Atari 8-bit Games
Feasibility Experiment
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.5
Andromeda Conquest
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 1.0
Andromeda Conquest is a strategy / conquest game in which one to four players build galactic empires by establishing and defending space colonies, managing resources, and battling other players for …
Galaxy
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 2.0
Galaxy is a Galaga variant that builds on the ideas explored in the Commodore PET game Galaga, an earlier unlicensed take on the coin-up game by Henrik Wening. Players move …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore PET
DOS
FM-7
PlayStation 3
TRS-80
Texas Instruments TI-99
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Screaming Wings
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 3.0
A top-down shooter where the player pilots a wartime plane.
Amiga
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Super Huey UH-1X
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 2.0
A port of the 1985 Cosmi home computer game, Atari released this for the 7800 in 1988. This is a decent helicopter combat game, in which you pilot a Super …
Winter Wally
Dec 31, 1987
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★ 1.5
A single-screen platformer in which the player controlls the penguin Percy in his attempt to escape from an maze underground of ice caves he is trapped in. Published by Micro …
Atari 8-bit
Cohen's Towers
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 1.0
A platformer written by Frank Cohen and published by Datamost. The player controls the delivery boy Allen picking up packages which are scattered around the floors of a tower and …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Escape from Traam
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 1.5
A text-adventure written by Jyym Pearson and the third one in the Other Venture series published by Adventure International.
Quasimodo
Oct 1, 1983
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★ 2.0
Stop enemies from scaling the castle walls and ring lots of bells in this platformer from Synapse.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
StarQuest: Rescue at Rigel
Dec 31, 1980
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★ 1.0
You are Sudden Smith and are on a mission to rescue ten prisoners who are kept by the evil alien race of the Tollah in a mine in an asteroid …
James Bond 007: The Living Daylights
Aug 1, 1987
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★ 1.5
The game was a straightforward platform shooter game in which the player navigates James Bond through horizontally scrolling levels and shoots various bad guys. It is notable for being the …
Midway Campaign
Dec 31, 1980
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★ 1.0
A simulation of the Battle of Midway in 1942.
Apple II
Apple IIGS
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore PET
Commodore VIC-20
DOS
FM-7
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
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SpaceMaster X-7
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.0
Your assault ship was specially designed to destroy Hyperion Military Bases. Destroy as many as possible. You can fire missiles in the gaps in the Force Field or from inside …
Atari 2600
Atari 8-bit
Salmon Run
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 3.0
A top down action game for the Atari 8-bit featuring a playable salmon.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore VIC-20
Reader Rabbit
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 2.0
Reader Rabbit is an educational game for children 3 through 7 designed to help reading and spelling skills. There are four different word games to play of increasing difficulty: a …
Return of the Mutant Camels
Dec 31, 1987
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★ 3.5
Jeff Minter's third camel-themed game (after Attack and Revenge) is again a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up, taking place over 100 levels. 6,000 years ago, mankind fought the forces of …
Mindwheel
Mar 1, 1985
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★ 1.5
An electronic novel where the protagonist must dive into the minds of four deceased powerful figures in order to save the world from destruction.
Starfighter
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 2.5
A mix of an arcade and simulation game written by Sparky Starks in which the player pilots a spacecraft, the SC-78503 Starfighter, with the goal to destroy hostile enemy spacecraft.
Atari 8-bit
TRS-80
Rebel Charge at Chickamauga
Dec 31, 1987
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★ 1.0
Caverns of Callisto
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 1.5
Explore the moon of Callisto to recover your spaceship's panels that mutants have stolen.
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
The Lurking Horror
May 6, 1987
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★ 3.0
The Lurking Horror is an interactive fiction game released by Infocom in 1987. The game was written by Dave Lebling and inspired by the horror fiction writings of H. P. …
Astro Chase
Dec 7, 1982
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★ 3.0
Astro Chase is a multidirectional shooter written by Fernando Herrera for Atari 8-bit computers. It was published by First Star Software in 1982 as the company's first game. Parker Brothers …
Lifespan
1983
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★ 3.0
Anyone who still thinks electronic gaming is a mindless hobby should sit down to a few games of Lifespan. This multi-scenario action game is an analogy of a person's life …
Atari 8-bit
Blue Max 2001
Sep 2, 1984
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★ 1.0
In this sequel to Synapse's Blue Max, it is the year 2001 and you are flying a flying saucer. You're trying to bomb enemy targets while not getting shot (or …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Capture the Flag
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.0
A 3D maze game where one player seeks to capture the flag while the second seeks to capture the other player.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore VIC-20
Survival
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 1.5
To reach an abandoned research station far away is your only chance of survival after you have crash landed on an alien world.
Atari 8-bit
Whistler's Brother
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 2.0
Collect tools and artifacts in this 2D action game for early computer systems.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Maxwell Manor
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 1.5
As Professor Arabesque you have been sent by a secret society to eliminate the influence of the Skull of Doom. There are over 1000 random game variations and ten skill …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Space Station Zulu
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 1.5
Aliens have invaded the space station you a commanding. It's your task to guide you crew towards safety.
Arex
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.0
An action game published by Adventure International for several platforms.
Ballyhoo
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 2.5
Ballyhoo is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Jeff O'Neill and published by Infocom in 1985. It was released for ten different 8 and 16-bit platforms, including MS-DOS, Atari …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
TRS-80
Texas Instruments TI-99
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The NeverEnding Story
Sep 17, 1985
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★ 2.5
The land of Fantasia is being consumed by Nothingness. It takes Bastian, a boy from the real world, to believe in Atreyu and all the magical beings of Fantasia to …
The Tail Of Beta Lyrae
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.5
A horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Philip Price and published by Datamost for the Atari 8-bit home computers.
Atari 8-bit
Ankh
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 1.5
In this action game written by David van Brink the player controls a Mindprobe through the 64 rooms of the metareal world of Ankh solving puzzles, collecting treasures and shooting …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Quest for Quintana Roo
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 1.5
Yucatan Sam explores the temples of Quintana Roo searching for the keys to open the ceremonial vault and acquire the riches inside.
Ten Little Indians
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.0
A text adventure from Brian Howarth and Wherner Barnes.
Acorn Electron
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore Plus/4
Dragon 32/64
ZX Spectrum
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Submarine Commander
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.5
You are at the helm of a submarine equipped with radar, sonar, depth charge indicators, torpedoes, and fuel and temperature gauges. As commander of the submarine, you must sink the …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore VIC-20
Panic Express
1986
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★ 1.0
A 2D flip-screen action game in which the player is Agent X who has to stop a runaway train before it ends up in the hands of the enemy.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Rainbow Walker
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.5
Once upon a rainbow in a land at clouds and sky, a great misfortune occurred. One night. while the inhabitants slept someone stole the colors of the rainbow. The next …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
PC-8800 Series
Suspended
Feb 22, 1983
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★ 2.5
You must save the planet above by repairing the Complex you are frozen within. You must do it before they arrive to shut you down. And you must do it …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad PCW
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore Plus/4
DOS
Mac
TRS-80
Tatung Einstein
Texas Instruments TI-99
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Field of Fire
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 1.5
You play the commander of Easy Company and lead your men through eight historical battles in North Africa and Europe - either as single missions or as a complete campaign.
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Ingrid's Back!
Dec 31, 1988
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★ 2.5
A text adventure centering around a gnome called Ingrid Bottomlow.
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
Mac
ZX Spectrum
+7 more
Computer Stocks & Bonds
Jan 1, 1982
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★ 1.0
Saigon: The Final Days
Jan 1, 1981
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★ 1.0
A text adventure by Jyym and Robin Pearson set in the Vietnam War. The player is an escaped American POW lost somewhere in the dense jungle and his only chance …
Atari 8-bit
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
VC
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 1.5
Ghost Chaser
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 2.5
Harry the Ghost Chaser enters the haunted Fairport Manor and wants to drive out the ghosts that settle in that place. You control Harry on his mission. The game features …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Robot Knights
1986
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★ 1.5
A platformer in which the player is a Robot Knighr who has to work his way through Otto's dungeon.
Atari 8-bit
Preppie! II
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.0
The preppie is back, and this time he's coloring in a maze.
Atari 8-bit