The most interesting arcade games released in 1989

Arcade 10 February 1989

Die Hard is a shootout which refers to the famous action film with Bruce Willis, under the same title. The player will play the role of John McClane, who declares war on ruthless terrorists occupying the forty-storey skyscraper Nakatomi Plaza.

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Arcade 12 March 1989

The greatest defender in the history of the Earth - the Cosmic Ace - faces a difficult challenge. An angry and cunning commander Borf, taking advantage of the hero's inattention, decides to kidnap his girlfriend named Kimberley. In the hands of the biggest enemy Ace is a powerful weapon Infanto Ray, turning enemies into children.

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Arcade 12 March 1989

Apache Strike is an arcade game, realized in the convention of a typical shooting, set in the perspective of the first person. The player will play the role of the pilot of the popular AH-64 Apache helicopter, whose task is to exterminate other units attacking and trying to completely destroy a hypothetical city in the United States.

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Arcade 12 March 1989

RoboCop is the conversion of a two-dimensional shooter created for coin-op machines in 1988. The plot of the game is based on Paul Verhoven's famous film, in which Alex Murphy, a policeman murdered with cold blood, already as RoboCop declares war on criminals from Detroit.

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Arcade 20 March 1989

Road Runner is a simple arcade game by Mindscape, whose story is based entirely on the popular series of cartoons with Strus Pedziwiatrem (Road Runner) and Kojotem (Wille E. Coyote) in the leading roles. The latter would like to eat the bird for breakfast - the only problem is that he would have to catch it first....

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Arcade 20 March 1989

The Amazing Spider-Man is a game by Paragon Software, entirely based on the title comic book, which tells the story of the popular Spider Man. This time our hero has to face the plans of the master of illusion - Mysterio - who, after accidentally discovering the true identity hidden under the mask of the heroes, kidnaps his beloved, Mary Jane Watson.

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Arcade 12 April 1989

A Nightmare on Elm Street is an arcade game from 1989, produced by Westwood Associates (better known as Westwood Studios). The program refers to Wes Craven's film of the same title, which tells the story of a group of teenagers fighting a psychopathic murderer - Freddym Kruger, murdering their victims in a dream.

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Arcade 25 May 1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade turned out to be such a profitable topic for LucasArts that it was decided to make not one, but two games based on the third part of the film adventures of the title archaeologist. Thus, not only the adventure game was published, but also the classic platforming game, in which more emphasis was put on the arcade character of the game.

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Arcade 20 June 1989

Batman: The Movie is an arcade game, which, as you can easily guess, is based on the plot of the film under the same title. The player playing the role of the Dark Knight will have to curb the criminal drive of Joker and save the city of Gotham from extinction.

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Arcade 07 July 1989

Arkanoid 2: Revenge of DOH is a direct continuation of the well-known arcade game, which, thanks to simple rules and high playability, used to be very popular. The second installment of the program offers a new audiovisual setting, premiere stages, a board editor and several other changes of a smaller calibre.

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Arcade 11 July 1989

After Burner is a third person who made their first coin-op debut in 1987 thanks to SEGA. The player will play the role of the pilot of the F-14 Thunder Cat fighter, sent on a suicidal mission against numerous enemy flying machines.

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Arcade 12 August 1989

Bubble Bobble is another hit from the slot machines, which hit the PCs thanks to NovaLogic company. The main heroes of the game are small brontosaurs named after Bub and Bob, who, on the express order of their sympathies, have to go through a dangerous cave. If they succeed, they will confirm their unbelievable courage and will gain the eternal admiration of their loved ones.

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Arcade 20 August 1989

The huge success of Gauntlet caused that less than twelve months later, the Atari corporation tried to unveil the second installment of the adventures of the fearless team of heroes, who dreaming of fame and wealth descended to the underground inhabited by fantastic creatures.

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Arcade 20 August 1989

James Bond resigns from service in a British interview, wanting to fall into the hands of a ruthless drug dealer who, out of revenge, kills our hero's long-standing friend and his newly baked wife.

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Arcade 22 August 1989

Fast Food! is an arcade game with the popular Dizzy in the lead role. Codemasters programmers have completely abandoned the adventure here, serving the lovers of the egg-shaped hero clone of the great hit called Pac-Man.

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Arcade 11 September 1989

Eye of Horus is a platformer whose plot refers to the legends about the mighty deities of ancient Egypt. The player plays Horus, the son of the deceitful king Osiris, whose corpses, divided into seven parts, fight on a huge tomb.

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Arcade 20 September 1989

Pipe Mania is a European version of the game called Pipe Dreams, produced by The Assembly Line studio. Compared to the prototype created by the famous George Lucas corporation, this program has a slightly better graphics. Other aspects of the game remained unchanged.

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Arcade 20 September 1989

Arcade game in which we play the role of the pilot of the American plane F6F Hellcat, stationed during World War II on one of the aircraft carriers off the coast of Japan.

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Arcade 23 September 1989

Like many arcade games, Qix made her debut on coin-op slot machines in 1981. PeCet members waited only eight years later for a version for their computers from Taito.

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Arcade 12 October 1989

Another story about a nice egg-shaped creature. This time Dizzy must disenchant his friends and get rid of the evil wizard Zaks.

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Arcade 10 November 1989

The Untouchables is an arcade game based on the story of the popular Brian de Palma film under the same title. The player plays the role of the federal agent Elliot Nessa, who, together with a group of trusted people, sets out to war with the gang Ala Capone.

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Arcade 21 November 1989

A platform game in which we play the role of the title archaeologist. The player's task is to break through four trapped stages: an Amazon temple, an Egyptian pyramid, a medieval castle and a Nazi rocket base.

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Arcade 20 December 1989

The second part of Rick Dangerous's adventures. This time our hero will have to oppose the invasion of aliens, and all this in five fabulously colorful lands.

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