Click and compare - it's in your hands:

Gilligan's Gold (1984) sent you scrambling through a three-screen mine, hauling sacks of gold back to a wheelbarrow while outlaws tried to turn payday into a funeral.

Gilligan's Gold

1984 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 62% Users -

A man with a cart of gold

Duke Nukem 3D (1996) swaggered into the shooter scene chewing bubblegum and kicking ass.

Duke Nukem 3D

1996 • Mega Drive • PC

Pixel8Games 91% Users -

No manners. No mercy.

Roland on the Ropes (1984) sent Amstrad's unlucky hero scrambling through a pyramid packed with ropes, treasure, ghosts, mummies, spiders, and absolutely no health-and-safety inspector.

Roland on the Ropes

1984 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 67% Users -

I'll protect you from the hooded claw

Monaco GP (1979) delivered white-knuckle racing long before realism was a selling point.

Monaco GP

1979 • Arcade

Pixel8Games 79% Users -

Shift up, survive

Nonterraqueous (1985) dropped you onto a hostile planet as a floating robot seeker with one job: find the master computer and destroy it.

Nonterraqueous

1985 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • Spectrum

Pixel8Games 69% Users -

Lost in 1,000 screens

Micro Machines (1991) shrank racing down to tabletop size and somehow made breakfast tables more dangerous than Silverstone.

Micro Machines

1991 • Amiga • Mega Drive • NES

Pixel8Games 70% Users -

Small engines, big trouble

Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (1991) swaggered onto the 16-bit scene like a pub-hero with a brand-new cue - loud, quick, and convinced every pot was on.

Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker

1991 • Amiga • Atari ST • Mega Drive +1 more

Pixel8Games 80% Users -

Right on cue

Doom started as a quiet Mars assignment and immediately escalated into shotguns, demons, and a full-blown trip to Hell.

Doom

1993 • PC • PS1 • SNES

Pixel8Games 94% Users -

One hell of a blast.

Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995) handed you a blaster, parked the lightsaber, and proved the galaxy had room for a proper first-person shooter.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

1995 • PC

Pixel8Games 87% Users -

The Force is strong in this one

Target: Renegade (1988) strutted in like a street brawler with a bad attitude and a worse neighborhood.

Target Renegade

1988 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • NES +1 more

Pixel8Games 75% Users -

Street justice, cheap shots

Descent (1995) took a normal corridor shooter, spun it in every direction, then asked you not to be sick.

Descent

1995 • PC

Pixel8Games 90% Users -

Six degrees of panic

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe took the idea of a friendly sports match, threw it out of an airlock, and replaced it with metal armour and flying elbows.

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

1990 • Amiga • Atari ST • Commodore 64

Pixel8Games 83% Users -

Enjoy a clean break

Sorcery (1984) flung you across up to 40 flip-screen fantasy scenes as a last-ditch wizard, trying to rescue your kidnapped mates before the timer and your energy bar both had a tantrum.

Sorcery

1984 • Amstrad • Commodore 64 • MSX

Pixel8Games 81% Users -

It's a kind of magic

Prince of Persia (1989) locked you beneath a palace, started a sixty-minute timer, and expected elegance under pressure.

Prince of Persia

1989 • Amstrad • Apple II • PC

Pixel8Games 92% Users -

Hardcore Parkour

Crash Bandicoot (1996) helped give Sony's new PlayStation a mascot with attitude and platforming built to show off 3D hardware.

Crash Bandicoot

1996 • PS1

Pixel8Games 88% Users -

Putting a new spin on it

Metal Gear Solid (1998) smuggled blockbuster drama into your PS1 memory card, then told you to stop shooting and start sneaking.

Metal Gear Solid

1998 • PS1

Pixel8Games 92% Users -

Stealth with swagger

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