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Megaman 2
Ninja Gaiden (nes)
Mario bros 2
Mario bros 3
Super contra



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KLXVER said:
Aeolus451 said:

Pitfall! - Atari - 1982
Donkey Kong - Arcade - 1981
Pac-man - Arcade - 1980
Alien - Atari - 1982
Tron -Arcade - 1982


Im guessing 1982...?


Could of swore all of those released in '82. I picked some games of a list of games that were released in the 1982 but I guess not all of 'em did. haha

Pitfall!
Donkey Kong Junior
Super Pac-man
Alien
Tron



Super Contra
Super Mario Bros. 3
Mega Man 2
John Madden Football
The first issue of Nintendo Power

I'm silently judging anyone with games on their list that I played on release



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WoodenPints said:
1986 not a bad year.

The Legend of Zelda
Dragon Quest
Castlevania
Metroid
Bubble Bobble

STEAL!

But adding another 5. 1986 represent!

Alex Kidd in Miracle World

The Colour of Magic (not so great, but based on one of my favourite books ever!)

Space Quest

Kid Icarus

Zombi (Yup, the one that came before ZombiU)

 

And just to repeat once more: THE LEGEND OF ******* ZELDA!!!!



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Sonic The Hedgehog
Street Fighter II
Super Mario World
F-Zero
A Link To The Past


Damn; I'll have to be the God of Game Design to achieve my goal of being the best thing to happen for for the gaming industry that year.



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Zaxxon
Tron
Qbert
Ms Pacman
Donkey Kong Jr.



farlaff said:
Wheels - North America release

Shark Jaws

Midway releases Gun Fight, an adaptation of Taito's Western Gun (this was actually cool; don't remember the others)

I had a feeling I'd be the eldest in here, but 1975 was surpassed by another poster :p


Same year, but I choose:

TV Tennis Electrotennis (Japans 1st home console)

Pong (Home version)

Adventure (1st interactive fiction game)

pedit5 (1st dungeon crawler)

dnd (1st game with a boss)



Mine are:
Blackjack (atari 2600) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack_(Atari_2600_video_game)
Street Racer (Atari 2600) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Racer_(Atari_2600_video_game)
Zork http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork
Destroyer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_(arcade_game)
Air-Sea battle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-Sea_Battle



1984 - selection of titles from wikipedia

-King's Quest (Sierra, IBM PC), the first animated adventure game, the first game in the King's Quest series, and the first game to use the AGI engine, is released.

-T&E Soft releases Hydlide, an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic and anticipates elements of The Legend of Zelda and Ys series.

-Nihon Falcom releases Dragon Slayer by Yoshio Kiya. Dragon Slayer and its sequels laid the foundations for the action role-playing game genre.

- Nintendo releases a conversion of their own Donkey Kong 3 for the Famicom/NES system.

- Namco releases Super Xevious and Dragon Buster, the latter of which is one the first games to feature a life bar. (Arcade)



hentai_11 said:
farlaff said:
Wheels - North America release

Shark Jaws

Midway releases Gun Fight, an adaptation of Taito's Western Gun (this was actually cool; don't remember the others)

I had a feeling I'd be the eldest in here, but 1975 was surpassed by another poster :p


Same year, but I choose:

TV Tennis Electrotennis (Japans 1st home console)

Pong (Home version)

Adventure (1st interactive fiction game)

pedit5 (1st dungeon crawler)

dnd (1st game with a boss)

Nice, I'm not alone :)