.
Go for it! Climb to the top of the building as a helicopter awaits! A precursor to the platformer genre, Crazy Climber was the first game revolving around climbing.
A game often considered the first platformer, predating Donkey Kong.
Heiankyo Alien is a 1979 maze game originally developed and released for the NEC PC-8001 and for for arcades. It is the first "trap 'em up" game and the first game to feature a digging mechanic.
1979 arcade shooter by Nintendo where the player must fight sixteen surrounding desperadoes. A precursor to Donkey Kong, it was designed by Genyo Takeda, with assistance from Shigeru Miyamoto, working on his first video game. Possibly the first run & gun shooter, it also introduced the damsel-in-distress trope to gaming as well as continuous background music.
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.
Frogs is a single player game where the player controls a jumping frog.
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.
A sports game released by Taito in 1974. A landmark title, it was notable for being the first video game to use sprites, and the first to represent human characters. It was licensed to Midway as TV Basketball in the United States.
One of the first graphical computer software games known to have been created. Written in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen, it inspired budding game developers, spawned later versions of the game, as well as influencing Asteroids and Star Control.
Lunar Racing Championship is a racing game for PCs and arcade cabinets. Labeled by the developers as "NASCAR meets NASA", the game simulates actual lunar topography and physics.
A 2D physics game developed by Rag Doll Software
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Similar to Tetris with more extra
Atari 2600 homebrew which combines the gameplay of Pong and Joust.
A Flipping Good Time is a fast-paced, gravity altering platformer designed by nine students at DigiPen. It was a member of The PAX 10 at PAX Prime 2011.
A mobile endless runner in which the hero is tasked with saving stranded "Space Chicks" on micro-planets. Gravity pull from each planet alters the protagonist's movement.
Gravity Wolf is a first-person shooter with an emphasis on gravity and momentum.
Grand Mountain Adventure is an Open-World Ski Adventure game.
The Powder Toy is a Free Sand like physics game allowing users to create and upload creations and levels.
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