![]() Tempest (Arcade) Introduces the concept of selectable difficulty.Ĭastle Wolfenstein (Apple II) Early stealth game.Wizardry (Apple II) First of the series.Donkey Kong (Coleco) Significant sales – 2m.Asteroids (VCS) Significant sales - 3.8m.Donkey Kong (Arcade) Established an early platform game design template.Companies founded: Mindscape YEAR: 1981.Toss-Up, the first Nintendo Game & Watch launched (Japan).Rally-X, (Arcade) Notable for introducing the first ever bonus round.Defender (Arcade) Seminal shooter featuring two-way scrolling and aliens with AI that was highly advanced for the period.Space Panic Universal (Arcade) Popularized key elements of platform game mechanics.Pac-Man (Arcade) The biggest-grossing arcade game of all time, starring one of the first and most enduring video game icons.Battlezone (Arcade) Notable first-person tank shooter that was considered by the military for potential training purposes.Missile Command (Arcade) The game's reticule, trackball and three-button control system foreshadows mouse-driven game mechanics.Centipede (Arcade) One of the biggest-grossing coin-ops of the period.Berzerk (Arcade) Early maze-based shooter.Zork I (Apple II) Seminal text adventure game.Rogue (TRS-80) The game that started the roguelike genre.However, aided by Nintendo's hugely successful NES the industry bounced back, and by the end of the 90's was on a rapid growth path once again. Pitfall Atari 2600 (VCS) Significant sales – 4m Seminal platform game.Perhaps the biggest flop in video game history and one of two major video game releases that helped cause the North American video game crash of 1983.Ĭomputer and Video Games, Europe's first game magazine is launched.Electronic Games, the world's first video game magazine, is launched.Qix (Arcade) Notable for its unusual draw and fill gameplay.Guttang Guttong (Arcade) Also known as Loco-Motion, this is a very early action puzzle game.Bosconian (Arcade)) The first game to feature a continue option.Jump Bug (Arcade) The first game to feature horizontally scrolling gameplay.Venture (Arcade) Notable for introducing several arcade adventure gameplay mechanics.Notable for its non-violent gameplay that helped broaden video gaming's appeal beyond its core audience. Custer's Revenge (VCS) Extremely controversial adult video game.īelieve to be one of the causes of the North American video game crash of 1983.ĭespite high sales, its manufacturing run of 12m units is actually more than there are Atari VCS systems.Utopia (Intellivision) The first sim-style game.Dragonstomper (VCS) Notable RPG that used the Starpath Supercharger, a cassette-based peripheral.Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Multi) The first Star Wars video game.10-Yard Fight (Arcade) Notable arcade sports game.Joust (Arcade) Highly original tap-to-fly game mechanics.Jungle Hunt (Arcade) Features four levels, each with different gameplay. ![]() They link together to form a very basic narrative. Robotron 2084 (Arcade) Seminal multi-directional shooter.Zaxxon (Arcade) Notable for its isometric 3D graphics.Xevious (Arcade) Landmark vertically scrolling shooter.Crystal Castles(Arcade) Notable isometric platform game.Moon Patrol(Arcade) The first game to use parallax scrolling.Tron (Arcade) Notable multi-game coin-op.Pole Position (Arcade) Seminal driving game.Companies founded: Electronic Arts, Lucasfilm Games, Microprose, Ultimate Play the Game YEAR: 1983.Ultima III (Multi) The first RPG to feature tactical, turn-based combat.
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