Gamer

Being a gamer in the 80’s was a bit different than today. We had 2D sprites, 8-bit sounds, and simple colors pallets, sometimes limited to just 4 colors. Multiplayer games were limited to the number of joysticks you could connect to a console. As technology improved, game developers took every advantage to improve gameplay and storytelling. When Blockbuster started renting out video games, I was often playing a new game every week.

Here is a list of games and software I recall playing with and using as they were published. They are not organized. It is not complete.

Atari 400

Fraction Fever
Star Raiders
BASIC
PILOT
Missile Command
Space Invaders
Q-Bert
Pacman
410 Cassette Drive
- Salmon Run
- Frogger

Atari 2600 – A system that friends had

Adventure
Pitfall
Pole Position
Burgertime
Popcorn
Riverraid

Atari Jaguar – A system that a friend had

Alien vs Predator
Cybermorph

TurboGrafx-16 – A system that a friend had

Bonk’s Adventure

Arcade Cabinets

Dragon’s Lair
Space Ace
Tekken
The Simpsons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gauntlet

Sega Genesis – A system friends had

Golden Axe
Phantasy Star III
Sonic the Hedgehog

NES – A system our family got many years after it had been introduced

Joust
Mega Man III
Tetris
Dr. Mario
Track and Field
Bump ‘n’ Jump
Track and Field
Excitebike
Contra
Kirby
Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 2
Super Mario Brothers 3
Master Blaster
Aladdin
Ninja Gaiden
Metroid
Dragon Quest III
Castlevania II: Simons Quest
Mortal Kombat
Double Dragon
Wizards & Warriors
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Super Nintendo – Our family had it

Pilotwings
Star Fox

Nintendo 64 – My brother had it

Mario Kart 64
Super Mario 64

Wii – I had it

Wii-U – I had it

Switch – I have it

Sony Playstation – I had it

Discworld

Sony Playstation 2 – Had it

Primal Rage
Redhat Linux
Hard Drive
Everquest Beta
Network Attachment
Baldur’s Gate II

Sony Playstation 3 – I have it

Sony Playstation 4 – I had it

Sony Playstation 5 – I have it

XBox 360

Test Drive Unlimited
L.A. Noire
Halo
Oblivion
Fable III
Blue Dragon
SSX
Kinect Sports

BBS Door Games

Legend of the Red Dragon (LoRD)
Trade Wars 2002
The Pit

DOS

Family Feud
Wheel of Fortune
Golf
Hugo
StarCraft
Communications
- Renegade BBS
- Blue Whale (download messages from BBS)
- Telix
Programming
- Q Basic
- Quick Basic
- RDS Game Maker
Graphical and Ascii Editors
- Paint Shop Pro
- The Draw
- Disney Animation Studio
- DPaint
- 3D Studio release 4
- AutoCAD release 13
Utilities
- PKZip
- Acid Warp
Puzzles
- The Incredible Machine
- Where in Time is Carmen San Diego?
- Lemmings
Action
- Another World
Strategy
- Heroes of Might and Magic
- Warcraft
- Warcraft II
- Battle Chess
Point and Click Adventures
- Kings Quest IV, V, VI
- Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
- Leisure Suit Larry
- Grim Fandango
- Quest For Glory III
- The Secret of Monkey Island
- The Secret of Monkey Island 2: Lechucks Revenge
- Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
Side Scrollers
- Jill of the Jungle
- Commander Keen
- Duke Nukem
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Early 3D
- Pseudo 3D environments
  - Lands of Lore
  - Might and Magic III
  - Might and Magic IV
- Isometric
  - Diablo I
  - Diablo II
- Simulated
  - Wolfenstein
  - Doom
- Pre-rendered
  - The 7th Guest
- 3D Environments
  - Wing Commander II and III
  - Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat
  - Inca
  - Test Drive 3
- Full 3D
  - Quake
  - Unreal

Windows

Visual Basic
- Visual Basic 3
- Visual Basic 4
- Visual Basic 5
- Visual Basic 6
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Kings Quest VII, VIII
Adobe Photoshop 3.0 and all versions afterwards
Calgari Truespace
Canasta
Solitaire
Minesweeper
JezzBall
Burnout Paradise
Baldur’s Gate III

3D Games

Alice
Warcraft III
Diablo III
Unreal

Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Ultima Online
Everquest
Fallen Age
World of Warcraft
The Sims Online
Minecraft
Starwars Galaxies Online
Second Life
World of Ships
World of Tanks

Uncategorized

The Oregon Trail
Asteroids
Pong
Breakout
Gradius
Lunar Lander
Kaboom!
Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong Country
Earthworm Jim
Command & Conquer
- Command & Conquer
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Mrs. Pacman
Sim City
- Sim City
- Sim City 2
- Sim City 3
- Sim City 4
- The Sims
- The Sims 2
- The Sims Online
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
Crazy Taxi
Gauntlet
Grand Theft Auto III, IV, V
Zelda
- Zelda
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Super Mario Brothers
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario Cart
- Super Mario All-Stars
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Super Mario Maker
- Super Mario Land
- Paper Mario
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X
Street Fighter
It Came from the Desert