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Games by Year of Release: 1981

Softporn Adventure dosapple-iiatari-8-bit

Softporn Adventure is a text adventure created by Chuck Benton for the Apple II in 1981. The game was programmed in AppleSoft BASIC. Initially released by Benton with his own compa...

Year: 1981 Genre: Adventure

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Super Breakout atari-2600atari-8-bit

Super Breakout is an enhanced version of the popular arcade Breakout made by Atari. This new edition was released in 1978 as a coin-op, two years later the original game. Then in 1979, an Atari 400/800 version was published.

Year: 1981 Genre: Arcade

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Eastern Front atari-8-bit

Chris Crawford’s Eastern Front (1941) is a wargame released in 1981 for the Atari 8-bit family. It is widely recognized as one of the earliest examples of a truly sophisticated computer wargame for home systems.

Year: 1981 Genre: Strategy

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