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Crossbow
1983
The Activision Decathlon
1983
This Activision game features the 10 track & field events used to determine "The World's Greatest Athlete" every four years in the Olympics.Granny's Garden
1983
Granny's Garden
1983
An educational puzzle adventure game, designed to encourage children's reading skills and problem solving.Alien's Return
1983
Alien's Return
1983
Alien's Return is a 1983 video game created for the Atari 2600 that is loosely based on the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. It was created in Europe. Copies of the game are very rare, and most European copies still have the typo of the title, which reads, E.T. Go Come. The EU cover shows E.T. standing near a parade of anthropomorphic jelly sandwiches, balloons, trees, and chicken nuggets. None of these creatures ever appear in the game.Tooth Protectors
1983
Tooth Protectors
1983
In this game the player must prevent objects dropping from the top of the screen from reaching the bottom by positioning their character directly under the falling objects. The player's character is a small smiling face carrying a strand of dental floss above its head. They must prevent the snack squares from reaching the row of white teeth along the bottom of the screen; repeated hits by the snacks cause the teeth to blink and disappear from tooth decay.Boing!
1983
Boing!
1983
A bouncing cute-pie of a hero who is controlled by joystick as he leaps with dizzying speed across parallel rows of panels. The object: hit each panel in sequence, changing their color and finishing them off, while avoiding the nasty, bouncing Bubble Eater, or the jumping Pin, which move like greased lightning across the field.Bobby is Going Home
1983
Bobby is Going Home
1983
Bobby is Going Home is a 2D action platformer video game cartridge released for the Atari 2600 console in 1983. The player controls a boy named Bobby who has to pass through seven screens, jump over animals like butterflies, ducks and other hazards. The game play resembles Pitfall!, a game released by Activision. At the end of the game all the player has to do is get Bobby into the house, and there the next level will show. Hitting reset and select change the style of flowers that show at the bottom of the screen.Bank Heist
1983
Bank Heist
1983
Bank Heist is a maze video game published by 20th Century Fox for the Atari 2600. Each level in Bank Heist is a maze-like city (similar to Pac-Man). The objective of the game is to rob as many banks as possible while avoiding the police. The player controls a car called the Getaway Car. The car has a limited amount of fuel, which can be refilled by changing cities. Robbing a bank will cause a cop car to appear, as well as another bank. Up to three cars can be present in a city at a time. Cars can be destroyed by dropping dynamite out the tail pipe of the Getaway Car (however, dynamite can also destroy the Getaway Car). The player starts out with four spare cars (lives). Lives are lost by running out of fuel, being hit by dynamite, or hitting a cop car. If the player can rob nine banks in one city, an extra car is earned. The left and right difficulty switches alter how hard the game is. When the left difficulty switch is set to A, the cop cars are smarter in catching the Getaway Car; when it's set to B, enemy carsAstrowar
1983
Astrowar
1983
star 3.2Astrowar is an Action game, developed by Starsoft and published by Artic, which was cancelled before it was released.Adventures of Tron
1983
Adventures of Tron
1983
Adventures of Tron is an action game produced by Mattel, and was released for the Atari 2600 in 1983. It is based on the Disney film Tron and received fairly positive reviews from critics. In the game the player took control of Tron who had to avoid a variety of attackers whilst navigating a grid with four floors. Several aspects of the film appeared in the game including Recognizers, Tanks and Solar Sailers.Math Blaster!
1983
Math Blaster!
1983
Math Blaster! is the orignal game in the Math Blaster Series. It challenges players to solve math problems through first person and sidescrolling shooting games.Chuckie Egg
1983
Chuckie Egg
1983
DOS Commodore C64/128/MAX Amiga Amstrad CPC ZX Spectrum MSX Atari ST/STE Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Acorn Electron Dragon 32/64 Tatung Einsteinstar 8.1Chuckie Egg is an action platformer featuring a turn-based multiplayer mode. As Hen-House Harry, the player must collect the twelve eggs positioned in each level, before a countdown timer reaches zero. In addition there are piles of seed which may be collected to increase points and stop the countdown timer for a while. The player starts with five lives, and an extra life is awarded every 10,000 points.Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Death Star Battle
1983
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle is a Shoot 'em up video game published by Parker Brothers in 1983 for various Atari platforms and in 1984 for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was the first released video game to be based on the movie Return of the Jedi. In the game, the player controls the Millennium Falcon with the aim of destroying the second Death Star. The game is split into two stages. In the first, the player must shoot enemy TIE fighters while waiting for an opportunity to pass through an energy shield. In the second stage, the player must shoot at parts of the Death Star until there is a clear path to the reactor. Once the reactor has been destroyed, the player must survive the resultant explosion. Once these objectives are completed, the game begins again in a new round with greater difficulty.Cosmic Balance II
1983
Reach for the Stars
1983
Reach for the Stars
1983
Reach for the Stars is a "spaceploitation" game. The player has the opportunity to name his civilization and those of his (up to three) AI opponents before he begins his attempt at galactic domination. The 2D galaxy map is marked only by planets and their names in few different colors. Also, there is no diplomacy and no player control over tactical combat.Strawberry Shortcake: Musical Match-ups
1983
Strawberry Shortcake Musical Match-Ups is a puzzle game where you try to straighten out mixed up Strawberryland characters within a given time limit. When the game begins, a mixed up character will appear on the screen and you need to change the head, body, and legs until they are all from a single character. If a complete character is correctly formed, the character will perform a dance and you will hear their musical theme; if an incomplete character is formed, the musical theme heard will be partially from each of the characters you did create. Several levels of difficulty are included which dictate the time limit and which character needs to be created. In the easier levels, the character you must create will be indicated by text at the bottom of the screen. In the more difficult levels, you must create a character based on the theme song that plays.Blagger
1983
Blagger
1983
Commodore C64/128/MAX Amstrad CPC MSX BBC Microcomputer System Commodore 16 Commodore Plus/4 Acorn Electron Amstrad PCWThe game is divided into a series of single-screen levels. The goal of the player on each screen is manipulate Blagger, a burglar, to collect the scattered keys and then reach the safe. The keys must be collected and the safe opened in a set amount of time. Blagger can walk either left or right, or jump left or right. The jumping action is in a fixed pattern and cannot be altered once initiated. Gameplay reduces to learning the best order in which to collect the keys, and correct timing of movements and jumping. Hazards Not all platforms are solid, some decay once Blagger has walked on them. Other platforms serve to move Blagger in a particular direction. Blagger will die if he touches cacti, one of the moving enemy obstacles of the level or if he falls a certain distance. The moving enemies vary from level to level, and include cars, aliens, mad hatters, and giant mouths. The movement of the enemies is of a fixed pattern, repeatedly travelling from one point to another and back again. The BBC and Electron versionBeach-Head
1983
Beach-Head
1983
Commodore C64/128/MAX Amstrad CPC ZX Spectrum MSX Atari 8-bit BBC Microcomputer System Apple II Commodore 16 Commodore Plus/4 Acorn Electron Thomson MO5star 4The first game in the Beach Head series, the game depicts the player's violent war effort to end a dictator's reignJuice!
1983
Juice!
1983
Juice! is a single player side scrolling game with 6 levels of intensity, where Edison, the Kinetic Android (the player's avatar), competes against an array of obstructionist enemies to complete a working closed circuit board. 'Nohms' are electrical charges that quickly appear and begin bouncing around the grid. A single contact with one can cause Edison to melt into oblivion. As they disappear, they leave behind a single 'Capacitor' which quickly evolves into a nasty 'Killerwatt', which targets Edison as it begins zipping around the grid in its pursuit. Meanwhile Edison is looking for the benevolent 'Recharge', to continue his energizing power. Complications occur when 'Flash, the Lightning Dolt' begins disassembling all the good work Edison has accomplished. The player must try to complete the circuits and keep Edison ahead of his enemies.Suicide Strike
1983
Suicide Strike
1983
A side scroll single shooter aviation game which involves missions flown against an enemy headquarters that requires demolition. Your fuel supply is affected by your speed and maneuvers, and you will face enemy aircraft, surface to air missiles, and enemy gunships, attacking from all angles.
