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Jan 10Rally-X Arcade Game (Jan 1981)
Rally-X (ラリーX Rarī-Ekkusu?) is a maze & driving arcade game, that was released by Namco in 1980 and licensed to Midway Games for US manufacture and distribution in 1981. It was the first game to have "Background Music". Also, it was the first game from the company to feature "Special Flags", which would become a recurring object in later games (along with the Galaxian flagship and their signat
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Jan 10Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
Donkey Kong Jr. (ドンキーコングJR. Donkī Kongu Junia?) is a 1982 arcade-style platform video game by Nintendo. It first appeared in arcades, and, over the course of the 1980s, was later released for a variety of platforms, most notably the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game's title is written out as Donkey Kong Junior in the North American arcade version and various ports to non-Nintendo systems. It
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Jan 10Gravitar Arcade Game (1982)
Gravitar is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Atari, Inc in 1982. It was the first of over twenty games Mike Hally designed and produced for Atari, including Star Wars. The main programmer was Rich Adam and the cabinet art was designed by Brad Chaboya. The game was a success, with over 5,427 cabinets produced.[1]
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Jan 10Zaxxon Arcade Game (January 1982)
Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. Some sources[2][3][4] claim that Japanese electronics company Ikegami Tsushinki also worked on the development of Zaxxon. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object of the game is to hit as many targets
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Jan 10Tapper Arcade Game (1983)
Tapper, also known as Root Beer Tapper, is a 1983 arcade game released by Bally Midway. The goal of the game is to serve beer (or root beer) and collect empty mugs and tips.
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Jan 10Death Race Arcade Game (1976)
Death Race, also known as Death Race 2000 is a controversial arcade game, released by Exidy in the United States in 1976. Approximately 500 copies of the game were made. The game is inspired by the 1975 cult film Death Race 2000. It continued Exidy's series of chase and crash games, following Destruction Derby from 1975.[1]
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Jan 20White Water Pinball (1993)
White Water is a 1993 pinball game designed by Dennis Nordman and released by Williams. The theme is based on White water rafting, which is reflected in the game's 'wild' ramps and very fast gameplay.
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Jan 20Millipede Arcade Game (1982)
Millipede is a 1982 arcade game by Atari, Inc. and is the sequel to the arcade hit, Centipede. The objective of the game is to score as many points as possible by destroying all segments of the millipede as it moves toward the bottom of the screen, as well as destroying and avoiding other enemies. The game is played with a trackball and a single fire button, which can be held down for rapid-fire.
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Jan 20Xevious Arcade Game (January 1983)
Xevious (ゼビウス Zebiusu?)[1] is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was originally released by Namco in of December 1982[2] and followed up with a North America release in January 1983. It runs on Namco Galaga hardware, and was designed by Masanobu Endō (who later created The Tower of Druaga). In North America, the game was manufactured and distributed by Atari, Inc.. In Brazil, the arcad
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Jan 20Space Wars Arcade Game (1977)
Space Wars was the brainchild of Larry Rosenthal, an MIT graduate who was fascinated with the original Spacewar! and developed his own custom hardware and software so that he could play the game. Rosenthal shopped the game to various manufacturers, demanding an unheard-of 50% split of the profits. Only Cinematronics was willing to take him up on the offer.
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Feb 01Defender Arcade Game (1981)
Defender is an arcade video game developed and released by Williams Electronics in February 1981.[1] A shooting game featuring two-dimensional (2D) graphics, the game is set on a fictional planet where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts. Development was led by Eugene Jarvis, a pinball programmer at Williams; Defenderwas Jarvis' first video game project and
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Feb 01Gorf Arcade Game (February 1981)
Gorf is an arcade game released in 1981 by Midway Mfg., whose name was advertised as an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force". It is a multiple-mission fixed shooter with five distinct modes of play, essentially making it five games in one. It is well known for its use of synthesized speech, a new feature at the time.
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Feb 01Punch-Out!! Arcade Game (February 1984)
Punch-Out!! (パンチアウト!! Panchi-Auto!!?) is a boxing arcade game by Nintendo,[8] released 1984. It was the first in a series of successfulPunch-Out!! games that produced an arcade sequel known as Super Punch-Out!!, a spin-off of the series titled Arm Wrestling, a highly popular version for the NES originally known as Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, and Super Punch-Out!! for the SNES.
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Feb 01Space Duel Arcade Game (February 1982)
Space Duel is an arcade game released in 1982 by Atari Inc. It is a direct descendant of the original Asteroids, with asteroids replaced by colorful geometric shapes like cubes, diamonds, and spinning pinwheels. Space Duel is the first and only multi-player interactive vector game by Atari. When Asteroids Deluxe did not sell well, this game was taken off the shelf and released to moderate success.
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Dec 31Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Arcade Game (1984)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a 1984 Atari arcade game, and the follow-up to the first Star Wars arcade game. The game utilizes raster graphics, rather than vector graphics, which were used for the first and third Atari arcade games based on the Star Wars franchise.
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Dec 31Rygar Arcade Game (1986)
Rygar is a video game created by Tecmo in 1986 and originally released for arcades in Japan as Warrior of Argus (アルゴスの戦士, Arugosu no Senshi).[2] It is a sidescrolling platform game where the player assumes the role as the "Legendary Warrior", battling through a hostile landscape. The main feature of gameplay is the use of a weapon called the "Diskarmor", a shield with a long chain attached to it.
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Jan 01Ms. Pac-Man Arcade Game (1982)
Ms. Pac-Man (Japanese: ミズ・パックマン Hepburn: Mizu Pakkuman?) is an arcade video game from the Golden Age. It was produced byIllinois-based Midway Manufacturing corporation, the North American publisher of Pac-Man. Ms. Pac-Man was released in North America in January 1982,[1] and is one of the most popular arcade video games of all time. This popularity led to its adoption as an official title by Namco
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Jan 01Star Castle Arcade Game (1980)
Star Castle is a 1980 vector arcade game by Cinematronics. The game involves obliterating a series of defenses orbiting a stationary turret in the center of the screen. The game was designed by Tim Skelly and programmed by Scott Boden. Tim Skelly also created a number of other Cinematronics titles, including Starhawk, Armor Attack and Rip-Off. As with many other titles by the company, Star Castle
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Jan 01Wizard of Wor Arcade Game (1980)
Wizard of Wor is an action game for one or two players. The game takes the form of several maze-like dungeons infested with monsters. The players' characters, called Worriors, have to kill all the monsters. Player one has yellow Worriors, on the right, and player two has blue Worriors, on the left. In a two-player game, the players are also able to shoot each other's Worriors, earning bonus points
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Narc Arcade Game (1988)
Narc is a 1988 arcade game designed by Eugene Jarvis for Williams Electronics and programmed by George Petro.[1] It was one of the first ultra-violent video games and a frequent target of parental criticism of the arcade game industry. The object is to arrest and kill drug offenders, confiscate their money and drugs, and defeat "Mr. Big". It was the first game in the newly restarted Williams Elect
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Popeye Arcade Game (1982)
Popeye (ポパイ Popai?) is a 1982 arcade game developed and released by Nintendo based on the Popeye cartoon characters licensed fromKing Features Syndicate. Some sources[2][3][4] claim that Ikegami Tsushinki also did design work on Popeye.
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Tales of the Arabian Nights Pinball (1996)
Tales of the Arabian Nights is a 1996 pinball machine produced by Williams. The game is based on the stories of One Thousand and One Nights and features a blue jinn. The marketing slogan is "Your Wish is Granted".[1]
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