Arcade Games of the 80s: 1980

A look at the arcade games that were released in 1980!

A new decade for the arcades! We start to see the technical limitations in the 70s arcade loosen up as developers learn more of their craft! As arcades start to become more popular around the world, businesses take notice - and many fledgling arcade companies pop up - a few of which are still around today!

Having said that, 1980 was still very much a year of the Space Invaders clone. Every company had a single-screen vertically facing shooter (some had several!) We see early work by legends like Konami, Nintendo, Namco and Sega struggling to differentiate themselves from the competition without that much success.

The real king of 1980 arcades? My vote goes to Atari. They were simply so far ahead of the competition, in both technology (Battlezone) and gameplay (Centipede, Missile Command). Atari set the standards, rather than follow them!

Aside from Atari's contributions - it was also the year of a certain pellet-munching yellow blob...

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Complete Game List:
001 - Armor Attack
002 - Asteroids Deluxe
003 - Astro Wars
004 - Astropal
005 - Atari Soccer
006 - Attack UFO
007 - Balloon Bomber
008 - Bandido - Nintendo
009 - Battle Zone
010 - Berzerk
011 - Carnival
012 - Centipede
013 - Cheeky Mouse
014 - Crazy Balloon - Taito
015 - Crazy Climber
016 - Defender
017 - Destroyer
018 - Devil Zone
019 - Digger
020 - Dora-chan
021 - Eagle
022 - End, The
023 - Extra Bases - Dave Nutting Associates
024 - Future Flash
025 - Galactica - Batalha Espacial
026 - Green Beret
027 - Gun Champ
028 - HeliFire
029 - Highway Chase
030 - Indian Battle
031 - Invader's Revenge
032 - Kaitei Takara Sagashi
033 - Kamikaze
034 - Killer Comet
035 - King & Balloon
036 - Lupin III
037 - Mad Alien
038 - Magical Spot
039 - Magical Spot II
040 - Mayday
041 - Megatack
042 - Missile Command
043 - Moon Alien
044 - Moon Cresta
045 - Moon Quasar
046 - N-Sub
047 - Navarone
048 - New York! New York!
049 - Pac-Man /Puckman
050 - Phoenix
051 - Polaris
052 - Quasar
053 - R2D
054 - Radar Scope
055 - Rally X
056 - Red Baron
057 - Rip Off
058 - Samurai
059 - Sasuke vs. Commander
060 - Sea Battle
061 - Sengoku no Jieitai
062 - Shark Attack
063 - Sky Chuter
064 - Space Battle
065 - Space Cyclone
066 - Space Duel
067 - Space Encounters
068 - Space Firebird
069 - Space Force
070 - Space Invaders Deluxe
071 - Space Invaders II
072 - Space Intruder
072 - Space Laser
073 - Space Panic
074 - Space Trek - Sega
075 - Space Zap
076 - Spectar
077 - Speed Race
078 - Star Castle
079 - Steel Worker
080 - Streaking
081 - Super Invaders
082 - Tank Batallion
083 - Targ
084 - Tomahawk 777
085 - Tora Tora - Game Plan
086 - Tranquillizer Gun
087 - Ultra Invaders
088 - UniWar S
089 - Vortex
090 - Warlords
091 - Western Gun Part II
092 - Wizard of Wor
093 - Zero Hour