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Defender

Defender

Details: Arcade game
Descr: Defender is an arcade video game developed and released by Williams Electronics in 1981. A horizontally scrolling shooter, the game is set on either an unnamed planet or city where the player must defeat waves of invading aliens while protecting astronauts. Wikipedia
Initial Release Date: 1981
Programmers: Eugene Jarvis; Larry DeMar; Sam Dicker; Paul Dussault
Platforms: Arcade game, Atari 2600, Web browser, Apple II, MORE
Designers: Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar
Developers: WMS Industries, Atari, Williams Entertainment Inc.
Publishers: Atari, Inc., Midway Games, WMS Industries, Atari, Sears, MORE

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Joust

Joust
Plot: Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It popularized the concept of two-player cooperative gameplay by being more successful at it than its predecessors. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich. Wikipedia

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Robotron: 2084

Robotron: 2084
Plot: Robotron: 2084 is a multidirectional shooter developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released in arcades in Williams Electronics in 1982. The game is set in the year 2084 in a fictional world where robots have turned against humans in a cybernetic revolt. Wikipedia

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Stargate

Stargate

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Asteroids

Asteroids
Plot: Asteroids is a space-themed multidirectional shooter arcade game designed by Lyle Rains, Ed Logg, and Dominic Walsh and released in November 1979 by Atari, Inc. The player controls a single spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. Wikipedia

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Centipede

Centipede
Plot: Centipede is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc. It was designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg. It was one of the most commercially successful games from the golden age of arcade video games. Wikipedia

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Galaga

Galaga
Plot: Galaga is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. In North America, it was released by Midway Games. It is the sequel to Galaxian, Namco's first major hit in arcades. Wikipedia

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Missile Command

Missile Command
Plot: Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and licensed to Sega for European release. It was designed by Dave Theurer, who also designed Atari's vector graphics game Tempest from the same year. The 1981 Atari 2600 port of Missile Command by Rob Fulop sold over 2.5...

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Tempest

Tempest
Plot: Tempest is a 1981 arcade game by Atari Inc., designed and programmed by Dave Theurer. It takes place on a three-dimensional surface, sometimes wrapped into a tube, which is viewed from one end and is divided into either 15 or 16 lanes, depending upon whether the tube's shape was closed or open, respectively...

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Frogger

Frogger

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Q*bert

Q*bert
Plot: Q*bert is an arcade game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses isometric graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect. Wikipedia

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Space Invaders

Space Invaders
Plot: Space Invaders is a Japanese shooting video game released in 1978 by Taito. It was developed by Tomohiro Nishikado, who was inspired by other media: Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and Star Wars. Wikipedia

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Dig Dug

Dig Dug

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Galaxian

Galaxian

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Berzerk

Berzerk
Plot: Berzerk is a multidirectional shooter arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago. Berzerk places the player in a series of top-down, mazelike rooms containing armed robots. Wikipedia

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Zaxxon

Zaxxon