showing 3 games
| name | publisher(developer) | year arrow_downward | description | |
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| Berzerk | Stern | 1980 | If you think we went crazy developing Berzerk, you're right. This is the first time we've ever put all of our technology and wit to work in one video game. The result is a video masterpiece that not only drives players absolutely Berzerk, it drives profits directly to operators THE BERZERK LINEUP OF INNOVATIVE FEATURES: - Unsurpassed 30-word vocabulary allows game to communicate to player - 64,000 random maze patterns appear on video screen for explosive and non-repetitive action. - Newly designed "Joy Stick" enables player to move image of humanoid in 8 different directions. - 10 highest scores to-date register on screen after play is over - Memory also stores 5 highest scores-to-date, even when machine is unplugged - Attract mode beckons players by voicing "Coins detected in pockets" at timed intervals - All logic boards housed in accessible pullout drawer in cabinet front providing easy service for technicians. - Sophisticated self diagnostic programming routine. PLAY FEATURES - Robots pursue humanoid through one of 64000 possible maze patterns - Humanoid avoids robots by manipulating "Joy Stick, and destroys bots by firing weapon - "Evil Otto:" an indestructible force, appears randomly on screen to pursue and destroy humanoid. He must be avoided at all costs***Originally released in black & white, then later retooled with colors. Second game to use synthesised speech, and like Asteroids with vector graphics, the first to use speech effectively. Original gameplay, including a time limit on each level, represented by a mad ball that danced around the screen and killed the player. This is the first game to actually kill someone. Peter Bukowski suffered a heart attack and died while trying to play this game on April 3, 1982. Oddly no one protested against Berzerk; apparently only imaginary videogame violence is worth protesting. However, the coroner did implicate the game as a cause of stress. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Robotron: 2084 | Williams (Vid Kidz) | 1982 | Inspired by his never ending quest for progress, in 2084 man perfects the robotrons: A robot species so advanced that man is inferior to his own creation. Guided by their infallible logic, the robotrons conclude: The human race is inefficient and therefore must be destroyed. You are the last hope of mankind, due to a genetic engineering error, you possess superhuman powers. Your Mission is to stop the robotrons, and SAVE THE LAST HUMAN FAMILY. The adventure continues in 'Blaster'.***The second game by Vid Kidz, the third done together by founders Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar. The first, of course, was [game=Defender]Defender[/game]. A lot of the people responsible for the amazingly fast graphics engine for Robotron went on to the Amiga computer project at Commodore. Titled "Robot War: 1984" during its development phase. The first game with a nine digit score. [Zerothis] | labelimagesubject |
| Ikari Warriors | SNK;Tradewest (SNK) | 1986 | [media=youtube]8ECiZUWoz8c[/media]***This is the only version of Ikari Warriors that is Twin-Stick Shooter.***Help Paul and Vince storm the enemy jungle with guns, grenades, and tanks. The game features an innovative joystick that can be twisted to aim a character's gun. Ikari is a Japanese word meaning "anger". [Jacquismo] | labelimageminimize |
