Click and compare - it's in your hands:

Kane (1985) saddled you up for a budget-priced Wild West adventure where peace apparently required excellent marksmanship and a horse with nerves of steel.

Kane

1985 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Electron +1 more

Pixel8Games 68% Users -

Dyin' ain't much of a livin'

Maniac Mansion (1987) invited you to pick a trio of teenagers and trespass into the Edison household, where every room hid a gag, a trap, or a way to accidentally doom your friends.

Maniac Mansion

1987 • Amiga • Apple II • Atari ST +3 more

Pixel8Games 79% Users -

Break in, think

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.

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 92% Users -

One plumber. Endless legacy.

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

Nonterraqueous (1985) dropped you onto a hostile planet as a floating robot seeker with one job: find the master computer and destroy it.

Nonterraqueous

1985 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 69% Users -

Lost in 1,000 screens

Crash Bandicoot (1996) helped give Sony's new PlayStation a mascot with attitude and platforming built to show off 3D hardware.

Crash Bandicoot

1996 • PS1

Pixel8Games 88% Users -

Putting a new spin on it

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 -

Prepare to qualify

Get Dexter (aka Crafton & Xunk) dropped you into a glossy isometric sci-fi maze where an android and his tiny sidekick had to blag, dodge and gadget their way to an all-important code.

Get Dexter

1986 • Amstrad

Pixel8Games 82% Users -

Crack the code, survive

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!

Horace Goes Skiing (1982) cheerfully put players in control of an unusual character whose idea of a relaxing ski trip involved dodging traffic, renting skis, and repeatedly face-planting down a mountain.

Horace Goes Skiing

1982 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 52% Users -

Worst ski holiday

Sorcery (1984) flung you across up to 40 flip-screen fantasy scenes as a last-ditch wizard, trying to rescue your kidnapped mates before the timer and your energy bar both had a tantrum.

Sorcery

1984 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • MSX

Pixel8Games 81% Users -

It's a kind of magic

Elite (1984) dropped players into a vast, lonely galaxy armed with a fragile Cobra Mk III, 100 credits, and absolutely no safety net.

Elite

1984 • Amstrad • BBC • Commodore 64 +1 more

Pixel8Games 93% Users -

Profit or perish

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (1986) sent Britain's square-jawed space hero into a race against the Mekon, whose hollowed-out asteroid was aimed straight at Earth.

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

1986 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 75% Users -

Action stations!

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.

Roland on the Ropes (1984) sent Amstrad's unlucky hero scrambling through a pyramid packed with ropes, treasure, ghosts, mummies, spiders, and absolutely no health-and-safety inspector.

Roland on the Ropes

1984 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 67% Users -

I'll protect you from the hooded claw

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