Gaming in the 80's

More of a list of what personally sticks out to me; either culturally (lots of people talked about/played the game), financially (the game sold lots), or maybe just creativity (very unique idea for the time). Suggestions very welcomed, but I can't guarantee an entry!! Just because, and let's keep it a secret between us, these are mostly just games I personally like playing or reading about LMAO. No matter what though, I would love to hear people's perspectives on 80's gaming and how varied it was depending on where we all grew up. The 80's was big with pretty much everything (arcade, PC, and console... even the beginning of more mainstream handheld stuff!) so it's neat seeing how how our perspectives change how we view things. I'm also just going to focus on games that came out in the 80's just because it makes things less complicated. I knowwww Space Invaders was very influentional to 80's gaming, but it came out in 1978, sorry!

I made this while bored at work, not meant to be too serious - but look! I tried to shittily color sort it! Sorry for ALREADY blabbing way too much lol. Hope you enjoy my nonsense.

Was released commercially to the public in 1980
The version of Tetris that eventually became it's most famous version: portable Tetris.
The original Tetris stand-up arcade cabinet that took the West

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Famicom Wonder Boy - which got fairly popular independently from the original Sega Wonder Boy

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3 Comments


2 months ago

Just wanted to say that I appreciate the color sorting

Shadowgate (specifically the NES port) was one of my first introductions to adventure games and is a fun little play if you've never had the chance to try it

You might also like to look into Project Firestart, it's a little rough around the edges but is pretty cool for being a prototypical example of what most would consider survival horror

2 months ago

Thanks so much!! @doctorQuark im gonna add them once im home!

2 months ago

"California Games" has literally not entered my head since the actual 80s; thank you for the unlock.


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