1980s

7 games

Toru Iwatani designed it to appeal to women, unusual for the era. The name comes from paku-paku, Jap...

Alexey Pajitnov created it on a Soviet Electronika 60 computer. Nintendo bundled it with the Game Bo...

Shigeru Miyamoto created the game that saved the console industry after the 1983 crash. The hidden 1...

Inspired by Shigeru Miyamotos childhood exploring caves near Kyoto. The first game to allow saving p...

Samus Aran was one of the first female protagonists in gaming. The reveal that she was a woman shock...

Saved the Mega Man franchise after the first game underperformed. The soundtrack by Takashi Tateishi...

Shigeru Miyamoto designed it after Nintendo of America was stuck with unsold Radar Scope cabinets. I...