showing 40 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | tags | pop. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Invaders | Atari | 1980 | alieninvasion cartridge cover cover-destructible fixedshooter instantdeath lives score spaceinvaderslike spaceinvadersseries | labelimageminimize | |
| Apple Panic | Brøderbund | 1982 | 5.25disk instantdeath ladders lives paniclike score | labelimageminimize | |
| Arena 3000 | Microdeal;Med Systems Software | 1982 | 5.25disk arenashooter cassette cyborgs instantdeath lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Galaxian | Atari | 1982 | cartridge endless fixedshooter galaxianlike instantdeath lives score space | labelimageminimize | |
| Hopper | SoftSide | 1982 | amphibianprotagonist animalprotagonist basic deadlywater earth froggerlike harmfultouch instantdeath joystick jumping langinsignificant license-proprietary lives machinecodelang movingplatforms naturalistic naturalvinvention naturalvnatural nohumans river score snakes steppingstones timelimit traffic typein | labelimageminimize | |
| Deluxe Invaders | Roklan | 1983 | alieninvasion aliens cartridge cover-destructible coversystem earth fixedshooter instantdeath langinsignificant lives naturalistic score spaceinvaderslike xegs | labelimageminimize | |
| Donkey Kong | Atari | 1983 | animals bludgeons cartoon cartridge constructionsite did donkeykong donkeykonglike earth elevators harmfultouch instantdeath jumping ladders langinsignificant lethalobjects lives mario mario-universe powerups primates rescue score walking | labelimagesubject | |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | Atari | 1983 | cartoon cartridge deadlywater donkeykong falldamage harmfultouch instantdeath jumppads ladders lives mario mario-universe primateprotagonist rescue score walking xegs | labelimageminimize | |
| Gridrunner | HES;Llamasoft;Mastertronic | 1983 | cartridge instantdeath lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Hard Hat Mack | Electronic Arts;Ariolasoft | 1983 | 5.25disk cartridge instantdeath ladders lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Lode Runner | Brøderbund;Atari | 1983 | 5.25disk cartridge claiming digging instantdeath ladders lives loderunner paniclike score trapping | labelimageminimize | |
| Mario Bros. | Atari | 1983 | cartridge comicalaction crabs endless instantdeath mario mario-universe prototype score testudines | labelimageminimize | |
| Moon Patrol | Atari | 1983 | cartridge instantdeath landvehicle lives moonpatrollike score scrollingshooter | labelimageminimize | |
| Ms. Pac-Man | Atari | 1983 | apples bananas cartridge cherries claiming femaleprotagonist ghosts instantdeath lives pacman pacmanlike score | labelimageminimize | |
| Popeye | Parker Brothers | 1983 | cartoon cartridge claiming comic harmfultouch instantdeath ladders lives platformer popeye score | labelimageminimize | |
| Rush Hour | Atari Program Exchange | 1983 | car city fuel instantdeath landvehicle lives score traffic wheeledvehicle | labelimageminimize | |
| Blue Thunder | Richard Wilcox Software;Elite (Richard Wilcox Software) | 1984 | 5.25disk cassette fuel helicopter instantdeath lives movie rescue score | labelimageminimize | |
| Cuthbert Goes Walkabout | Microdeal;QuelleSoft | 1984 | amidarlike cassette claiming-area cuthbert instantdeath lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Frogger II: ThreeeDeep! | Parker Brothers | 1984 | alligators amphibianprotagonist animalprotagonist birds cartridge frog frogger instantdeath lives score testudines timelimit underwater | labelimageminimize | |
| Mr. Dig | Microdeal;QuelleSoft (Microdeal) | 1984 | cassette claiming digging instantdeath lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Pastfinder | Activision | 1984 | cartridge instantdeath radiation score scrollingshooter | labelimageminimize | |
| Basic Burger | ANALOG | 1985 | basic food-theme foodcharacters harmfultouch instantdeath ladders langinsignificant lives uvl-missingmedia walking | labelminimizeminimize | |
| Chuckie Egg | A&F Software | 1985 | birds cassette claiming commercial instantdeath joystick ladders license-proprietary lives score timelimit | labelimageminimize | |
| Caverns of Eriban | Firebird | 1986 | caveflying fuel instantdeath lives subterranean | labelimageminimize | |
| Gunlaw | Mastertronic (English Software) | 1986 | alieninvasion cassette firearms harmfultouch instantdeath lives militantprotagonist runandgun score | labelimageminimize | |
| Jet Set Willy | Tynesoft | 1986 | cassette claiming disappearingplatforms falldamage harmfultouch instantdeath jetsetwilly lives platformer timelimit walking willyminer | labelimagesubject | |
| L.A. Swat | Mastertronic | 1986 | city-losangeles-ca firearms future instantdeath lawenforcerprotagonist runandgun swat walking | labelimageminimize | |
| Leaper | Bug-Byte | 1986 | instantdeath lives platformer score | labelimageminimize | |
| Spiky Harold | Firebird | 1986 | animalprotagonist cassette insects instantdeath lives snails timelimit | labelimageminimize | |
| Food Fight | Atari | 1987 | cartridge food-theme instantdeath lives score xegs | labelimageminimize | |
| Henry's House | Mastertronic | 1987 | cassette instantdeath ladders lives platformer score | labelimageminimize | |
| Panik! | Atlantis Software | 1987 | instantdeath ladders lives platformer score | labelimageminimize | |
| Panther | Mastertronic | 1987 | cassette instantdeath lives rescue score | labelimageminimize | |
| Saracen | Datasoft | 1987 | 5.25disk instantdeath keys lives score | labelimageminimize | |
| Crystal Castles | Atari;Video 61 (Atari) | 1988 | anthroprotagonist cartridge claiming instantdeath lives score ursineprotagonist walking | labelimageminimize | |
| Crystal Castles | Atari | 1988 | anthroprotagonist atarixe cartridge claiming instantdeath lives score ursineprotagonist walking | labelimageminimize | |
| Mario Bros. | Atari | 1988 | cartridge comicalaction crabs endless instantdeath mario mario-universe platformreference score testudines xegs | labelimageminimize | |
| Rockford: The Arcade Game | Mastertronic (Icon Design) | 1988 | boulderdashlike cassette claiming digging instantdeath subterranean timelimit | labelimageminimize | |
| Commando | Atari (Sculptured Software) | 1989 | firearms grenades instantdeath lives militantprotagonist prototype runandgun score uvl-missingmedia | labelimageminimize | |
| Jr. Pac-Man | Atari;Video 61 (Atari) | 1997 | cartridge instantdeath lives pacman pacmanlike prototype score | labelimageminimize |
