80's video games by description

Name these video games based on the descriptions given

Years listed are for the U.S. release

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Year	Hint	Answer
1980	Round yellow creature gobbles up pellets and avoids ghosts	Pac-Man
1981	Ape throws barrels at a man while he climbs girders and ladders	Donkey Kong
1981	Help an amphibian try to cross the road and avoid dangerous traffic	Frogger
1982	A knight riding an ostrich defeats enemies to progress to the next level	Joust
1982	Poorly-received movie tie-in game about an alien trying to go home	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983	Bartender serves drinks and tries not to drop any glasses	Tapper
1984	Try to shoot an annoying dog, and also some birds	Duck Hunt
1985	Plumber tries to rescue a princess from a castle, but keeps finding mushroom people	Super Mario Bros.

Year	Hint	Answer
1985	Kid on bike breaks neighborhood windows with newspapers	Paperboy
1986	Man with a whip fights Dracula	Castlevania
1986	Boy in a green tunic is given a sword by an old man in a cave, and heads off to rescue a princess.	The Legend of Zelda
1987	Little person boxes against ethnic stereotypes and a famous real-life boxer	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
1987	Two soldiers stop baddies from taking over the world, and use the Konami Code for more lives	Contra
1987	Blue robot defeats other Robot Masters and gains their powers	Mega Man
1989	Falling pieces get arranged to complete lines in this game designed by a Soviet programmer	Tetris

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