PLATFORMS
Your task in this arcade game is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill the frog and cost you a life if contact is made. The road is … Continue reading “Frogger”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BREW, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Intellivision, J2ME, MSX, Macintosh, Nintendo Switch, Odyssey 2, PC Booter, PC-6001, PlayStation 4, SNES, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, Timex Sinclair 2068, Tomy Tutor, VIC-20, Windows Phone, ZX81, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade
Originating in the arcades, Spy Hunter is a driving action game played from an overhead point of view. Your car is equipped with machine guns to help you get past the numerous enemies out on the road (be careful not to shoot any civilians, though!) Occasionally you will come across a weapons van, and if you drive … Continue reading “Spy Hunter”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Browser, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, NES, PC Booter, Palm OS, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Racing / driving
Q*bert is a popular arcade game. The goal is to change all of the tiles on a pyramid to the target color. To do this you guide Q*bert around the pyramid, and every tile he hops on will change color. On early levels, a single hop will change the tile to the desired color, but on … Continue reading “Q*bert”
Year: 1982
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Dedicated handheld, Game Boy, Intellivision, J2ME, Mophun, NES, Odyssey 2, PlayStation 3, SG-1000, TI-99/4A, VIC-20
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Turmoil rocks the land and the only salvation lies in the magic of the Temple of Apshai. Unfortunately the location of this temple has gotten lost in time. Furthermore, many heros dispatched to seek it have been slain. A legend speaks that only the blood of the greatest hero of Apshai’s greatest hero will be … Continue reading “Gateway to Apshai”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64
Genre: Action
Theme: Action RPG
As Popeye, you are trying to win Olive Oyl’s love! She is at the top of the screen dropping tokens of her love, and you need to collect them before they hit the ground. After you have collected the required number of items, you can move on to the next, more difficult level. There are many … Continue reading “Popeye”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Intellivision, NES, Odyssey 2, TI-99/4A
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
The entire solar system is being attacked by the vicious Gyrusians, and it’s up to you to save the day! You will need to fly your spaceship to each of the nine planets and then clear three stages of enemies to rid that planet of the Gyrusians. You start the game with a single cannon, … Continue reading “Gyruss”
Year: 1983
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, NES, Windows, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Theme: Shooter
Mario has kidnapped Junior’s Papa! Donkey Kong Jr. was originally released in the arcades in 1982 as a sequel to Donkey Kong. In this game, Mario plays the antagonist, finally having captured Donkey Kong, and has put the ape in a locked cage. As Donkey Kong Jr., players will have to make their way through four … Continue reading “Donkey Kong Junior”
Year: 1982
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, Game Boy Advance, Intellivision, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Arcade
There are few games more important to Nintendo’s history than Donkey Kong. Had it not been for the struggling toy company’s decision to let Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi convert its failing Radar Scope arcade machines into something more appealing, Nintendo may very well have bowed out of the video game market and we’d never … Continue reading “Donkey Kong”
Year: 1981
Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Dedicated handheld, Game Boy Advance, Intellivision, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, VIC-20, Wii, Wii U, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
You play as Chef Pepper and your goal is to make giant hamburgers while evil eggs, sausages and pickles chase you around the game area. To properly make a hamburger you must assemble all of the ingredients together, dropping them from higher up onto the burger area below. To actually do this you have to … Continue reading “BurgerTime”
Year: 1982
Platforms: Apple II, Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Intellivision, MSX, Mattel Aquarius, NES, Nintendo Switch, PC Booter, PC-8000, PlayStation 4, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1, TI-99/4A, Wii
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Bump ‘N’ Jump is an action racing game played from a top down point of view. As you race through the treacherous and ever changing roadways, the numerous enemy cars will be trying to bump you off the road. You need to make sure you bump the cars out of the way before you get bumped … Continue reading “Bump ‘N’ Jump”
Year: 1982
Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Coleco Adam, ColecoVision, Intellivision, NES, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PSP, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Sports