The 1980s · Arcade
1980s Arcade games
20 Arcade classics first released 1980 to 1989, in release order, and 15 games looking back to them.
Games looking back to them
- Munchman: A maze muncher for up to four players
- Darkula: Free retro arcade game.
- Dusk '82: Ultimate Edition: Top-down 8-bit demake of Dusk in early arcade style.
- Verminian Trap: Free retro arcade game.
- Car Clash: Concentric lanes, markers to clear, and red cars coming the other way
- Frogger (Minion remake): PC remake of the Konami arcade classic.
- Super Burger Bar: BurgerTime-style remake.
- Dig Dug Roswell: Dig Dug remake with an alien theme.
- Shovel Knight Dig: Digging action spin-off in Shovel Knight's 8-bit style.
- Joust 3: Revenge of the Lava Troll: Fan sequel to the Williams arcade game.
- Q*bert 3D: 3D Q*bert remake.
- GLtron: 3D light-cycle game based on Tron.
- Rolling Madness 3D: 3D Marble Madness remake.
- Trackballs: Open-source Marble Madness-style game.
- Purebreaker 3: Arkanoid-style breakout game.
The classics
- Game & Watch (1980)
- Pac-Man (1980)
- Rally-X (1980)
- Car Wars (1981)
- Frogger (1981)
- Qix (1981)
- BurgerTime (1982)
- Dig Dug (1982)
- Joust (1982)
- Mr. Do! (1982)
- Pengo (1982)
- Q*bert (1982)
- Tron (1982)
- Crystal Castles (1983)
- Mappy (1983)
- Tapper (1983)
- Balloon Fight (1984)
- Marble Madness (1984)
- Paperboy (1985)
- Arkanoid (1986)