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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
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