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Pac-Man
Pac-Man, originally titled in Japan, is a 1980 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan on May 22, 1980 and by Midway Manufacturing in North America in August 1980. The player controls Pac-Man, who must eat all the dots inside an enclosed maze while avoiding four colored ghosts. Eating large flashing dots called "Power Pellets" causes the ghosts to temporarily turn blue and vulnerable, allowing Pac-Man to eat the ghosts for bonus points.
Mario Bros.
1983 arcade game
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.
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1984 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.
Battle City
1985 video game
Lode Runner
1983 video game
Bomberman
1983 video game
Boulder Dash
1984 video game
Mystery House
1980 video game
Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum
1986 video game
Commando
1985 video game
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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.
Qix
( ) is a 1981 puzzle video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. Designed by husband and wife team Randy and Sandy Pfeiffer, Qix is one of a handful of games made by Taito's American division (another is Zoo Keeper). At the start of each level, the playing field is a large, empty rectangle, containing the Qix, an abstract stick-like entity that performs graceful but unpredictable motions within the confines of the rectangle. The objective is to draw lines that close off parts of the rectangle to fill in a set amount of the playfield.
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.
Archon: The Light and the Dark
1983 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.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
1987 video game published by Namco
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress
1982 video game
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
1985 video game
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
1981 video game
Ultima III: Exodus
1983 video game
Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
1982 video game
Rally-X
is a 1980 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released on October 3, 1980 in Japan, by Midway Manufacturing in North America in February 1981 and by Karateco in Europe in 1981. Players drive a blue Formula One race car through a multidirectional scrolling maze to collect yellow flags. Boulders block some paths and must be avoided. Red enemy cars pursue the player in an attempt to collide with them. Red cars can be temporarily stunned by laying down smoke screens at the cost of fuel. Rally-X is one of the first games with bonus stages and continuously playing ba
Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished
1987 video game
Flicky
is a platform game developed by Sega and released as an arcade video game in May 1984. It was licensed to Bally Midway for distribution in the United States. In Flicky, the player controls the eponymous blue bird and must gather all the small birds called Chirps in each round and bring them safely to the exit. There are cat and lizard enemies which can disperse the Chirps and kill the player, but Flicky can use items on the playing field to protect herself and the Chirps from danger.
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn
1983 video game
The Tower of Druaga
1984 video game
Thexder
is a run and gun video game from Game Arts, originally released for the NEC PC-8801 in 1985. It was ported to many systems, including the Famicom, MSX, Apple II, and MS-DOS. It was a commercial success, selling over one million units worldwide.
Chack'n Pop
1983 video game
Genghis Khan
1987 video game
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World
1988 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.
Xanadu
1985 video game
Door Door
1983 video game
Binary Land
1985 video game
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
1986 video game
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
1987 video game
Softporn Adventure
1981 video game
Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final Chapter
1988 video game
A-Train
is a series of business simulation video games developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink in Japan. The first game in the series was published in 1985. The first release in the United States was Take the A-Train II, published in 1988 by the Seika Corporation under the title Railroad Empire. However, the most well known U.S. release is Take the A-Train III, published in 1992 by Maxis as simply A-Train. There is also the spin-off title C.E.O.
Dragon Slayer
1985 video game
Silpheed
is a video game developed by Game Arts and designed by Takeshi Miyaji. It made its debut on the Japanese PC-8801 in 1986, and was ported to the FM-7 and MS-DOS soon after. It was later remade for the Sega CD and has a sequel called Silpheed: The Lost Planet for the PlayStation 2.
Nuts & Milk
platform-style puzzle game developed and published by Japanese software developer Hudson Soft in 1983
Front Line
1982 video game
Bokosuka Wars
1983 video game
Bruce Lee
1984 video game
Time Zone
1982 graphical adventure video game
The Black Onyx
1984 video game
Penguin Wars
1985 video game
Night Life
1982 erotic simulation game by Kōei
Miner 2049er
1982 video game
Wizard and the Princess
1980 video game
Hydlide
is an action role-playing game developed and published by T&E Soft. It was originally released for the NEC PC-6001 and PC-8801 computers in 1984, in Japan only; ports for the MSX, MSX2, FM-7 and NEC PC-9801 were released the following year. A Nintendo Switch port based on the PC-8801 version was released on December 21, 2023 by D4 Enterprise.
The Return of Ishtar
1986 video game
The Portopia Serial Murder Case
1985 video game
Aztec
1982 video game
Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord
1987 video game
J.B. Harold Murder Club
2011 video game
Tombs & Treasure
1988 video game