| Year of Release | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Platform(s) | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Maze | Namco | Namco | Arcade | Pac-Man | 100%
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| 1981 | Platform | Nintendo Research & Development 1 | Nintendo | Arcade | Donkey Kong | 50%
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| 1981 | Shoot 'em up | Namco | Namco (JP, EU) Midway Manufacturing (NA) | Arcade | Galaga | 50%
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| 1989 | City-building, construction and management simulation | Will Wright | Maxis | Mac OS, MS-DOS, Amiga | SimCity | 50%
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| 1985 | Platform | Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department | Nintendo | Nintendo Entertainment System | Super Mario Bros. | 50%
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| 1985 | Puzzle | Alexey Pajitnov | Spectrum HoloByte | MS-DOS | Tetris | 50%
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| 1989 | Beat 'em up | Capcom | Capcom | Arcade | Final Fight | 33%
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| 1981 | Action | Konami | Konami, Sega | Arcade | Frogger | 33%
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| 1982 | Maze | General Computer Corporation | Midway Manufacturing | Arcade | Ms. Pac-Man | 33%
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| 1986 | Racing | Sega | Sega | Arcade | Out Run | 33%
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| 1986 | Action-adventure | Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department | Nintendo | Famicom Disk System | The Legend of Zelda | 33%
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| 1980 | Action-adventure | Warren Robinett | Atari, Inc. | Atari 2600 | Adventure | 17%
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| 1986 | Block Breaker | Taito | Taito (JP, EU) Romstar (NA) | Arcade | Arkanoid | 17%
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| 1980 | First-person shooter, vehicular combat | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. (NA, EU) Sega, Taito (JP) | Arcade | Battlezone | 17%
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| 1986 | Platform | Taito | Taito | Arcade | Bubble Bobble | 17%
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| 1981 | Shoot 'em up | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Arcade | Centipede | 17%
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| 1987 | Shoot 'em up | Konami | Konami | Arcade | Contra | 17%
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| 1987 | Role-playing, dungeon crawl, 2.5D, first-person | FTL Games | FTL Games | Atari ST | Dungeon Master | 17%
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| 1984 | Space flight simulation | David Braben, Ian Bell | Acornsoft | BBC Micro | Elite | 17%
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| 1985 | Hack and slash, dungeon crawl | Atari Games | Atari Games | Arcade | Gauntlet | 17%
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| 1982 | Action | Williams Electronics | Williams Electronics | Arcade | Joust | 17%
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| 1983 | Puzzle, platform | Doug Smith | Broderbund | Apple II | Lode Runner | 17%
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| 1984 | Platform, racing | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Arcade | Marble Madness | 17%
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| 1988 | Platform | Capcom | Capcom | Nintendo Entertainment System | Mega Man 2 | 17%
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| 1980 | Shoot 'em up | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. (NA, EU) Sega, Taito (JP) | Arcade | Missile Command | 17%
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| 1983 | Strategy | Ozark Softscape | Electronic Arts | Atari 8-bit computers | M.U.L.E. | 17%
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| 1988 | Hack and slash, platform | Tecmo | Tecmo | Nintendo Entertainment System | Ninja Gaiden | 17%
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| 1982 | Platform | David Crane | Activision | Atari 2600 | Pitfall! | 17%
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| 1989 | God game | Bullfrog Productions | Electronic Arts | Amiga | Populous | 17%
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| 1989 | Platform | Broderbund | Broderbund | Apple II | Prince of Persia | 17%
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| 1987 | Boxing, sports | Nintendo Research & Development No. 3 Department | Nintendo | Nintendo Entertainment System | Punch-Out!! | 17%
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| 1982 | Twin-stick shooter | Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar | Williams Electronics | Arcade | Robotron: 2084 | 17%
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| 1987 | Action-adventure, strategy | MicroProse | MicroProse | Commodore 64 | Sid Meier's Pirates! | 17%
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| 1983 | First-person, rail shooter | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Arcade | Star Wars | 17%
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| 1988 | Platform | Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department | Nintendo | Nintendo Entertainment System | Super Mario Bros. 3 | 17%
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| 1981 | Shoot 'em up | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Arcade | Tempest | 17%
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| 1985 | Role-playing | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | Apple II | Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | 17%
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| 1981 | Role-playing | Andrew C. Greenberg, Robert Woodhead | Sir-Tech | Apple II | Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord | 17%
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| 1983 | Strategy, action | Free Fall Associates | Electronic Arts | Atari 8-bit computers | Archon: The Light and the Dark | 0%
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| 1981 | Shoot 'em up | Williams Electronics | Williams Electronics (NA, EU) Taito (JP) | Arcade | Defender | 0%
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| 1987 | Beat 'em up | Technōs Japan | Taito | Arcade | Double Dragon | 0%
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| 1985 | Platform | Capcom | Capcom | Arcade | Ghosts 'n Goblins | 0%
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| 1987 | Shoot 'em up | Irem | Irem | Arcade | R-Type | 0%
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