#bitstory

Gunfight, Bally Professional Arcade - astrocade 1978 A gun fighting game in the mold of the Bally/Midway arcade game Gun Fight. Coming built-in with every system, Gunfight is one of the best programs for the Bally console. https://youtu.be/2dv2RvAshec

Armor Attack, Vectrex 1982 The Armor Attack arcade game by Cinematronics ported to the Vectrex home console, the only home video game system with vector graphics. And, as you can see, not a bad arcade translation: it fits like a glove! https://youtu.be/QvuV02BDIT4

Zork Zero, by Infocom In its death throes (Activision would shut down the studio the next year), vaunted text adventure game company Infocom shifted the much-beloved Zork series into the graphical realm with Zork Zero in 1988, designed by longtime Infocom IMP Steve Meretzky (Planetfall, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, et al). A prequel to the previous Zork games, Zork Zero would introduce interactive mapping, a rudimentary GUI, in-game hints, interactive encyclopedia (the Encyclopedia Frobozzica) and mini-game to the series, along with... oh yeah, graphics! This was the last Zork game before Infocom was shuttered, and while none of us ever wanted to see Infocom's demise, I guess this is a pretty fine way to go out.

Adventure, for the Atari VCS - 2600 This visual realization of the classic Adventure computer game was a very compelling video game on the Atari 2600 console. It also hides the first known video game Easter Egg, implanted there by game designer Warren Robinett. https://youtu.be/IW33-KaGgOY

Space Spartans - Intellivision - Mattel 1982 A classic video game with speech, as this is a Mattel space game they released for the Intellivoice speech synthesis module. This is madness, you say? THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAA! https://youtu.be/nUuaxv7Xhko

Space Panic, arcade - Universal 1980 This was the first platform game, paving the ledges for such classic video game platformers as Donkey Kong, Joust, Jumpman and countless more. https://youtu.be/aYf-NkRDSrw

Defender - arcade, Williams Electronics 1981 Sure the phrase classic video game gets thrown around like confetti but... this is a classic arcade machine, and truly one of the best Williams games. https://youtu.be/Ov-nPOUxXMM

Popeye for the Atari 5200, Parker Brothers 1983 Yet another arcade game adaptation for the Atari 5200, this one of the Nintendo arcade game. https://youtu.be/7wrl2D-QSHA