457th played so far Genre: Role-Playing Platform: Various Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Richard Garriot, Origin Systems Publisher: Origin Systems One of the early RPGs I played was Ultima Underworld, the sequel to which we’ll end up playing at some point in the future. I’m not entirely sure what led me to it. I had […]
Posts Tagged ‘1981’
#29 Ms Pac Man
Posted: 3rd August 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, bally midway, general computer corporation, maze, namco
445th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Bally Midway/General Computer Corporation Publisher: Bally Midway/Namco Pac-Man was a popular game and it seems like it was geetting cloned early on. Ms. Pac Man, as is well known by now, was an early one. It caught the attention of Namco and, […]
435th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Exidy Publisher: Exidy Time for a short diversion to another early game. Venture isn’t the first dungeon crawler we covered – Eamon, Rogue and Adventure came before, as did arguably Zork and MUD. Venture, however, is the first arcade one on the list, and […]
#27 Stargate
Posted: 31st May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, shoot 'em up, vid kidz, williams electronics
429th played so far Genre: Shoot Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Vid Kidz Publisher: Williams Electronics Sorry, this is not a game based on the now defunct science fiction series Stargate, its predecessor movie or its spin-offs – as our searches reminded us of when we looked the game up every […]
#26 Scramble
Posted: 7th May 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, konami, leijac, shoot 'em up, stern
423rd played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Konami Publisher: Leijac/Stern One of our recurring (though now ultimately futile) discussions is whether we should have started playing these games in order. It’s too late now, but even now we could start doing it, making it easier to get […]
#23 Galaga
Posted: 1st April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, midway, namco, shoot 'em up
414th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco/Midway So it’s time for another one of our old shoot ’em ups, part of our constant catchup, as well as just going through these games in order. We’ve covered its predecessor in the entertaining Galaxian, and from […]
#24 Donkey Kong
Posted: 16th February 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, nintendo, platform
403rd played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Perhaps inevitably, gaming would start riffing on movie stories. While not the first, Donkey Kong‘s inspiration is obvious form the name – King Kong is already referenced in the name, and the central image of an ape climbing a […]
341st played so farGenre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Qix! That’s today’s game. It’s a game we both know – we just don’t know the name and can’t remember it. It has just been copied that often. This should be pretty straightforward! Our Thoughts For some reason, I kept […]
#31 Gorf
Posted: 25th July 2013 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, dave nutting associates, midway, shoot 'em up
257th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Dave Nutting Associates Publisher: Midway When starting on some of these older games, it’s quite humbling to see what they brought to the field. Gorf, for example, was the first to have synthesised speech – the first with voice acting, […]
70th game played so far Genre: Action Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Konami Publisher: Sega Why did the frog cross the road? Because he wanted to get home from work. There’s premise of Frogger for you. Cross the road, avoiding cars, trucks, racing drivers, snakes, crocodiles and sinking in a river. It’s an […]