Click and compare - it's in your hands:

Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985) gleefully armed Sir Arthur, knocked his armour off within seconds, and then kept kicking him while he was already down.

Ghosts 'n Goblins

1985 • Amiga • Amstrad • Arcade +4 more

Pixel8Games 78% Users -

Die. Retry. Repeat.

The 7th Guest (1993) lured you into Henry Stauf's creaky mansion with shiny CD-ROM swagger and smirking FMV ghosts.

The 7th Guest

1993 • PC

Pixel8Games 89% Users -

Puzzles, phantoms, bad decisions

Descent (1995) took a normal corridor shooter, spun it in every direction, then asked you not to be sick.

Descent

1995 • PC

Pixel8Games 90% Users -

Six degrees of panic

Pole Position (1982) didn’t just ask you to race - it demanded you qualify first, instantly setting it apart from its coin-hungry rivals.

Pole Position

1982 • Arcade

Pixel8Games 71% Users -

Qualify or quit

Rise of the Triad (1994/95) took the Wolfenstein-style corridor shooter, chugged a can of soda, then started doing backflips.

Rise of the Triad

1994 • PC

Pixel8Games 86% Users -

Ludicrous gibs!

Duke Nukem 3D (1996) swaggered into the shooter scene chewing bubblegum and kicking ass.

Duke Nukem 3D

1996 • Mega Drive • PC

Pixel8Games 91% Users -

No manners. No mercy.

Gryzor (1987) strapped a machine gun to your thumbs and dared you to run right, shoot everything, and still look cool doing it.

Gryzor (aka Contra)

1987 • Amstrad • Arcade • Commodore 64 +1 more

Pixel8Games 83% Users -

Run. Gun. Regret.

Exile (1988) dropped you into a vast alien cave system, handed you a jetpack, and then refused to explain much else.

Exile

1988 • Amiga • BBC • Commodore 64 +1 more

Pixel8Games 85% Users -

Physics fights back

Wipeout (1995) hurled you into anti-gravity racing where the tracks looked like nightclub flyers and the speed felt borderline irresponsible.

Wipeout

1995 • PC • PS1 • Saturn

Pixel8Games 89% Users -

Speed with teeth

Bubble Bobble (1986) turned monster-hunting into something suspiciously adorable.

Bubble Bobble

1986 • Arcade • Atari ST • BBC +1 more

Pixel8Games 76% Users -

Bursting with joy

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf put you behind the controls of an Apache and somehow made fuel gauges as frightening as missile launchers.

Desert Strike

1992 • Amiga • Mega Drive • PC

Pixel8Games 77% Users -

Get to da choppa!

Airwolf (1985) arrived fuelled by TV hype, cello solos, and the promise of airborne firepower.

Airwolf

1984 • Amstrad • Arcade • Commodore 64 +1 more

Pixel8Games 57% Users -

The embodiment of turbulence

Micro Machines (1991) shrank racing down to tabletop size and somehow made breakfast tables more dangerous than Silverstone.

Micro Machines

1991 • Amiga • Mega Drive • NES

Pixel8Games 70% Users -

Small engines, big trouble

Prince of Persia (1989) locked you beneath a palace, started a sixty-minute timer, and expected elegance under pressure.

Prince of Persia

1989 • Amstrad • Apple II • PC

Pixel8Games 90% Users -

Hardcore Parkour

F/A-18 Interceptor (1988) strapped you into an F/A-18 Hornet, pointed you towards San Francisco Bay, and trusted you not to decorate the Golden Gate Bridge with expensive wreckage.

F/A-18 Interceptor

1988 • Amiga

Pixel8Games 83% Users -

Writing cheques your body can't cash

Super Mario Bros began with a plumber, a mushroom, and a simple goal, then quietly redefined platform gaming forever.

Super Mario Bros.

1985 • NES

Pixel8Games 93% Users -

One plumber. Endless legacy.

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