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Hopper Robo
1983
Hopper Robo
1983
A Platform/Run 'N Jump game where a robot must jump between platforms carrying boxes that he must drop onto a conveyor belt.Jump Coaster
1983
Jump Coaster
1983
In this game, you maneuver a caped man along roller-coaster tracks, grabbing money bags and trying to save your girlfriend, all the while avoiding cops and gorillas (which either swing on the ropes and throw deadly bananas and apples at you, or ride in roller-coaster cars, intent on hitting you.) The game has four screens in each level. Each screen is completed in one of two ways: getting to your girlfriend, or grabbing all the money bags on the screen, then getting the large money bag which appears.Major Havoc
1983
Major Havoc
1983
Long ago the evil Vaxxian Empire overran the galaxy. Most of humanity was enslaved and abducted to the Vaxxian homeworld. A few humans, who were scientists, managed to escape. At the current moment (according to the timeline of the game), the Empire has since collapsed. However, numerous Vaxxian space stations, all blindly controlled and defended by robots, still remain in the galaxy, mindlessly pursuing their original orders. The small band of scientists who initially escaped managed to clone the great human hero Major Havoc, in order to fly his Catastrofighter through a wormhole in space, so that he may lead a clone army against the dreaded Vaxxian robots, and to liberate the remnants of humanity by destroying the enemy reactors. The player controls Major Havoc, the leader of this very band of clones.Danger Ranger
1983
Danger Ranger
1983
Another winner from Kenneth Kalish (Author of Phantom Slayer, Escape and Invader's Revenge). Danger Ranger must collect ten keys from the Chamber of Pasha, whilst warding off the Floating Urns, Radioactive Bats and Roving Eyes. Then he must face the Acid Chamber to collect all the Treasure Chests, avoiding not only the drops of acid, but shooting the four demons which guard the chamber. Five Levels of Play. Sound Effects. High speed arcade action game. Full colour graphics. Machine code. Joystick Required.Donkey King
1982
Donkey King
1982
Save the beauty from the beast! Rolling barrels! Killer flames! Ladders and ramps to negotiate in this fast action high speed arcade game. With sound. Joysticks required.Spy's Demise
1982
Spy's Demise
1982
The player controls a spy who must make his way up several floors to reach his goal. The player must dodge elevators that move up and down throughout the levelCrisis Mountain
1982
Fast Eddie
1982
Fast Eddie
1982
Your objective is to help Eddie capture as many floating prizes as he can jump up and grab. You must keep Eddie hopping over the pesky little Sneakers while guiding him up, down and around the screen.Free Fall
1982
Felix in the Factory
1982
Felix in the Factory
1982
Felix has to find enough oil in every level so the factory's generator will not run out of it.Donkey Kong
1982
Donkey Kong
1982
This is the ColecoVision port of Donkey Kong. The main differences with the original arcade game are the absence of 50m, cutscenes and enemy placement.Jump Bug
1982
Jump Bug
1982
Scrolling platformer in the theme of Konami's Scramble, where the player controls a jumping, shooting car. You can shoot and dodge creatures of the land, air and sea and collect money bags. Points can also be gained by jumping on clouds. The stages include a city, pyramid and ocean. This title predates Irem's Moon Patrol, and may be the first scrolling platformer.Ponpoko
1982
Ponpoko
1982
You control a tanuki, or raccoon dog, who climbs up ladders, walks across floors and jumps over gaps while avoiding red and yellow snakes. The cat must collect all the fruits and vegetables in order to advance to the next level. There are also baskets that contain either snakes, fruits, vegetables or other bonus items.Tom Boy
1982
Tom Boy
1982
Tom Boy is a complete copy of the game Pitfall, which was released the same year by Activision. It replicates not only the lack of story but every other aspect of the original as well. The clone is so bold that it outright steals the entire gameplay, sprites, and animations. At Quelle, Rainbow Vision’s audaciousness (original title Tom Boy) didn’t seem to deter anyone, as the game was included in their German Atari catalog that same year under the title Dschungel Boy.Loony Balloon
1982
Loony Balloon
1982
In Loony Balloon, the player controls a kid carrying a swaying balloon crossing a playground. To get out of the playground, he must reduce the balloon's sway, or it will burst when he crosses the exit.Hot Shocker
1982
Spider-Man
1982
Spider-Man
1982
star 4Spider-Man released in 1982 by Parker Brothers was the first video game to feature SpiderMan and also the first video game based on a Marvel Comics character.Beer Run
1981
Apple Panic
1981
Frogs
1978
Frogs
1978
Frogs is a single-player action / platform arcade game released by Sega-Gremlin in 1978. It is the first video game with a jumping character (predating Donkey Kong by 3 years), which by some definitions could make it the first platform game. The player controls a frog on lily pads and attempts to catch (with the frog's tongue and while jumping) various insects (butterflies and dragonflies) worth different amounts of points in a set amount of time. Frogs is one of the first arcade games to include a static background as part of the arcade cabinet.[citation needed] The game’s graphics are "projected" by laying the monitor flat on its back and reflecting the computer-generated graphics of the frogs and flies toward the player via a mirror at a 45-degree angle. (The game’s graphics were actually generated and shown backward, so the mirror reflection would show letters and numbers properly.)
