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Donkey Kong
1981 arcade game

Mario Bros.
1983 arcade game

Asteroids
1979 video game

Frogger
is a 1981 action video game developed by Konami and published by Sega for arcades. It was released in North America by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct five frogs to their homes by dodging traffic on a busy road, then crossing a river by jumping on floating logs, turtles, and alligators.

Donkey Kong Jr.
1982 arcade game

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

Ms. Pac-Man
1982 video game

Galaxian
is a 1979 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. The player assumes control of the Galaxip starfighter in its mission to protect Earth from waves of aliens. Gameplay involves destroying each formation of aliens, who dive down towards the player in an attempt to hit them.

Dig Dug
1982 arcade game created by Namco

Breakout
1976 Atari arcade game

Lode Runner
1983 video game

Centipede
1981 video game

Boulder Dash
1984 video game

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.
Q698705
1987 video game

Popeye
1982 arcade 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.

Joust
1982 video game

Adventure
1980 action-adventure video game

Missile Command
1980 video game

Defender
1981 video game

Commando
1985 video game

Kung-Fu Master
1984 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.

Pole Position
1982 Formula 1 racing video game

Custer's Revenge
1982 adult video game by Mystique

Track & Field
1983 arcade video game

Moon Patrol
1982 video game

Ikari Warriors
1986 video game

Phoenix
1980 shoot 'em up arcade video game

Battlezone
1980 video game

River Raid
1982 scrolling shooter video game

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.

Star Wars
1983 video game

Zaxxon
is a 1981 scrolling shooter video game developed by Sega with assistance from Ikegami Tsushinki and published by Sega for Japanese and European arcades; it was distributed by Sega/Gremlin in North America. The player pilots a ship through two heavily defended space fortresses, and the outer space areas between them, to confront the Zaxxon robot at the end of the second fortress.

Combat
1977 video game

Rampage
1986 video game

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.

Mr. Do!
1982 arcade video game

Pengo
1982 video game

Jungle Hunt
1982 side-scroller video game

Ghostbusters
1984 video game

Klax
1989 video game

Stargate
1981 arcade game

Crazy Climber
1980 video game

California Games
1987 sports video game

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
1982 video game

Haunted House
1982 video game

Winter Games
1985 winter sports video game

Kaboom!
1981 video game
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Gorf
Gorf is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed by Dave Nutting Associates and published by Midway Manufacturing for arcades. It features five distinct levels, the first of which is based on Space Invaders and another on Galaxian. The game makes use of synthesized speech for the Gorfian robot which taunts the player, powered by a speech chip. Gorf allows the player to buy two additional lives per quarter before starting the game, for a maximum of seven lives.

Berzerk
1980 video game

Tapper
1983 video game

Time Pilot
1982 video game

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

Spy Hunter
1983 arcade 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.

Bump 'n' Jump
1982 video game

Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 video game

Pac-Man
1982 video game