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Tim Martin's Spelunker is regarded by some as one of the most obscenely difficult games of all time.
As Robbie the Robot, players must protect a plant from various insects.
Players dive underwater in order to search for pearls.
A shoot 'em up for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore C16. The game was inspired by the arcade / Atari 2600 game, Phoenix.
Players fight mechanized alien bugs in this Atari 2600 shooter.
A shoot'em up in which the player controls a orb along the edges of geometrical shapes and shoots up moving objects.
Flash Gordon is a horizontal scrolling shoot'em up for the Atari 2600 based on the film of the same name starring the pulp fiction hero. Also published under the name "Spider City" for the Atari 8-bit and Commodore VIC-20 homecomputers.
A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
A action game written by Tony Ngo that was published for various 8-bit platforms. The player controls Sam who must climb to the top of a 48 story building and collect a suitcase full of money while avoiding being knocked off the building by a variety of creepy creatures or falling objects.
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 hop around a pyramid of plates to change their colors in this Q*Bert-inspired game from Sierra.
You must make your way through the castle of Dr. Frankenstein. Your goal is to stop him from finishing his creation.
Defeat the forces of an evil robot empire in this 1983 video arcade game from Atari. Player challenged to approach enemy space station and defeat its defenses, and then to infiltrate the station, sabotage its reactor, and escape in time.
Jr. Pac-Man is an arcade game released in 1983 by Bally Midway without Namco's permission.
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.
A Pac-Man game where you uncover cards to unlock doors to get the fruit and other items locked away. But watch out! Your "pal" will steal your hard earned items if you let her!
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.
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.
Miner Willy is trying to escape a 20 room cavern, with the player collecting keys by avoiding all kinds of deadly creatures and making it to the exit of each cavern before his oxygen runs out.
Nintendo's classic arcade hit. Players attempt to eliminate enemies while avoiding fireballs and collecting coins.
Mouser is a 1983 platformer from UPL. Players control a cat whose bride has been kidnapped by mice.
Journey as an Arabian prince to save the princess, who is imprisoned in the tower of a castle.
Save the last human family and blast as many robots as you can in this classic dual-joystick shooter from Williams Electronics.
Xevious is one of the first vertical scrolling shoot-em-up arcade games.
Chopper Command is a Defender clone for the Atari 2600. In Chopper Command players control a helicopter as it tries to destroy enemies while navigating a desert.
As the titular Black Widow, players defend themselves from waves of bugs in this Atari arcade game.
A Pac-Man clone written by John P. Shay and published by Solar Software for the Commodore 64 and Commodore 16 / PLUS 4.
Written by Dan Illowsky and Michael Abrash this game is a Pac-Man variant and sequel to Snack Attack.
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