PLATFORMS

Rumor says that the legendary Black Onyx, an artifact that grants eternal youth and happiness to those who can find it, lies within the Black Tower near the town of Utsuro. You assemble a party of brave adventurers and venture into the tower, defeating monsters on your way to the great treasure. The Black Onyx … Continue reading “The Black Onyx”

Year: 1984

Platforms: FM-7, MSX, NES, PC-6001, PC-8000, PC-88, PC-98, SG-1000, Sharp MZ-80B/2000/2500, Sharp X1

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Turn-based strategy


A female blue jay, named Flicky, must collect her chicks and lead them safely back to their nest, while they are chased by two cats. The cats make her chicks wandering off and try to eat her! Each level offers about a dozen objects like watering cans, hammers, and cups, to throw at and knock … Continue reading “Flicky”

Year: 1984

Platforms: Arcade, FM-7, Genesis, Linux, MSX, Macintosh, PC-8000, PC-88, SG-1000, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1, Windows

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


Q*bert is a popular arcade game. The goal is to change all of the tiles on a pyramid to the target color. To do this you guide Q*bert around the pyramid, and every tile he hops on will change color. On early levels, a single hop will change the tile to the desired color, but on … Continue reading “Q*bert”

Year: 1982

Platforms: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, BlackBerry, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, DOS, Dedicated handheld, Game Boy, Intellivision, J2ME, Mophun, NES, Odyssey 2, PlayStation 3, SG-1000, TI-99/4A, VIC-20

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform


The Bungeling Empire has stolen a huge cache of gold from its rightful owners, and your mission is to infiltrate its treasury and recapture it. This entails progressing through 150 screens of platforms, ladders and ropes. The Empire has sent robotic guards down to protect the gold, and contact with any of these will cost … Continue reading “Lode Runner”

Year: 1983

Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Android, Apple II, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, FM-7, J2ME, MSX, Macintosh, NES, PC Booter, PC-6001, PC-8000, PC-88, PC-98, SG-1000, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1, VIC-20, Wii, Wii U, Windows Phone, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum, iPhone

Genre: Action, Puzzle

Theme: Platform, Puzzle elements


You are Agent 17 (codename: “Otto”). Your mission is to secure all top secret documents from a security building and escape in the getaway car, located in the basement of the building. Enemies spies are scattered throughout the 30-floor building and they have only one mission: execute Agent 17 at all costs. There are several … Continue reading “Elevator Action”

Year: 1983

Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, PlayStation 4, SG-1000, Sharp X1, Wii, Wii U, Windows, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Action

Theme: Platform, Shooter


Galaga is a vertical arcade shooter from Namco. You control a space fighter at the bottom of the screen, scrolling left and right in order to avoid oncoming bombs and kamikaze attacks from alien invaders–and to fire your own missiles to fight back! There are an infinite number of stages to progress through. Every third level … Continue reading “Galaga”

Year: 1985

Platforms: Arcade, Atari 7800, BREW, BlackBerry, FM-7, J2ME, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, PC-98, Palm OS, PlayStation 4, Roku, SEGA Master System, SG-1000, Sharp MZ-80K/700/800/1500, Sharp X1, Sord M5, Wii, Wii U, Windows, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Genre: Action

Theme: Arcade, Shooter


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