Missile Command: Created in the year 1980 by Atari, Missile Command is a game where the player, you have to defend 6 cities from an onslaught by missiles.In the game you get a blaster that sits on the edge of the surface that you use to shoot at enemies. Tempest: Designed in 1981 by Atari, Tempest is a game that takes place on a 3D surface that’s sometimes wrapped in a tube that’s divided into several segments/lanes.Galaga: Created in the year 1981 by Midway and Namco this is the sequel to Galaxian and is pretty much a game that requires you to go through and shoot at/destroy the fleets of aliens you come across.Space Fury: Created in the year 1981 by Sega/Gremlin to give the player the purpose of destroying alien ships - yep, that’s pretty much it.The story of the game takes place on a planet where players are required to destroy aliens to protect the astronauts who are stranded there. Defender: Created in the year 1981 by Williams Electronics Defender is a shooting game with 2D graphics.In the game you defend yourself against scorpions, fleas, spiders, and you guessed it, Centipedes. Centipede: Atari created Centipede in the year 1981 as a vertically oriented shoot-em-up game.Not only that but there are also characters from the movie found in the game. There are 4 subgames that take place according to the events seen in the movie as well. TRON: Bally Midway created this game in 1982 as a way to commemorate the creation of the move Tron that happened in that very same year.Below you will find a list of arcade games from the 1980s. The 80s was considered the Golden Age of arcade games for a good reason – it was the period that put arcade games on the map.
They were a great way to release some steam and you also got a way to spend some of those much-loved quarters you had.
The ’80s was the time to be alive if you enjoyed arcade games.
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