Atari 8-bit Games
Lancelot
Dec 31, 1988
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★ 3.0
Lancelot is a standard text adventure with limited graphics on some platforms game by Level 9 released in 1988. If focuses on Lancelot's quest to find the Holy Grail.
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
MSX
Mac
ZX Spectrum
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Rescue on Fractalus!
Apr 1, 1985
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★ 2.8
The game utilizes fractal technology to create the craggy mountains of an alien planet, where the visilibility was drastically reduced by the dense atmosphere. The player controls a fictional "Valkyrie" …
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
TRS-80 Color Computer
ZX Spectrum
+5 more
Who Dares Wins II
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 3.2
Eight invaded townships must be brought back under your control in this Commando-style shoot 'em up, which progresses vertically using a flick-screen system. You are armed with a rifle (activated …
Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
MSX
ZX Spectrum
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Red Moon
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 2.8
You have to find the Red Moon Crystal, for since its disappearance the land has fallen into chaos.
Mindshadow
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 2.4
You awake in a hut on a deserted island, with a headache and no memory. The PC version is a PC bootable.
Death Sword
Dec 30, 1987
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★ 3.4
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior is a video game first released for Commodore 64 personal computers in 1987; the title was developed and published by Palace Software, and ported to other …
Acorn Electron
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
ZX Spectrum
+7 more
Gato
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 2.0
Gato is a submarine simulator originally released for several personal computers, such as the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, and Commodore 64. Atari had plans to port GATO to the Atari …
Trailblazer
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 3.0
An imaginative action game in which you must guide a ball-shaped craft through a succession of levels. These have a patchwork-quilt type display, with holes to avoid, and squares of …
Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
MSX
MSX2
PC (Microsoft Windows)
ZX Spectrum
+6 more
Spellbreaker
Sep 16, 1985
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★ 2.6
Spellbreaker is an interactive fiction computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1985, the third and final game in the "Enchanter Trilogy". Like most of Infocom's …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad PCW
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
Texas Instruments TI-99
+7 more
Infidel
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.6
Infidel is an interactive fiction computer game published by Infocom in 1983. It was written by Patricia Fogleman and Michael Berlyn and was the first in the "Tales of Adventure" …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
+7 more
Super Zaxxon
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 3.4
You pilot an attack shuttle whose mission is to strafe the enemy's "Asteroid City". Destroy fuel tanks, gun implacements, missiles, fighters and a large dragon. The game uses the same …
Troll's Tale
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.4
A children's adventure game in the vein of Sierra's Hi-Res franchise, in which an evil troll has capture all the the dwarf king's treasures, and only you can help save …
Fort Apocalypse
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 3.2
Fort Apocalypse is a 2D multi-directional scroller where the player navigates an underground prison in a helicopter, destroying or avoiding enemies while rescuing the prisoners.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Spare Change
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.3
Run your own video arcade and try to keep your token machines filled in this frantic action game from Brøderbund.
Alternate Reality: The City
Oct 1, 1985
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★ 2.8
In Alternate Reality: The City, you are one of many people who have been abducted from earth by aliens and transported to an alternate dimension where you are dumped in …
Amiga
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
TRS-80 Color Computer
iOS
+6 more
Seastalker
Jun 1, 1984
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★ 2.5
Seastalker is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Stu Galley and Jim Lawrence and published by Infocom in 1984. Like most of Infocom's works, it was released simultaneously for …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad PCW
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
TRS-80 Color Computer
+7 more
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 2.3
Dungeon crawler RPG in which you set out to save the Sultan's daughter.
Flash Gordon
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.5
Many dedicated Spacemen have entered Spider City but none has ever been heard from again. It is up to you, Flash Gordon, to rescue any surviving Spacemen and to conquer …
Atari 2600
Atari 8-bit
Commodore VIC-20
Feud
Dec 31, 1987
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★ 3.0
Feud is a top-down action-adventure game where you step into the shoes of one of two rival wizards, Learic or Leanoric. Navigate a sprawling, maze-like world filled with dangers, secrets, …
Leaderboard
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 2.5
Welcome to the exciting world of professional golf with LEADER BOARD. With amazingly realistic 3-D animation, golfers will face multiple 18-hole golf courses that demand strategy, total concentration, control to …
Questron
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 3.5
In this role-playing game, the player begins as a peasant whose land is under attack by monsters. After killing one, a princess names the peasant champion, and issues a quest, …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Serpentine
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.3
In Serpentine you control a multi-segmented snake in a maze; your goal is to survive and earn as many points as possible. At the beginning of each level, three enemy …
Ulysses and the Golden Fleece
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 1.8
You are Ulysses and your king has given you the task of finding the legendary Golden Fleece and bring it back to him. In order to accomplish your king's wishes …
Fantastic Voyage
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.8
The game is based on the 1966 movie of the same name. The player controls a miniaturized submarine which is injected into the bloodstream of a gravely ill person. Your …
Atari 2600
Atari 8-bit
Getaway!
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.8
Winner of the Atari Star award for accomplished programming, this game by Mark Reid has the players trying to evade capture by police forces.
Atari 8-bit
Hard Hat Mack
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.0
Hard Hat Mack is a classic jumping arcade game. Your goal is to place all bricks to the right places without being kicked/killed or whatever by any other moving object …
Jawbreaker
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 2.3
Jawbreaker is a video game programmed by John Harris and released in 1981 for the Atari 400/800 by On-line Systems. Originally intended to be a fairly straight Pac-Man clone, Jawbreaker …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Transylvania
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.5
A game with a text interface and optional graphics. Players must locate the missing Princess Sabrina while surviving the hostile land.
Amiga
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
FM-7
Mac
PC-8800 Series
PC-9800 Series
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Lords of Time
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 3.0
You are a time traveller and have to find nine objects from different time periods in order to prevent the Time Lords to alter human history.
Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #1: Adventureland
Dec 31, 1982
· Expanded Game
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★ 2.0
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Adventureland.
Mail Order Monsters
Apr 1, 1985
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★ 3.3
Players create a variety of monsters and equip them with futuristic and modern weapons to do battle. Two players can play and compete at the same time and fight each …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Bandits
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 3.3
In this Galaga clone hostile space ships attack your moon base in endless waves and try to steal your provisions. Your goal is to prevent just that.
Hacker
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 2.5
The player must attempt to hack into the Magma, Ltd. computer system at the beginning of the game by guessing the logon password. Access can be gained if the player …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
MSX
Mac
PC-8800 Series
ZX Spectrum
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Warhawk
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 2.5
Warhawk is an action/simulation game built around a futuristic VTOL craft. The player maneuvers with 360 degrees of flight control through 6 unique levels. Take to the skies over desert …
The Pawn
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 2.8
The aim of this interactive fiction with graphics is to escape from the land of Kerovnia, where strange occurrences are routine. The Roobikyoub dwarves have been banished from the kingdom, …
Acorn Archimedes
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
ZX Spectrum
+7 more
Caverns of Mars
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 2.4
An excellent arcade-style shooter, Caverns of Mars is a downward-scrolling game where players must pilot their craft through a series of five underground levels filled with alien ships, narrow passageways …
Atari 8-bit
The Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 1.8
You are the sorcerer apprentice of Solon and have to retrieve thirteen Stars of Power for you master from Castle Claymorgue.
Acorn Electron
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore Plus/4
DOS
Dragon 32/64
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
Texas Instruments TI-99
ZX Spectrum
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Jumping Jack
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.5
Jump from one place to another. Avoid hitting obstacles. Gather bonus items for points.
Atari 8-bit
Dragon 32/64
ZX Spectrum
Up 'n Down
Q3 1983
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★ 2.8
Beach Head II: The Dictator Strikes Back!
TBA
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★ 2.5
In the sequel to the infamous Beach Head, the player fights it out as either the dictator himself or the invading allies.
Drol
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.8
Drol is an SG-1000 game released in 1985. Originally developed by Brøderbund for various home computers in the west, it was brought to the SG-1000 by Sega and released exclusively …
A.E.
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.8
A.E. is an arcade style shooting game in which you have to shoot down waves of evil flying mechanical stingrays in order to save your planet.
Repton
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 3.8
A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Pyramid of Doom
Dec 31, 1979
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★ 2.8
In this text adventure you are on a treasure hunt in an Egyptian pyramid.
Acorn Electron
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dragon 32/64
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
Texas Instruments TI-99
+6 more
The Dark Crystal
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.8
Based on the movie of the same name you play the character of Jen, the last of the Gelflings. Your objective is to find the Dark Crystal and its missing …
Pirate Adventure
Dec 31, 1978
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★ 3.3
Your goal in this text adventure is to find a pirate treasure using two word commands.
Acorn Electron
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore PET
Commodore Plus/4
Commodore VIC-20
FM-7
PC-8800 Series
PC-9800 Series
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
Texas Instruments TI-99
ZX Spectrum
+13 more
Archon II: Adept
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 3.3
Archon 2 or also Adept is the successor of the successful Electronic Arts classic Archon. As already seen in Archon, an apocalyptic fight takes place in a fantasy surrounding, now …
Mission Asteroid
Dec 31, 1980
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★ 2.5
An asteroid is on collision course with Earth and it's up to the player to prevent the inevitable catastrophe. "Mission Asteroid" is the third text adventure with graphical illustrations by …
Colony 7
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.5
Colony 7 is an arcade shoot 'em up published by Taito Corporation in 1981. It contains elements of both Taito's own Space Invaders and Atari's Missile Command. The main innovation …
Atari 8-bit