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Sokoban
is a puzzle video game created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi. In Sokoban, the player pushes boxes in a warehouse to get them onto storage locations. The game is viewed from a top-down perspective. Boxes can only be pushed, never pulled, and only one box can be pushed at a time. The principal challenge is planning moves correctly to avoid causing a deadlock, a situation where a box or the player becomes permanently trapped, making the puzzle unsolvable.

Donkey Kong Jr.
1982 arcade game

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 adventure video game

Ms. Pac-Man
1982 video game

Dig Dug
1982 arcade game created by Namco

Q*bert
Q*bert () is a 1982 action video game developed and published by Gottlieb for arcades. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses isometric graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect. The objective of each level in the game is to change every cube in a pyramid to a target color by letting Q*bert, the on-screen character, hop on top of the cube while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Players also use a joystick to control the character.

Joust
1982 video game

Pitfall!
Pitfall! is a 1982 platform video game developed by David Crane and published by Activision for the Atari 2600. The player controls Pitfall Harry, who has a time limit of 20 minutes to seek treasure in a jungle. The game world is populated by enemies and hazards that variously cause the player to lose lives or points. Pitfall! was ported to the Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, and MSX.

Popeye
1982 arcade video game

Q1327963
is a 1983 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan and in North America by Atari, Inc. in February 1983. Controlling the Solvalou starship, the player attacks Xevious forces before they destroy all of mankind. The Solvalou has two weapons at its disposal: a zapper to destroy flying craft, and a blaster to bomb ground installations and enemies. It runs on the Namco Galaga arcade system.

Pole Position
1982 Formula 1 racing video game

Pooyan
is a 1982 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in North America by Stern Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves. It was later ported to home consoles and personal computers.

Robotron: 2084
1982 video game

Custer's Revenge
1982 adult video game by Mystique

Moon Patrol
1982 video game

River Raid
1982 scrolling shooter video game

Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
1982 video game

Choplifter
Choplifter (stylized as Choplifter!) is a 1982 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Broderbund for the Apple II. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers the same year, and later to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, MSX, and Thomson computers. In 1985, Sega released a remake for arcades, with subsequent ports published for the Master System and Famicom in 1986. Graphically enhanced versions for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 7800 were also released in 1988 by Atari Corporation.

BurgerTime
(or in Japan) is an arcade video game by Data East released in 1982. According to a former Data East programmer, the game was designed in-house but the development itself was outsourced to another company.

Super Pac-Man
1982 video game
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
1982 video game

Pengo
1982 video game

Tron
1982 coin-operated arcade video game

Mr. Do!
1982 arcade video game

Jungle Hunt
1982 side-scroller video game

The Hobbit
1982 interactive fiction video game based on novel by J. R. R. Tolkien

Yars' Revenge
1982 fixed shooter video game for the Atari 2600

Time Pilot
1982 video game

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1982 video game

Haunted House
1982 video game

Amidar
Amidar is a maze video game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1982. It was distributed in North America by Stern. Parker Brothers published an Atari 2600 version in late 1982, and Casio released a port for the PV-1000 in 1983. Amidar was the first in the grid capture sub-genre of maze games and was highly cloned in arcades and for home systems.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 video game

Bump 'n' Jump
1982 video game

Pac-Man
1982 video game

Demon Attack
1982 fixed shooter video game
Swordquest
Swordquest is a series of action-adventure video games developed and published by Atari, Inc. in the 1980s for the Atari 2600. It was developed as part of a contest, consisting of three finished games, Earthworld, Fireworld and Waterworld (with these titles occasionally appearing on cartridge labels and boxes with capitalized central Ws, e.g. EarthWorld), and a planned fourth game, Airworld.

Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle
1982 video game

Gravitar
Gravitar is a 1982 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades. Using the same "rotate-and-thrust" controls as Asteroids and Space Duel, the game was known for its high level of difficulty. It was the first of more than twenty games that Mike Hally designed and produced for Atari. The main programmer was Rich Adam, and the cabinet art was designed by Brad Chaboya. An Atari 2600 version programmed by Dan Hitchens was released in 1983.

1K ZX Chess
1983 video game

Millipede
1982 video game

Karate
1982 video game

Deadline
1982 interactive fiction computer game

Loco-Motion
1982 video game

Spider-Man
1982 video game

Utopia
1981 video game

Barnstorming
1982 video game

Lost Luggage
1982 video game

Front Line
1982 video game

Kangaroo
1982 video game

Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em
video game for the Atari 2600

Megamania
Megamania is a fixed shooter video game developed by Steve Cartwright for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1982. In the game, a pilot of an intergalactic space cruiser has a nightmare where his ship is being attacked by food and household objects. Using the missile launcher from their space cruiser, the pilot fends off the attackers. The game was later released for the Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit computers.

Pinball Construction Set
1983 video game

Cosmic Ark
1982 video game

Chopper Command
1982 video game

Miner 2049er
1982 video game

Time Zone
1982 graphical adventure video game

Night Life
1982 erotic simulation game by Kōei

Air Raiders
1983 video game

Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
1982 video game

Football Manager
1982 association football management video game