Decade
The 1970s
13 classic games of the 1970s, first released 1970 to 1979, by genre, and the games inspired by them.
Genres of the 1970s
- Adventure: 2 classics
- Role-playing: 2 classics
- Strategy: 1 classic
- Sports: 1 classic
- Shooter: 4 classics
- Arcade: 2 classics
- Educational: 1 classic
Games inspired by 1970s games
- Open Adventure: Forward port of the 1977 Crowther and Woods Adventure source.
- Roberta Williams' Colossal Cave: 3D reimagining by the Sierra founders.
- Empire Deluxe Combined Edition: Tiny studio's continuation of the Empire wargame; older editions sold from its own order page.
- Empire Deluxe Internet Edition: Older Empire Deluxe edition sold only from the developer's own order page.
- VMS Empire: Free terminal version of the classic Empire wargame.
- Revenge of the Titans: Tower defense follow-up to Titan Attacks.
- Space Invaders: Invaders Possibly: Space Invaders remake.
- Titan Attacks!: Space Invaders update, sold first from Puppy Games' own site.
- Maelstrom: Mac shareware Asteroids remake from Ambrosia, later released as open source.
- Death Came from Verminest: Free follow-up to They Came from Verminest.
- Galaga500: Faithful Amiga port of arcade Galaga built from the arcade code.
- Galaxian 2007: Arcade-faithful Galaxian remake.
- PARSEC47: Free retro-modern shooter from Kenta Cho's site.
- They Came from Verminest: Free fixed-screen arcade shooter.
- Car Clash: Concentric lanes, markers to clear, and red cars coming the other way