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name	publisher(developer)	year	description
Escape from Arcturus	Synergistic Software	1981
Titan	SoftSide	1981
S.E.U.I.S.	SSI	1982	The official title is "S. E. U. I. S." (with the spaces) This is a turn based strategy game but battles are fought in real-time.
Tharolian Tunnels	Datamost	1982
The Desecration	Mind Games	1982
Twerps	Sirius Software	1982
Wings out of Shadow	Baen Software (Berserker Works)	1982
Chivalry	Weekly Reader Family Software mul (Optimum Resource)	1983
Cybernation	Nexa Corporation	1983
Geography Adventure: USA	SouthWest EdPsych Services	1983	Use geography clues to track a spy on the run in the USA and capture him. But, do it under budget. The player is a freelance contractor, the FBI is not going to let them use government equipment. Which gadgets are needed to buy or can the player do the job without? Will player buy a fast automobile or a reliable one or a fuel efficient one? Or spend extra for a car with all features? The player must pay for all fuel and maintenance. Once located, the player will chase down and attempt to capture the spy in an action sequence. The game has three difficulty levels.
Circus Math	MECC	1984
Chrono Warrior: It's About Time	The Pirate	1985
Opium	Ludia	1985
Raid over Moscow	Access Software	1985
The Holy Grail	Hayden Software	1985
Beach Head	Access Software (Sculptured Software)	1985
Beach-Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back	Access Software (Sculptured Software)	1985	[48]
Infiltrator	Mindscape	1986
Microagent of the Body Guard	Scholastic	1986
Accolade Comics: Steve Keen, Private Spy	Accolade	1987	This is a choose-your-own-adventure comic book but some choices lead to action platforming sequences that fit the story.
Aliens: The Computer Game	Activision	1987	Note that there is another game of the same era published by Electric Dreams Software in Europe (also officially license and based on the move). This is why Activision's game was titled Aliens US Version in Europe. [Zerothis]
Infiltrator II	Mindscape (Chris Gray Enterprises)	1987
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future	Box Office	1988
Cosmic Heroes	Scholastic	1988	The super-villain known as Sirius Lunatik has created a gem to steal mankind's knowledge of the solar system and only one human, the player, manged to escape the gem's effects. The shards of the gem are scattered throughout the solar system. This ordinary human is offered the chance to work with the Cosmic Heroes team of super-powered beings. The player must use their knowledge of the solar system to help help find the shards and track, outsmart, and defeat Lunatik. Along the way, of course, by defeating his weapons, underlings, and clever interference* with the team's efforts. The menu driven gameplay is interlaced with action sequences. The menu portion of gameplay has interactive fiction elements besides simply choosing a branch of the story or selecting the correct answer to questions to proceed. [spoiler=show clever tactics spoiler;hide smart villain]For example, at one point in the story, Lunatik has managed to secretly deliver a few extra mainframe computers to the team. Now, the team doesn't know which computer is the original and thus contains the correct information that has been gathered so far. Lunatik uses such tactics in addition to more visceral means.[/spoiler]
Quest for the Pole	Scholastic	1988
우주전사둘리	Aproman	1988
Jim Henson's Muppet Adventure No. 1: Chaos at the Carnival	Hi-Tech Expressions (Micromosaics)	1989
Time Navigator	MECC	1989
Time Navigator Leaps Back	MECC	1990
Time Navigator: Around The World	MECC	1991

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