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Strange Odyssey
1979
Strange Odyssey
1979
Commodore C64/128/MAX Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Apple II Commodore 16 Commodore Plus/4 PC-8800 Series TRS-80 Texas Instruments TI-99 Acorn Electron PC-9800 Series TRS-80 Color Computer FM-7 Dragon 32/64While orbiting an asteroid your space ship malfunctions. In this text adventure you have to find five alien artefacts - and a way home.The Count
1979
The Count
1979
Commodore C64/128/MAX Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore VIC-20 Apple II PC-8800 Series TRS-80 Texas Instruments TI-99 Acorn Electron PC-9800 Series TRS-80 Color Computer FM-7You are trapped in the castle of a Transylvanian count and only have three days and nights to defeat the count. In order to do so you have to solve puzzles, find secret passageways and most importantly have to be careful not to fall prey to the creatures of the night.Voodoo Castle
1979
Voodoo Castle
1979
Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore VIC-20 Apple II PC-8800 Series TRS-80 Texas Instruments TI-99 Acorn Electron PC-9800 Series TRS-80 Color Computer FM-7You are Count Cristo and a curse has been put on you. Your have to lift the curse in this text adventure using two word commands.Secret Mission
1979
Secret Mission
1979
Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Commodore VIC-20 Apple II Commodore 16 Commodore Plus/4 PC-8800 Series TRS-80 Texas Instruments TI-99 Acorn Electron TRS-80 Color Computer FM-7 Dragon 32/64This adventure takes place in a nuclear power plant and using two word commands you must prevent a reactor meltdown.Slot Machine
1979
Miniature Golf
1979
Miniature Golf
1979
star 4.1This is a computer game simulation of a miniature golf course. It attempts to refine your sense of timing and your perceptiveness in judging distance. As in a traditional miniature golf course, a variety of obstacles are placed in your path to the cup. Depending on the game that is selected, the course can be played solo, or a two player competition can be initiated.Bowling
1979
Bowling
1979
star 5.8The game is based on the game of bowling, playable by one player or two players alternating. In all six variations, games last for 10 frames, or turns. At the start of each frame, the current player is given two chances to roll a bowling ball down an alley in an attempt to knock down as many of the ten bowling pins as possible. The bowler (on the left side of the screen) may move up and down his end of the alley to aim before releasing the ball. In four of the game's six variations, the ball can be steered before it hits the pins. Knocking down every pin on the first shot is a strike, while knocking every pin down in both shots is a spare. The player's score is determined by the number of pins knocked down in all 10 frames, as well as the number of strikes and spares acquired.Video Chess
1979
Video Chess
1979
Video Chess is a video game released by Atari in 1979 for the Atari 2600, based on the rules of chess.Backgammon
1979
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
1979
3-D Tic-Tac-Toe
1979
star 5.2The game is similar to the traditional game of tic-tac-toe, but is played on four 4×4 grids stacked vertically; it is basically a computerized version of the board game Qubic using traditional tic-tac-toe notation and layout. To win, a player must place four of their symbols on four squares that line up vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, on a single grid, or spaced evenly over all four grids. This creates a total of 76 possible ways to win, in comparison to eight possible ways to win on a standard 3×3 board. The game has nine variations: it can be played by two players against each other, or one player can play against a built-in AI on one of eight different difficulty settings. The game uses the standard joystick controller.Football
1979
Football
1979
Football is one of the 12 original games that were shipped with the Magnavox Odyssey system. It runs on Cartridge No.3 and 4, and uses a game board field, american football tokens, yardage markers, a wide variety of game cards and an overlay.Circus Atari
1979
Circus Atari
1979
star 5.73 rows of triangular balloons move along the top part of the screen, each overlaid with blue, green, and yellow (colors used in the original version), counting from the top row. A clown appears from the edge of the screen where there is a jumping board, and the player must move the seesaw located at the bottom of the screen so that the clown can bounce back off the seesaw once he jumps off from his starting position. If the player successfully gets the clown onto the seesaw, the clown on the other side shoots off into the air towards the 3 rows of balloons on the top of the screen. The clown may not have enough speed to reach the balloons if the first clown does not land squarely on the seesaw. Clowns bounce off of balloons, walls, and jumping boards, but will pass directly through multiple balloons if they are moving quickly enough. They will only bounce off the jumping boards when they are heading downwards, and will pass straight through the boards while moving upwards.Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack
1979
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack is a computerized version of different types of Poker and Blackjack, including 7-Card Stud and 5-Card Draw. The player inputs how much "money" that is available to bet with. There is one and two-player games, and Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack includes a dealer to play against. Developed by John Brooks for APh Technological Consulting and published by Mattel ElectronicsSprint 4
1979
Ozma Wars
1979
Ozma Wars
1979
Ozma Wars is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade game, and the very first game developed and published by SNK, who were still known as "Shin Nihon Kikaku" at the time. The game is also known as the second ever vertical shoot 'em up game, after Taito's Space Invaders (which ran on the same arcade hardware), but is also additionally known as the first game with disparate "levels". The game is also notable for being the first action game to feature a supply of energy, resembling a life bar, a mechanic that has now become common in the majority of modern action games. The game allowed the player to refuel energy between each level, and it featured a large variety of alien enemies. The player controls a space craft which must fend off UFOs, meteors, and comets. Instead of lives, the player is given an energy reserve that is constantly diminishing; getting hit by the enemy causes gameplay to stop momentarily and a large amount of energy is depleted. Every so often, a mothership will appear and dock with the player's spacecraft,Intruder
1979
Intruder
1979
Intruder is an arcade game originally released by Konami as Space War. It is a one-on-one spaceship combat game with each player controlling a ship at the top or bottom of the screen. Between the players is a stream of innocent space ship traffic limiting the possibility of getting a clean shot. When your fuel reaches a high number (like 75 or so) your laser will reach the other side of the screen to get your opponent. Once you fire your laser your fuel drops sharply and you must wait for it to build before you can shoot at your opponent again. Space War is Konami's first known original video game design. It was licensed by Taito, who released it as Space Laser (in Europe), and by Game Plan, who released it as Intruder (in North America).Asteroids
1979
Asteroids
1979
star 8.1Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The objective of the game is to destroy both, asteroids and saucers. The triangular ship can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. Once the ship begins moving in a direction, it will continue in that direction for a time without player intervention unless the player applies thrust in a different direction. The ship eventually comes to a stop when not thrusting. The player can also send the ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen, at the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid.Bowling
1979
Block Buster
1979
