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Best Video Games of the 1980s

Based on this list:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_listed_among_the_best
All hints are information about the original release, not later releases (if they exist)
The genres listed for each game were taken from their respective WIkipedia pages on April 17, 2026
When there are region differences, NA indicates North America, JP indicates Japan, EU indicates Europe, DE indicates Germany, and FRA indicates France
Names of devlopers/publishers reflect their names at the time of publishing
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Year of Release
Genre(s)
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)
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1980
Action-adventure
Warren Robinett
Atari, Inc.
Atari 2600
Adventure
First-person shooter, vehicular combat
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. (NA, EU) Sega, Taito (JP)
Arcade
Battlezone
Shoot 'em up
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. (NA, EU) Sega, Taito (JP)
Arcade
Missile Command
Maze
Namco
Arcade
Pac-Man
1981
Shoot 'em up
Atari, Inc.
Arcade
Centipede
Shoot 'em up
Williams Electronics
Williams Electronics (NA, EU) Taito (JP)
Arcade
Defender
Platform
Nintendo Research & Development 1
Nintendo
Arcade
Donkey Kong
Action
Konami
Konami, Sega
Arcade
Frogger
Shoot 'em up
Namco
Namco (JP, EU) Midway Manufacturing (NA)
Arcade
Galaga
Shoot 'em up
Atari, Inc.
Arcade
Tempest
Role-playing
Andrew C. Greenberg, Robert Woodhead
Sir-Tech
Apple II
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
1982
Action
Williams Electronics
Arcade
Joust
Maze
General Computer Corporation
Midway Manufacturing
Arcade
Ms. Pac-Man
Platform
David Crane
Activision
Atari 2600
Pitfall!
Twin-stick shooter
Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar
Williams Electronics
Arcade
Robotron: 2084
1983
Strategy, action
Free Fall Associates
Electronic Arts
Atari 8-bit computers
Archon: The Light and the Dark
Puzzle, platform
Doug Smith
Broderbund
Apple II
Lode Runner
Strategy
Ozark Softscape
Electronic Arts
Atari 8-bit computers
M.U.L.E.
First-person, rail shooter
Atari, Inc.
Arcade
Star Wars
1984
Space flight simulation
David Braben, Ian Bell
Acornsoft
BBC Micro
Elite
Platform, racing
Atari, Inc.
Arcade
Marble Madness
1985
Hack and slash, dungeon crawl
Atari Games
Arcade
Gauntlet
Platform
Capcom
Arcade
Ghosts 'n Goblins
Platform
Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros.
Puzzle
Alexey Pajitnov
Spectrum HoloByte
MS-DOS
Tetris
Role-playing
Origin Systems
Origin Systems
Apple II
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
1986
Block Breaker
Taito
Taito (JP, EU) Romstar (NA)
Arcade
Arkanoid
Platform
Taito
Arcade
Bubble Bobble
Action-adventure
Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department
Nintendo
Famicom Disk System
The Legend of Zelda
Racing
Sega
Arcade
Out Run
1987
Shoot 'em up
Konami
Arcade
Contra
Beat 'em up
Technōs Japan
Taito
Arcade
Double Dragon
Role-playing, dungeon crawl, 2.5D, first-person
FTL Games
Atari ST
Dungeon Master
Boxing, sports
Nintendo Research & Development No. 3 Department
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Punch-Out!!
Shoot 'em up
Irem
Arcade
R-Type
Action-adventure, strategy
MicroProse
Commodore 64
Sid Meier's Pirates!
1988
Platform
Capcom
Nintendo Entertainment System
Mega Man 2
Hack and slash, platform
Tecmo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Ninja Gaiden
Platform
Nintendo Research & Development No.4 Department
Nintendo
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Mario Bros. 3
1989
Beat 'em up
Capcom
Arcade
Final Fight
God game
Bullfrog Productions
Electronic Arts
Amiga
Populous
Platform
Broderbund
Apple II
Prince of Persia
City-building, construction and management simulation
Will Wright
Maxis
Mac OS, MS-DOS, Amiga
SimCity
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