Arcade Games of the 80s: 1981

A look at the arcade games that were released in 1981.
More clones of well known games from some less-known manufacturers; Space-Invader style shooters were still in vogue - but there were also a few Centipede and Asteroid clones.
In terms of the big players, Konami was strong this year, giving us Frogger and Scramble; Namco gave us Galaga; Sega upped the driving game stakes with the legendary Turbo - and Nintendo gave us a game starring a certain jumping man facing off a certain stubborn gorilla...
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18 Holes Pro Golf
4 Fun in 1
Abscam
Adventures of Robby Roto!, The
Altair
Amidar
Armored
Astro Blaster
Astro Fantasia
Battle of Atlantis
Black Hole
Black Hole
Borderline
Bosconian - Star Destroyer
Boxing Bugs
Challenger
Coco Loco
Colony 7
Cosmic Avenger
Cosmos
Crazy Kong
Crazy Kong Part II
Dambusters
Dark Warrior
Defend the Terra Attack on the Red UFO
Donkey Kong
Draco
El Fin Del Tiempo
Eliminator
Enigma II
Fantasy
Flash Boy
Frenzy
Frisky Tom
Frog & Spiders
Frogger
Funky Fish
Galaga
Gorf
Grand Champion
Hand, The
Jump Bug
Jungler
Kaos
Kick_Kick-Man
Lady Bug
Laser Base
Lazer Battle
Lock'n'Chase
Make Trax
Manhattan
Mariner
Mars
Meteoroids
Moon Shuttle
Moonwar
Mouse Trap
Ms. Pac-Man
Naughty Mouse
New Rally X
Oli-Boo-Chu
Omega Race
Panther
Percussor, The
Piranha
Pleiads
Polaris
Pulsar
Qix
Red Alert
Red Clash
River Patrol
Rock Climber
Round-Up
Route 16
Satan of Saturn
Satan's Hollow
Scramble
Silver Land
Sky Skipper
Snap Jack
Solar Fox
Solar Quest
Space Bugger
Space Cruiser
Space Dungeon
Space Fortress
Space Fury
Space Odyssey
Space Seeker
Space Tactics
Space Train
Spiders
Startgate
Strategy X
Super Astro Fighter
Super Cobra
Super Missile Attack
Super Tank
Tactician
Terranean
Thief
Tournament Pro Golf
Tower, The
Treasure Island
Tri-Pool
Turbo
Turtles
Vanguard
Venture
Video Hustler
War of the Bugs or Monsterous Manouvers in a Mushroom Maze
War of the Worlds
Warp & Warp
Woodpecker

[@WinstonSmith.74]

14:15 - LOL - Space Bugger. The weird thing is that the word 'bugger' was much more common as a swear-word back in the 80's compared to now, and yet this game was made in 1981. I assume it's a translation thing.

[@bok3rnes425]

Love this classic era where the innovation begun Bro. Nice video Gary ❤❤❤

[@lonewolffang]

The year I was born. Now I just feel old.

[@M3059-q8c]

Would you please make a playlist for games from the 1980s?

[@M3059-q8c]

Also please sort the playlist "Arcade Games of the 1990's" in chronological order, thank you Gary!

[@GaryRetroGamer]

I've just gone and created one. Bear in mind that the 80s list is not done - we've only done 1980/1982 and 1985/1986. We're working on completing the rest.

[@GaryRetroGamer]

Done! I didn't realize it wasn't sorted. Thanks for pointing it out!

[@pez334]

In 1981 I was a freshman in high school and I spent most of my time at the arcade, to this day I still only play mostly video games from the 70s and early 80s but I’m shocked at how many of these games I’m unfamiliar with so thanks for showing at least to me these unfamiliar gems

[@tomy.1846]

Great year!!!!!