Atari 8-bit Games
Scott Adams' Graphic Adventure #6: Strange Odyssey
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.0
Graphical version of the original Scott Adams all-text adventure, Strange Odyssey.
Atari 8-bit
Dunjonquest: The Datestones of Ryn
Dec 31, 1979
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★ 1.5
Given a time limit of 20 minutes you are sent into a cave to retrieve the stolen Datestones of Ryn.
Zeppelin
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.5
William Mataga programmed this exploration-based shooter.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Bristles
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.0
Originally available for home computers in the '80s, developer First Star Software has ported Bristles to the Atari 5200. Featuring eight different game screens and six levels of platforming action, …
Arcade
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Polar Pierre
Nov 1, 1984
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★ 2.0
A single-screen 2D platformer in which up to two players can compete with each other. The object of the game is for each player to maneouvre his character (Pierre or …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
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
Gruds in Space
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 2.5
A graphical text-adventure written by Chuck Sommerville and Joseph Dudar and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
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
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Atari ST/STE
Commodore 16
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Tatung Einstein
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VC
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 1.5
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
Little Devil
1985
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★ 1.0
A action platformer developed and published by Red Rat Software.
Atari 8-bit
Dungeon Adventure
Q4 1982
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★ 1.5
Following the defeat of the Dark Lord in Adventure Quest, the player must explore the Dark Lord's dungeon looking for treasure.
Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
MSX
Memotech MTX
Oric
ZX Spectrum
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Six-Gun Shootout: Gunfights of the Wild West
Jun 3, 1985
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★ 2.5
Turn-based strategy featuring wild west gunfighters. Created by SSI (Strategic Simulations Inc)
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Hard Hat Willy
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 1.0
Take down centipede parts and bash eggs with your hard hat in this action game from Inhome and Bruce Thompson.
Atari 8-bit
The Mask of the Sun
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 2.5
You are Mac Steele - archeologist, adventurer and treasure hunter. Poisoned by one of your newly found artifacts, you're fighting against time to find the legendary Mask of the Sun, …
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
The Quest
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 1.5
You have to help the strong but not very intelligent Gorn to rid the kingdom of Balema of a dragon.
The Scrolls of Abadon
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 1.5
You have to collect pieces of an amulet. Whenever you pick up a piece it's replaced with an arrow which can only be trespassed in that direction, thus creating a …
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
StarQuest: Star Warrior
1981
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★ 1.0
The second installment in Epyx' StarQuest series.
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
TRS-80 Color Computer
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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The Last V8
Dec 1, 1985
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★ 2.5
Seven years have passed since world war III, and only now dare you leave your shelter in order to investigate what has become of the surface world. You drive out …
Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Milk Race
Dec 31, 1987
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★ 2.0
Jump Jet
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 1.5
Jump Jet is an Harrier Jump Jet Simulator game. You can take on one of four statuses, from Flight Lieutenant right up to Group Captain, with a practice mode also …
Acorn Electron
Amiga
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Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
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The Wizard of Akyrz
Dec 31, 1983
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★ 1.5
You have to save a princess from an evil wizard.
Acorn Electron
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dragon 32/64
ZX Spectrum
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Strange Odyssey
Dec 31, 1979
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★ 3.0
While orbiting an asteroid your space ship malfunctions. In this text adventure you have to find five alien artefacts - and a way home.
Acorn Electron
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Commodore Plus/4
Dragon 32/64
FM-7
PC-8800 Series
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TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
Texas Instruments TI-99
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Action Biker
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 2.5
Action Biker is a game that uses the character Clumsy Colin from the British comic Buster, and he was also used as the mascot for the crisp range KP Skips. …
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Triad
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 1.5
A Tic-Tac-Toe variant with shoot 'em up elements written by Ed Hobbs and published by Adventure International.
Mystery Fun House
Dec 31, 1979
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★ 2.0
In this text adventure you have to make it through a fun house until the amusement park closes for the day.
Acorn Electron
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Dragon 32/64
FM-7
PC-8800 Series
Sharp X1
TRS-80
TRS-80 Color Computer
Texas Instruments TI-99
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Crusade in Europe
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 2.0
Crusade in Europe is a classic real-time simulation game from the 80s designed by Sid Meier and Ed Bever. The first title in the "Command Series" of tactical wargames from …
Return to Eden
Nov 1, 1984
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★ 2.0
The second game in Level 9's science fiction trilogy dealing with the colonisation of the planet Eden.
Spy vs Spy III: Arctic Antics
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 2.5
The third and final installment (after Spy vs. Spy and Spy vs. Spy: The Island Caper) sees the spies on an arctic island. Once again they're doing their thing - …
Crumble's Crisis
1986
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★ 2.0
A flick-screen platformer in which the player has to find and snare all the Fuzzies in containment cages that have escaped from the Inter-galactic zoo.
Atari 8-bit
Earthquake San Francisco 1906
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 1.5
The fourth text-adventure game in the Other Venture series published by Adventure International.
The Institute
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 3.5
In this bizarre text-based mystery, you assume the role of John, a mental patient who is being held against his will in a hellish asylum known only as "The Institute".
Fight Night
Dec 1, 1985
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★ 2.5
Strap on your boxing gloves, and step into the ring. Tonight you're going to test your prowess against the world's toughest fighters. To prepare for this event, you'll train in …
Quest for Power
1981
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★ 1.5
A fantasy-themed adventure game with light RPG elements. Released as "King Arthur's Heir" by Epyx.
Atari 8-bit
Cavelord
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 2.5
Cavelord is a fantasy action-adventure sidescroller where you must explore caves to find the three pieces of the crown for the king.
Atari 8-bit
Dragon's Eye
Dec 31, 1981
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★ 2.0
In your quest for the Dragon's Eye amulet you venture through the Seven Provinces defeating numerous enemies in this early RPG.
Apple II
Atari 8-bit
Commodore PET
Sargon II
Dec 31, 1979
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★ 2.5
Origin The original SARGON was written by Dan and Kathleen 'Kathe' Spracklen in a Z80-based computer called Wavemate Jupiter III[1] using assembly language through TDL Macro Assembler. The name was …
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 …
Floyd of the Jungle
Dec 31, 1982
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★ 1.5
You have to rescue a lost girl in the jungle and watch out for dangerous flora and fauna you will encounter.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Music Composer
Dec 31, 1979
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★ 1.5
An early music composition game released for the Atari 400 and 800, and one of the first applications which allowed users to create their own chiptunes.
Atari 8-bit
Jupiter Mission 1999
Dec 31, 1984
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★ 2.0
Ambitious game which combines text adventure, RPG and arcade elements to tell its story.
Atari 8-bit
Commodore C64/128/MAX
North Atlantic Convoy Raider
Dec 31, 1980
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★ 1.0
Space Lobsters
1987
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★ 2.0
A action-adventure in which the player is Captain Crumble who has to bring back the ship-wrecked Colossus to Earth from Outer-Space.
Atari 8-bit
Nightraiders
Jan 31, 1983
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★ 2.0
A vertical scrolling shoot'em up written by Peter Filiberti and published by Datamost for the Atari 8-bit home computers.
Atari 8-bit
Battle of Antietam
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 1.0
Set during the Civil War at the little town of Sharpsburg, Maryland along Antietam Creek.
HardBall!
Dec 31, 1985
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★ 1.0
Play is controlled with a joystick or arrow keys and an action button. One of the four cardinal directions is used to choose the pitch, and again to aim it …
Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Apple IIGS
Atari 8-bit
Atari ST/STE
Commodore C64/128/MAX
DOS
MSX
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Footballer of the Year
Dec 31, 1986
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★ 1.0
You're a 17-year-old apprentice in the 4th Division with only £5,000 and 10 goals to your name. Have you got what it takes to cope with the trauma of transfer …
Acorn Electron
Amstrad CPC
Atari 8-bit
BBC Microcomputer System
Commodore 16
Commodore C64/128/MAX
MSX
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Gumball
1983
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★ 3.0