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Mario Bros.
1983 arcade game
Lode Runner
1983 video game
Bomberman
1983 video game
Donkey Kong 3
1983 video game
10-Yard Fight
1983 American football video game
Dragon's Lair
1983 video game developed by Advanced Microcomputer Systems
Antarctic Adventure
1983 video game
Baseball
1983 baseball video game for the NES
M.U.L.E.
M.U.L.E. is a 1983 strategy video game written for Atari 8-bit computers by Ozark Softscape. Designer Danielle Bunten Berry (credited as Dan Bunten) takes advantage of the four joystick ports of the Atari 400 and 800 to allow four-player simultaneous play. Published in 1983, M.U.L.E. was one of the first five games from Electronic Arts, alongside Axis Assassin, Archon: The Light and the Dark, Worms?, and Hard Hat Mack. M.U.L.E. is primarily a turn-based strategy game, but also incorporates real-time elements where players compete directly, as well as aspects that simulate economics.
Mappy
is a 1983 platform video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1983 and in North America by Bally Midway in April 1983. It runs on Namco's Super Pac-Man hardware modified to support horizontal scrolling. The name "Mappy" is likely derived from , a slightly pejorative Japanese slang term for policeman. The game has been re-released in several Namco arcade compilations. It spawned a handful of sequels and a 2013 animated web series developed by cartoonists Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub.
Track & Field
1983 arcade video game
Elevator Action
1983 arcade game
Archon: The Light and the Dark
1983 video game
Manic Miner
1983 video game
Jetpac
Jetpac is a shooter video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game and released for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20 in 1983 and the BBC Micro in 1984. It is the first game to be released by Ultimate Play the Game, the company which later became Rare. The game follows Jetman as he must rebuild his rocket using a jet pack in order to explore different planets, while simultaneously defending against hostile aliens. It was written by Ultimate co-founder Chris Stamper with graphics designed by his brother, Tim Stamper. Reviewers praised Jetpacs presentation and gameplay, and it won "Game o
Ultima III: Exodus
1983 video game
Alley Cat
1983 video game
Donkey Kong Jr. Math
1983 video game
Star Wars
1983 video game
Spelunker
video game published in 1983
Gyruss
is a 1983 tube shooter video game developed and published by Konami for Japanese arcades. It was initially licensed to Centuri in North America for dedicated machines before Konami released their own self-distributed conversion kits for the game. Parker Brothers released ports for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit computers, ColecoVision and Commodore 64 in 1984. An enhanced version for the Famicom Disk System was released in 1988, followed by the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989.
Space Ace
1984 video game
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn
1983 video game
MotoRace USA
1983 video game
Arabian
1983 video game
Moria
free Rogue-like video game
Flappy
is a puzzle video game by dB-Soft in the same vein as the Eggerland series and Sokoban that is obscure outside Japan. It stars Flappy, a somewhat mole-like character who must complete each level by pushing a blue stone from its starting place to the blue tile destination.
Door Door
1983 video game
Atic Atac
1983 video game
Digger
1983 video game
Crystal Castles
1983 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.
Halloween
1983 video game
Exerion
is a 1983 shoot 'em up video game developed by Kawa Denshi Giken and published by Jaleco for arcades. It was released in North America by Taito. The player controls a starship and must fire at enemies on the screen while avoiding projectiles. The game uses a pseudo-3D scrolling background, giving a sense of depth, and the player's ship has a sense of inertia while it is being controlled with the joystick.
Q3394083
1983 video game
Congo Bongo
1983 video game
Beach Head
1985 video game
Pssst
Pssst is an action video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game that was released for the ZX Spectrum in June 1983. In the game, Robbie the Robot has to protect his plant (a Thyrgodian Megga Chrisanthodil) as it is attacked by various insects, each of which needs a different repellent to neutralise it. Pssst was the second game to be released by Ultimate, after Jetpac.
The Activision Decathlon
1983 sports video game
Oil's Well
1983 video game
Nuts & Milk
platform-style puzzle game developed and published by Japanese software developer Hudson Soft in 1983
Pac & Pal
1983 video game
Bokosuka Wars
1983 video game
Keystone Kapers
1983 video game
One on One
1983 video game
Juno First
1983 video game
Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man
1983 video game
Enduro
1983 racing video game
Pepsi Invaders
1983 video game
Pac-Man Plus
1982 video game
Jumpman
1983 video game
Jr. Pac-Man
1983 Retro/Arcade Game
Attack of the Mutant Camels
1983 video game
Tag Team Wrestling
1983 arcade video game
Cookie
ZX Spectrum video game
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle
1983 video game
Tranz Am
1983 video game
B.C.'s Quest for Tires
1983 video game
Planetfall
Planetfall is a science fiction themed interactive fiction video game written by Steve Meretzky, and published in 1983 as the eighth game from Infocom. The original release was for Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, TRS-80, and IBM PC compatibles (both as a self-booting disk and for MS-DOS). Atari ST and Commodore 64 versions were released in 1985. A version for CP/M was also released. Planetfall was Meretzky's first published game, and it proved one of his most popular works and a best-seller for Infocom. It was one of five top-selling games to be re-released in Solid Gold versions with in-game
Cosmic Chasm
1982 video game