Game Year: 1981

Player controls a spaceship that must infiltrate the enemy Scramble system in this side-view shooter/bomber classic. Player must destroy the Base at the end of the system.

Phoenix is an outer space-themed, fixed shooter video game similar to Taito’s Space Invaders. It was developed by Amstar Electronics (which was located in Phoenix, Arizona) in 1980,[1] and released by Centuri in the United States and by Taito in Japan.[2][3] The Phoenix mothership is one of the first video arcade game bosses to be … Read more

Galaga is a fixed shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco in Japan and published by Midway in North America in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian, released in 1979. The gameplay of Galaga puts the player in control of a space ship which is situated on the bottom of the screen. At … Read more

The objective of Asteroids is to score as many points as possible by destroying asteroids and flying saucers. The player controls a triangular-shaped ship that can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. As the ship moves, momentum is not conserved — the ship eventually comes to a stop again when … Read more

Draw boxes to claim as much screen as possible without getting in the path of the “Qix” and “Sparx”. Draw slower for more points and hope that you have enough coins. Simple but very addicting!

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a licensed adventure game, based on the movie. The adventure takes place on several screens with pits scattered about. The object of the game is to find pieces of E.T.’s phone. Once all pieces are found, E.T. calls home and the spaceship arrives to pick him up. E.T. can collect Reese’s … Read more

Turbo by Sega included with Expansion Module #2. You’re in control of a high performance race car. Use the steering wheel, accelerator foot pedal, and gearshift to drive to victory! The course includes city streest, tunnels, bridges, and coutry roads. Shift into high gear–accelerate–change lanes! Negotiate twisting curves, pass other cars, avoid spin outs, oil … Read more

The object of the game is for Popeye to collect a certain number of items dropped by Olive Oyl, depending on the level — 24 hearts, 16 musical notes, or 24 letters in the word HELP — while avoiding the Sea Hag, Brutus and other dangers. The player can make Popeye walk back and forth … Read more