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Gradius msxnes

Gradius is a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up developed and published by Konami, initially released in 1985 as an arcade game. The game was ported to MSX and NES in 1986 and released outside Japan with the name "Nemesis.

Year: 1986 Genre: Shooter

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Choplifter! commodore-64sega-master-systemapple-iiatari-5200

Choplifter! is a helicopter simulator/action-adventure created by Dan Gorlin for the Apple II and published in 1982 by Brøderbund. The game was converted to Atari 8-bit, VIC-20, C...

Year: 1983 Genre: Arcade

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Tiger Road amiga

Tiger Road is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Capcom in 1987. The game combines martial arts with fantasy elements, placing players in the role of Lee Wong, a heroic warri...

Year: 1989 Genre: Brawler

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Gauntlet II amiga

Gauntlet II is the sequel to the popular hack and slash fantasy arcade created by Atari Games. Released in 1986, one year after the original game, Gauntlet II was ported to the Ami...

Year: 1989 Genre: Arcade

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Silkworm amiga

Silkworm is a side-scrolling shooter arcade developed by Tecmo and released initially in 1988. In 1989 the game was ported to Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum by Random Access.

Year: 1989 Genre: Shooter

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QIX amiga

Qix: The "Computer Virus" Game is a famous arcade created by Taito in 1981 and ported to many different platforms. You control a marker that can only moves on the border of the screen or the lines already drawn.

Year: 1989 Genre: Arcade

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Ikari Warriors amiga

Ikari Warriors is a vertical-scrolling shooter coin-op created by SNK and published in 1986. It was ported to many home platforms, including Commodore 64, Apple II, NES, and Amstrad CPC.

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

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Pac PC 2 dos

Pac PC II is one of the best freeware clones of the original Pac-Man, probably the most popular arcade of all times..

Year: 1995 Genre: Arcade

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Arkanoid: Doh It Again snes

Arkanoid: Doh It Again, released for the SNES in 1997, is a modern reinterpretation of the classic arcade game Arkanoid. The original game, released in 1986, was itself an evolution of Atari’s legendary Breakout.

Year: 1997 Genre: Arcade

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Pitfall II: Lost Caverns atari-8-bitatari-2600atari-5200

Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is the sequel to David Crane's award-winning Pitfall. It was developed and published by Activision in 1984. It was released for nine platforms, including Apple II, Commodore 64, Colecovision, and Atari 5200.

Year: 1984 Genre: Platformer

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Obsession amiga

Obsession is a pinball sim created by Unique Development Sweden originally for the Atari Falcon, then ported to Amiga in 1995..

Year: 1995 Genre: Arcade

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi amiga

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is an arcade game created by Atari in 1984 and despite the title of the third movie, it's the sequel to the first Star Wars game (the third game, The Empire Strikes Back, was released one year later).

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back amiga

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the famous arcade developed by Atari in 1983. The cabinet of The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1985 as an upgrade to the first one.

Year: 1988 Genre: Shooter

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Frogger atari-8-bitatari-5200

Frogger is an arcade created by Konami and one of the most popular video games ever created. It was released for the first time in 1981, and it has been ported to almost all platforms since then.

Year: 1982 Genre: Arcade

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