The most interesting games released in 1983

All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.

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Defender (1983)

Arcade

March 3, 1983

Conversion of the famous coin-op arcade game, which was programmed in 1980 by Eugene Jarvis from Williams Electronics. The product allows you to sit at the helm of a modern fighter and take part in the defense of the planet against cosmic invaders.

The Hobbit (1983)

Adventure

March 12, 1983

The Hobbit is an adventure and text game based on the plot of the title book by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is also one of the first attempts to transfer the work of this great writer to PeCety.

Dig Dug

Arcade

October 1, 1983

Dig Dug is an arcade game, which was developed in 1982 by Atari. The original coin-op version was very popular, so it is not surprising that the program has been converted to home computers and consoles.

Tapper

Arcade

December 12, 1983

Tapper is an arcade game that first appeared on coin-up machines in 1983 and quickly gained huge popularity. We will play the role of a bartender serving beer to customers who are always thirsty.

Battlezone (1983)

Action

April 10, 1983

A science-fiction first-person shooter, considered to be one of the first games in the genre. In Battlezone, we sit in the cockpit of a futuristic tank and our task is to eliminate all hostile units that appear on the horizon before they do the same to us. The player can drive back and forth as well as rotate the turret to the left and right. We are informed of the presence of enemy tanks by a radar located in the upper part of the screen. The PC version of the game is a conversion of the hit created for arcade machines and is characterized by virtually unchanged vector graphics. Compared to the original, though, it offers the option for two players to play (by taking turns) as well as several difficulty levels.

Rogue: The Adventure Game

RPG

April 12, 1983

Rogue: The Adventure Game is an RPG game created in 1983, which is considered to be the prototype of programs called "dungeon crawler". The program allows you to play the role of a fearless adventurer, who decides to visit the labyrinth of dungeons and find treasures hidden there.

Evolution

Arcade

May 12, 1983

Evolution is a product of Sydney Development from 1983, which, as the name suggests, takes up the subject of evolution. But don't expect any educational miracles. The game is a simple arcade game, and in addition, it approaches the matter in a very loose way - it is enough that the very fact that the amoeba will evolve, and its final character is a human being.

Ultima III: Exodus

RPG

June 15, 1983

The last chapter of the Age of Darkness of Sosaria ends with the fight against Exodus, the child of sorcerer Mondain and Minax, who is waiting in the depths of the Great Ocean for a favorable moment to start the attack.

Centipede

Arcade

September 20, 1983

Centipede is a PeCet conversion of a simple arcade game, which debuted on coin-op machines for the first time in 1980. The user has control over the shooting position, with the help of which he has to destroy the scolopendra and other worms waiting for his life winding at the top of the screen.

Nobunaga's Ambition

Strategy

December 31, 1983

A turn-based strategy in which players play the role of Shingen Takeda or Nobunaga Ode to attempt to conquer the central regions of Japan during the Senegalese period. The game takes place in a turn-based system, focusing on state management, building an efficient economic system, exposing an invincible army and conquering areas belonging to hostile clans.