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A Japanese language arcade Mahjong game.
A multi-directional top-down shooter in which the player has to save New York City from a terroristic nuclear assault.
A computerised version of the old pencil and paper game combining simple strategy with sheer guess-work.
Vs. Super Mario Bros. is part of Nintendo's arcade Vs. series that featured enhanced Famicom games.
Focusing on a humble plumber and his brother setting out to rescue a Princess who has been kidnapped by a vile lizard king, Super Mario Bros. is a platformer created by Shigeru Miyamoto, published by Nintendo, and is one of the best-selling video games of all time.
An early 3D, first-person, role-playing shooter, released by Bullet-Proof Software in 1985. Ahead of its time, it was an early example of both the Action-RPG and FPS genres.
A platform and ladders game where the main protagonist Mick The Mechanic must collect oil to pour it out and make a car appear.
A shoot'em up similar to the infamous Space Invaders this time on the high seas where the player controls a fighting ship and has to shoot down planes, helicopters and rockets instead of aliens.
A vertical scrolling shoot'em up in which the player is travelling through a bloodstream of an ill patient destroying viruses and pathogens. Written by Lewis Geer and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.
A action game written by Steve Willey in which the main protagonist Sam has to sink three Russian submarines in the New York City sewer system.
A action game written by Tony Ngo that was published for various 8-bit platforms. The player controls Sam who must climb to the top of a 48 story building and collect a suitcase full of money while avoiding being knocked off the building by a variety of creepy creatures or falling objects.
A single-screen shoot'em up written by David Lubar and published by 20th Century Fox for the Atari 2600. The space station of the Hyperions, shielded by a energy force field and other base defenses, must be destroyed this time by the player.
A Space Invaders clone in which this time letters and words instead of aliens must be shot down.
A single-screen shoot'em up written by Mark Turmell and published for various 8-bit platforms.
In this game, written by Michael Burek and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers, the player must recover lost nuclear waste cannisters while avoiding mutant jellyfish and octopuses.
Published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms this game is a variant of the classic arcade game Snake. The player feeds a snake by guiding it to apples and tries to avoid running into obstacles or the own growing snake tail.
A vertical-scrolling shooter hybrid released in 1982. The player controls a tire that shoots and jumps its way upward, avoiding rocks and enemies and trying to make it to the finish line.
A shoot'em up taking place in the circulatory system of a human body where the player has to destroy the infectious gamma goblins. Written by Tony and Benny Ngo and published by Sirius Software for the Apple II computers.
Released by Sega in 1981, Space Fury was the first video game to feature colour vector graphics. It also featured ship power-ups.
Released by Namco for arcades in 1980, Rally-X was the first scrolling open-world video game, and the first open-world driving/racing game.
A 2D vertical shooter released by Sun Electronics and Taito in 1980. It was notable for being the first video game to use voice synthesis.
One of the most popular arcade games of all time, Pac-Man was released in arcades in 1980 and became a pop culture icon for the decade.
A cinematic action-racing arcade game released by Kasco in the 1970's. It consisted of pre-filmed situations recorded on 16 mm film that required the player to match their steering wheel, gas pedal and brakes with the movements shown on screen.
Wild Gunman is a light gun shooter by Nintendo. There were two versions of the game: a 1974 FMV arcade game, and later a 1984 NES game developed by Intelligent Systems; the latter uses the NES Zapper to draw, aim and shoot the opponent.
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