410th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Marvin Glass and Associates Publisher: Bally Midway Commercial tie-in games always seem a bit weird. They often seem bad – existing games with the identifying marks filed off and a logo plastered in. There are probably plenty of them around (mostly as […]
Posts Tagged ‘1983’
#63 Tapper
Posted: 16th March 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, action, arcade, bally midway, marvin glass and associates
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#51 Chuckie Egg
Posted: 3rd October 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, a&f software, platform, Various
368th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: A&F Software Publisher: A&F Software Chuckie Egg, although not actually related, looks similar to Manic Miner, the predecessor of the not-that-interesting Bounty Bob Strikes Back. The point here appears to be to collect eggs instead of walking over floors and collect eggs. […]
#52 Dragon’s Lair
Posted: 17th March 2014 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, advanced microcomputer systems, adventure, arcade, cinematronics, interactive fiction, taito
315th played so far Genre: Adventure/Interactive Fiction Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Advanced Microcomputer Systems Publisher: Cinematronics/Taito Today, again, we play one of the games we (or I) have been most curious about since the start of this blog. Dragon’s Lair is an early adventure games, but using the Disney animation style we […]
#60 Juno First
Posted: 29th July 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, arcade, gottlieb, konami, shoot 'em up
258th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release:1983 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami, Gottlieb Time for a bit more shoot ’em up action today. While I’m hesitant to call playing these games checkbox exercises, when starting out a game like this – a shooter with increased controls – is one we […]
160th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Tim and Chris Stamper Publisher: Ultimate Play The Game Following Galaxian and Space Harrier, we finish the shoot ’em up weekend with this game. I know it took over a week for it to go up, but we don’t generally […]
#54 Mad Planets
Posted: 7th February 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1983, arcade, gottlieb, shoot 'em up
121st played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Gottlieb Publisher: Gottlieb Have you ever watched or heard something and thought that it would make for a fantastic computer game? I know I have. Too many times to be completely honest. (If a developer ever reads this please make […]
#49 Archon
Posted: 10th April 2011 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1983, atari, electronic arts, fighting, free fall associates, Strategy, Various
45th game played so far Genre: Fighting/Strategy Platform: Various Year of Release: 1983 Developer: Free Fall Associates Take chess. Add an extra row to the board, with a few more pieces. Change the looks of them, to divide them visually and give them seperate abilities.ย Have pieces battle each other instead of automatically capturing others.ย […]