showing 9 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centipede | Atari | 1980 | Atari's Centipede game is a one or two-player game with a color raster-scan monitor. The fast-moving action includes a variety of creatures dropping down from the top of the screen or flying in from its sides, most of them to attack the player. The player's shooter is represented on the screen by a some- what humanoid head. The player's goal is to shoot at and destroy as many of these creatures and mushrooms as possible for a high point score, before the player's lives are used up. Players can maneuver their Trak Ball control anywhere within approximately the bottom fifth of the screen. However, they must move around mushrooms, since these are fixed, not "transparent", objects. A fire button shoots individual shots upwards, or fires a hail uſ shuts if pressed constantly. (Only one shot appears on the screen at a time.)***Rather odd trackball-controlled Space Invaders imitator. One of very few early video games designed by a woman; this one is in fact the first. Most successful Atari arcade game of 1981. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Frog & Spiders | Taito | 1981 | labelimageminimize | |
| Anteater | Tago Electronics | 1982 | Anteater is a maze game released in 1982. The player controls an anteater who runs his proboscis through maze-like ant colonies eating ants and their larvae. The player can only eat ants with the tip of the anteater's proboscis. If an ant bites your proboscis at any other point on the tongue you lose a life. Pressing the second button will quickly retract the anteater's proboscis. You can also eat worms from behind, but not head-on; doing so will also cause you to lose a life. You must eat all ant larvae before the timer runs out, then you advance to the next stage. [Moby Games] | labelimagesubject |
| Black Widow | Atari | 1982 | - Tag grub-steaks for points. - Shoot bugs then tag grub-steaks. - Punch eggs off web before they hatch. - Shoot grenade bugs with caution. | labelimagesubject |
| Lost Tomb | Stern | 1982 | The object of the game is to work your way through to the bottom of the pyramid and escape. The pyramid consists of (91) rooms on (13) Levels. CONTROL PANEL - Left Joystick: Controls movement of the man. - Right Joystick: Controls direction of fire. Point joystick in the direction you wish to fire. - Zap Button: Zaps destroy nasties and walls in your general area. GAME PLAY Upon entering the room the Time Line starts to count down. Pick-up a chest to reset the Time Line. 16 the timer reaches zero, the earthquake starts and the walls begin to shoot. To stop the earthquake and shooting walls, pick-up a chest. Chests supply bullets, zaps, or points. In each room, one or more nasties will appear. Use bullets or zaps to destroy them. You do not have to destroy all the nasties to exit the room. The player may leave the room at any time. If no exit appears, pick-up the chest with the flashing key to open the exit. Every fifth room in the pyramid is the throne room bonus. Stay on the path and pick-up the two chests. Rooms increase in value from 1,000 to a maximum 8,000 points for each chest. Bonus man is awarded every 15,000 points. | labelimagesubject |
| Botanic | Valadon (Itisa Palamos) | 1983 | labelimageminimize | |
| Wonder Boy | Sega | 1986 | Wonder Boy Deluxe has a dip switch to control how fast the energy decreases. | labelimageminimize |
| Rad Action | UPL;World Games (UPL) | 1987 | labelimageminimize | |
| Tiger Road | Romstar;Capcom | 1987 | labelimageminimize |
