Pairs

A simple memory game where player usually has a number of face down cards where they turn over two of them, memorize what they are, and turn them back down, repeating until they turn around a pair and remove them from the table until no cards remain.

Alternate names: Memory, Concentration, Pelmanism, Shinkei-suijaku, Pexeso

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Games by year

The first Pairs video game was released in 1976.

Scholastic, Sharedata and Victor published most of these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS		26
Win3.1		15
C64		11
Amiga		8
Apple II E		7
APF		6
Commodore PET		6
PC Engine CD		5
Atari 400/800		5
Thomson		3
NES		3
Amstrad CPC		3
Windows		3
Mac OS Classic		3
MSX		2
Atari 2600		2
Arcade		2
VIC-20		2
Interton VC 4000		1
TRS-80		1
Archimedes		1
Apple I		1
TI99		1
ZX Spectrum		1
NEC PC8801		1
Amstrad PCW		1
ZX 81		1
Odyssey2		1
GB		1
Atom		1

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