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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

Monaco GP (1979) delivered white-knuckle racing long before realism was a selling point.

Monaco GP

1979 • Arcade

Pixel8Games 79% Users -

Shift up, survive

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.

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!

Half-Life (1998) turned a routine day at Black Mesa into the worst workplace induction imaginable.

Half-Life

1998 • PC

Pixel8Games 94% Users -

What could possibly go wrong?

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!

Batman: The Movie (1989) wasted no time brooding, throwing players straight into Gotham's grime with surprising confidence for an '80s movie tie-in.

Batman: The Movie

1989 • Amiga • Amstrad • Commodore 64 +1 more

Pixel8Games 87% Users -

Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight

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

Gilligan's Gold (1984) sent you scrambling through a three-screen mine, hauling sacks of gold back to a wheelbarrow while outlaws tried to turn payday into a funeral.

Gilligan's Gold

1984 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 62% Users -

A man with a cart of gold

Blood (1997) gleefully dragged the shooter genre into a blood-soaked carnival of horror, humour, and absolute chaos.

Blood

1997 • PC

Pixel8Games 91% Users -

Horror with attitude

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

Metal Gear Solid (1998) smuggled blockbuster drama into your PS1 memory card, then told you to stop shooting and start sneaking.

Metal Gear Solid

1998 • PS1

Pixel8Games 92% Users -

Stealth with swagger

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

Marble Madness (1984) looked cute until the timer started screaming and your marble began sliding like it hated you.

Marble Madness

1984 • Amiga • Amstrad • Arcade +6 more

Pixel8Games 74% Users -

Don't blink

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.

Operation Wolf (1987) shoved an Uzi into your hands, pointed you at a scrolling battlefield, and expected your trigger finger to survive the trip.

Operation Wolf

1987 • Amiga • Amstrad • Arcade +3 more

Pixel8Games 79% Users -

Trigger finger required

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