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Players climb the tower, defeat Druaga and rescue Princess Ki in this maze-style, action role-playing game. Originally released by Namco for arcades in 1984, its combination of hack & slash combat and RPG elements laid the foundations for the action RPG genre.
The progenitor of the "falling block" puzzle game and the most well-known game to come from Soviet Russia, receiving numerous ports and a long-running series.
Duck Hunt was one of the original NES launch titles, featuring a lightgun, ducks and a laughing blood-hound.
An arcade game that debuted Nintendo's Punch-Out franchise. It released in Japan in 1983, and in North America and Europe in 1984. It was a technical breakthrough, for its large detailed sprites, over-the-shoulder perspective, and gameplay innovations such as the player stamina meter, enemy stamina meter, recharging health and dodging mechanics.
Help Bugaboo (The Flea) escape a cavern while avoiding a large dragon.
A Nintendo recreation of the popular ball and cudgel sport famous in the Americas and Japan. Originally released as a part of the Nintendo Sports Series for NES, later ported as an early title for the Game Boy.
Hop around Antarctica as a chubby little penguin in this Konami game from 1983.
Archon: The Light and Dark is a popular hybrid of turn-based, chess-like strategy as well as 2-player action sequences. It has been released on numerous systems including PC, NES, Amiga and C64. The game has also spawned two sequels.
Guide the titular "Bomberman" around a maze and lay bombs to destroy roaming enemies in the initial entry of the long-running series of the same name.
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.
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.
Elevator Action is a 1983 arcade game by Taito where players control Agent 17, who is attempting to steal documents in a tall building.
Originally released to arcades in 1983, Irem's 10-Yard Fight is an early and simplistic example of arcade-style football.
Mr. Do! is an Arcade style game similar to Dig Dug and Pac-Man, in which a clown is charged with the mission to either collect all cherries or kill all enemies.
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is an adventure game based on the film of the same name. Its major commercial failure is considered an important factor of the Video Game Crash of 1983 and the collapse of Atari, Inc.
An Atari 2600 game where you help the Band Journey escape from Groupies, Sneaky Photographers and Sketchy Promoters to reach the safety of the Van. You have allies like roadies and your trusty manager to help you along the way but the ESCAPE is up to you.
Pitfall! has been holding it down as the grandfather of the modern day platformer since its release in 1982. The premise of the game is to avoid falling down pits.
Drive a six-wheeled rover as you traverse the surface of the moon, jumping over holes and gunning down enemy ships.
Play as chef Peter Pepper, climbing ladders and running over burger ingredients to assemble giant burgers, whilst avoiding dastardly hot dogs, pickles and fried eggs trying to end our culinary adventures!
Carve up the inside of the playfield while dodging the titular Qix in this 1981 arcade game by Taito's American division.
An arcade game developed by Konami in 1981. It was later ported to the Atari 2600 by Parker Brothers.
Crush Roller is a Pac-Man style maze game that challenges players to paint roads while avoiding or rolling over enemies.
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.
Lock 'n' Chase was an arcade game developed and published by Data East in 1981. It was seen as Data East's answer to Namco's Pac-Man.
Released in 1980, Battlezone was an arcade machine where you assumed the role of a tank commander in a vector-based graphic world. Allowing for split screen multiplayer, it entertained for years, and even in the '90s.
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.
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.
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