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Gauntlet
An action-based dungeon crawl arcade game where players choose to play as a warrior, wizard, valkyrie, or elf in a quest for food, treasures, and survival. Released in 1985.
BurgerTime
A game where the player controls a chef who must walk over hamburger ingredients to make a burger while avoiding enemies. Released in 1982.
Mario Bros.
A platform game where the players control two plumbers, Mario and Luigi, who must defeat creatures emerging from the sewers. Released in 1983.
Galaga
A fixed shooter arcade game where the player controls a spaceship and shoots at incoming alien swarms that dive at the player. Released in 1981.
Berzerk
A multidirectional shooter where the player navigates a maze-like series of rooms, defeating robots while avoiding collisions and enemy fire. Released in 1980.
Missile Command
A game where the player's goal is to defend six cities from being destroyed by a hail of incoming missiles. Released in 1980.
Moon Patrol
A side-scrolling shooter game where the player controls a moon rover that must overcome various obstacles and enemies. Released in 1982.
Pole Position
A racing video game that features a Formula One race car in a time trial to qualify for an F1 race. Released in 1982.
Donkey Kong
A platform game where the player must rescue a damsel in distress from a giant ape named Donkey Kong. Released in 1981.
Pong
One of the earliest arcade video games; a two-dimensional sports game that simulates table tennis. Players control paddles to hit a ball back and forth. Released in 1972.
Frogger
A game where the player guides frogs to their homes one by one by crossing a busy road and navigating a river full of hazards. Released in 1981.
Joust
A game where players joust against enemy knights riding buzzards. Points are scored by unseating the opposing knights. Released in 1982.
Space Invaders
A shoot 'em up game where the player must defeat rows of aliens that move horizontally and vertically as they approach the bottom of the screen. Released in 1978.
Tron
An arcade game with four sub-games inspired by the events of the Walt Disney film of the same name. Released in 1982.
Centipede
A vertically oriented fixed shooter arcade game with a field of mushrooms being descended upon by a centipede. Released in 1980.
Tempest
A tube shooter game where the player moves a spaceship around the edge of an open-ended tube and shoots down at enemies. Released in 1981.
Qix
A unique puzzle game where the player must partition off parts of the screen while avoiding the Qix and Sparx enemies. Released in 1981.
Gyruss
A shoot 'em up game inspired by Galaga, the player's ship must fly in a spiral through space fortresses to reach Earth. Released in 1983.
Defender
A side-scrolling shooter game where the player defends astronauts on a scrolling landscape from alien invaders. Released in 1980.
Zaxxon
A game where the player pilots a ship through heavily defended space fortresses. It introduced an isometric perspective. Released in 1982.
1942
A vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up set in the Pacific theater of World War II, as the player pilots a plane to battle enemy aircrafts. Released in 1984.
Asteroids
A multidirectional shooter where players control a spaceship in an asteroid field with occasional flying saucers. Released in 1979.
Q*Bert
An arcade game with a pyramid of cubes, where the player controls a character that must hop on each cube to change its color while avoiding enemies. Released in 1982.
Pac-Man
A maze chase video game; the player navigates Pac-Man through a maze containing various dots and four ghosts. Released in 1980.
Dig Dug
An arcade game where the player must dig underground tunnels, collecting items and inflating enemies until they pop. Released in 1982.
Elevator Action
A spy adventure game where the player must collect secret documents from a tall building while utilizing elevators and avoiding enemies. Released in 1983.
Spy Hunter
A vehicular combat game where the player drives a car equipped with weapons to take out enemy vehicles on a scrolling road. Released in 1983.
Ms. Pac-Man
An arcade game similar to Pac-Man featuring a female protagonist. New mazes and improved ghost AI were introduced. Released in 1981.
Paperboy
A game where the player takes control of a paperboy who must deliver newspapers along a suburban street but must be careful to avoid hazards. Released in 1984.
Robotron: 2084
A shoot 'em up game set in the year 2084 with a dual joystick control scheme where the player battles hordes of robots. Released in 1982.
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