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Robotron: 2084 (also known as Robotron) is one of the arcades that made the history of video games. Developed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar of Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics in 1982, it was a huge commercial success.
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Armalyte: The Final Run is the enhanced version for 16-bit platforms of the Shoot 'Em Up created by Cyberdyne Systems/Thalamus in 1988 for the C64. The Final Run was published in 1991 for the Amiga and Atari ST.
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BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a sci-fi RPG created by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released initially for MS-DOS in 1988, then ported to Atari ST, Apple II, Commodore 64, and Amiga (in 1989).
Year: 1988 Genre: Role Playing
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Millennium: Return to Earth is a sci-fi strategy/resource management sim created by Ian Bird and published by Electric Dreams. It was released for Atari ST, Amiga, and DOS in 1989.
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Shadowfire, released in 1985 for the Commodore 64 and other 8-bit platforms, is a unique blend of tactical strategy and sci-fi adventure. It stood out sharply from the crowd in its era.
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Cytron is a top-down sci-fi shooter created by Lunatic and published by Psygnosis exclusively for the Amiga in 1992. Designed and programmed by Martin Hall and James Thomas, this t...
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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).
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Obliterator is an arcade adventure game developed and published by Psygnosis in 1988 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, and Atari. It was ported to DOS, ZX Spectrum, and MSX the following year.
Year: 1988 Genre: Platformer
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Insanity Fight is a top-down vertical shooter created by Linel and published by MicroDeal in 1987 for the Amiga and Atari ST. The game stands as a peculiar anomaly in the world of retro gaming.
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Damocles is the second game of the Mercenary series created by Novagen Software. The title, also known as Mercenary 2, was released in 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST. Paul Woakes ...
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Knight Tyme is a graphic adventure published by Mastertronic in 1986 for 8-bit platforms, initially from the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. Later it was ported to Commodore 64 and MSX.
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Anarchy is a side-scrolling parallax shooter developed by WJS Design and published by Psygnosis in 1990 for the Amiga and Atari ST. Despite not being extremely innovative, this Def...
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Super Star Trek is an old text-only game, an early example of a turn-based space strategy sim/wargame created by Robert Leedom e David Ahl. The game code was published in the 1978 book BASIC Computer Games - Microcomputer Edition.
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Total Recall is the adaptation of the science-fiction movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The game was released in 1990, the same year of the film, and Ocean published it.
Year: 1990 Genre: Platformer
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