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href="/wiki/1980_in_video_games" title="1980 in video games">1980</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_video_games" title="1981 in video games">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_video_games" title="1982 in video games">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_video_games" title="1983 in video games">1983</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1984</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_video_games" title="1985 in video games">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_video_games" title="1986 in video games">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_video_games" title="1987 in video games">1987</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_video_games" title="1988 in video games">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_video_games" title="1989 in video games">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_video_games" title="1990 in video games">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_video_games" title="1991 in video games">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_video_games" title="1992 in video games">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_video_games" title="1993 in video games">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_video_games" title="1994 in video games">1994</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Video_games_by_year" title="Category:Video games by year">…</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_art" title="1984 in art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_archaeology" title="1984 in archaeology">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_architecture" title="1984 in architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_literature" title="1984 in literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_music" title="1984 in music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_philosophy" title="1984 in philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_science" title="1984 in science">Science</a></li></ul> </div><i><a href="/wiki/Category:1984" title="Category:1984">+...</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>1984 saw many sequels and prequels along with new titles such as <i><a href="/wiki/1942_(video_game)" title="1942 (video game)">1942</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Boulder_Dash_(video_game)" title="Boulder Dash (video game)">Boulder Dash</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Command_(1984_video_game)" title="Cobra Command (1984 video game)">Cobra Command</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Jet_Set_Willy" title="Jet Set Willy">Jet Set Willy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Karate_Champ" title="Karate Champ">Karate Champ</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Kung-Fu_Master_(video_game)" title="Kung-Fu Master (video game)">Kung-Fu Master</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yie_Ar_Kung-Fu" title="Yie Ar Kung-Fu">Yie Ar Kung-Fu</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)" title="Punch-Out!! (arcade game)">Punch-Out!!</a></i> The year's highest-grossing <a href="/wiki/Arcade_video_game" title="Arcade video game">arcade video games</a> were <i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position" title="Pole Position">Pole Position</a></i> in the United States, for the second year in a row, and <i><a href="/wiki/Track_%26_Field_(video_game)" title="Track & Field (video game)">Track & Field</a></i> in the United Kingdom. The year's best-selling home system was <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Family_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Computer">Family Computer</a> (Famicom), which was only sold <a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_Japan" title="Video games in Japan">in Japan</a> at the time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Financial_performance">Financial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Financial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States" title="Video games in the United States">the United States</a>, home video game <a href="/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983" title="Video game crash of 1983">sales fall</a> to <span style="white-space: nowrap">$800 million</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span style="white-space: nowrap">$2.3 billion</span> adjusted for inflation). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Highest-grossing_arcade_games">Highest-grossing arcade games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Highest-grossing arcade games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_Japan" title="Video games in Japan">In Japan</a>, the following titles were the top-grossing <a href="/wiki/Arcade_video_game" title="Arcade video game">arcade video games</a> of each month on the <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> charts in 1984. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Month </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Table_arcade_cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Table arcade cabinet">Table arcade cabinet</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arcade_cabinet" title="Arcade cabinet">Upright/cockpit cabinet</a> </th> <th rowspan="2" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference(s)">Ref</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Title </th> <th>Points </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-01-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hyper_Olympic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyper Olympic">Hyper Olympic</a></i> (<i>Track & Field</i>) </td> <td>14.54 </td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/TX-1" title="TX-1">TX-1</a></i> </td> <td>18.19 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-02-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">February</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/10-Yard_Fight" title="10-Yard Fight">10-Yard Fight</a></i> </td> <td>15.64 </td> <td>16.95 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-03-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">March</span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Tennis_(1984_video_game)" title="Tennis (1984 video game)">Vs. Tennis</a></i> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>16.25 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-04-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April</span> </td> <td>13.23 </td> <td>15.56 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-05-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">May</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gaplus" title="Gaplus">Gaplus</a></i> </td> <td>14.66 </td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Command_(1984_video_game)" title="Cobra Command (1984 video game)">Thunder Storm</a></i> (<i>Cobra Command</i>) </td> <td>15.83 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-06-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Baseball_(1983_video_game)" title="Baseball (1983 video game)">Vs. Baseball</a></i> </td> <td>14.79 </td> <td>15.76 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-07-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">July</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sega arcade video games"><i>Crowns Golf</i></a> </td> <td>15.08 </td> <td>15.44 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Karate_Champ" title="Karate Champ">Karate Champ</a></i> </td> <td>15.58 </td> <td>14.95 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September</span> </td> <td><i>Jan Oh</i> (<i>Jang-Oh</i>) </td> <td>16.89 </td> <td rowspan="3"><i><a href="/wiki/TX-1_V8" class="mw-redirect" title="TX-1 V8">TX-1 V8</a></i> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nichibutsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nichibutsu">Night Gal</a></i> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>15.67 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-11-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November</span> </td> <td><i>Jan Oh</i> (<i>Jang-Oh</i>) </td> <td>14.68 </td> <td>16.92 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-12-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">December</span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nichibutsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nichibutsu">Night Gal</a></i> </td> <td>14.36 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Don_Quix-ote" title="Super Don Quix-ote">Super Don Quix-ote</a></i> </td> <td>17 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom_and_United_States">United Kingdom and United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United Kingdom and United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1984 in the United Kingdom and United States. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Rank </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Video games in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> </th> <th colspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States" title="Video games in the United States">United States</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th rowspan="2">Manufacturer </th> <th rowspan="2"><i>RePlay</i><sup id="cite_ref-RePlay_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RePlay-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="3">AMOA<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Play_Meter" title="Play Meter">Play Meter</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Arcade </th> <th>Route/Street </th> <th>Video </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Track_%26_Field_(video_game)" title="Track & Field (video game)">Track & Field</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position_II" title="Pole Position II">Pole Position II</a></i> </td> <td colspan="3"><i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position" title="Pole Position">Pole Position</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair_(1983_video_game)" title="Dragon's Lair (1983 video game)">Dragon's Lair</a></i> </td> <td>499.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position" title="Pole Position">Pole Position</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/Track_%26_Field_(video_game)" title="Track & Field (video game)">Track & Field</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hunter" title="Spy Hunter">Spy Hunter</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/M.A.C.H._3" title="M.A.C.H. 3">M.A.C.H. 3</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)" title="Punch-Out!! (arcade game)">Punch-Out!!</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/Elevator_Action" title="Elevator Action">Elevator Action</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hunter" title="Spy Hunter">Spy Hunter</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position_II" title="Pole Position II">Pole Position II</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)" title="Punch-Out!! (arcade game)">Punch-Out!!</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4"><i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hunter" title="Spy Hunter">Spy Hunter</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man" title="Ms. Pac-Man">Ms. Pac-Man</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Track_%26_Field_(video_game)" title="Track & Field (video game)">Track & Field</a></i>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)" title="Punch-Out!! (arcade game)">Punch-Out!!</a></i> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position" title="Pole Position">Pole Position</a></i> </td> <td>459 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Track_%26_Field_(video_game)" title="Track & Field (video game)">Track & Field</a></i> </td> <td>370.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/M.A.C.H._3" title="M.A.C.H. 3">M.A.C.H. 3</a></i> </td> <td>280.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hunter" title="Spy Hunter">Spy Hunter</a></i> </td> <td>256.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(1983_video_game)" title="Star Wars (1983 video game)">Star Wars</a></i> </td> <td>205.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ace" title="Space Ace">Space Ace</a></i> </td> <td>192.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)" title="Punch-Out!! (arcade game)">Punch-Out!!</a></i> </td> <td>191.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tennis_(1984_video_game)" title="Tennis (1984 video game)">Vs. Tennis</a></i> </td> <td>170.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">Unknown </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Astron_Belt" title="Astron Belt">Astron Belt</a></i> </td> <td>137.8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best-selling_home_systems">Best-selling home systems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Best-selling home systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Rank </th> <th rowspan="2">System(s) </th> <th rowspan="2">Manufacturer </th> <th rowspan="2">Type </th> <th rowspan="2">Generation </th> <th colspan="2">Sales </th></tr> <tr> <th>Japan </th> <th>Worldwide </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Family_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Family Computer">Family Computer</a> (Famicom / NES) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_console" class="mw-redirect" title="Home console">Console</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_generation_of_video_game_consoles" title="Third generation of video game consoles">Third</a> </td> <td>2,940,000<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2,940,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a> (C64) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commodore_International" title="Commodore International">Commodore</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Home_computer" title="Home computer">Computer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/8-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="8-bit">8-bit</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>2,500,000<sup id="cite_ref-:222_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:222-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer" title="IBM Personal Computer">IBM Personal Computer</a> (PC) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> </td> <td>Computer </td> <td>8-bit / <a href="/wiki/16-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="16-bit">16-bit</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>2,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-:222_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:222-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TI-99/4A" title="TI-99/4A">TI-99/4A</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a> </td> <td>Computer </td> <td>16-bit </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>1,000,000+<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_II" title="Apple II">Apple II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> </td> <td>Computer </td> <td>8-bit </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>1,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-:222_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:222-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PC-88" class="mw-redirect" title="PC-88">PC-88</a> / <a href="/wiki/PC-98" title="PC-98">PC-98</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NEC" title="NEC">NEC</a> </td> <td>Computer </td> <td>8-bit / 16-bit </td> <td>470,000<sup id="cite_ref-:02_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>470,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mac_(computer)" title="Mac (computer)">Mac</a> </td> <td>Apple Inc. </td> <td>Computer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="16-bit">16-bit</a> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>370,000<sup id="cite_ref-:222_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:222-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ASCII_Corporation" title="ASCII Corporation">ASCII Corporation</a> </td> <td>Computer </td> <td>8-bit </td> <td>350,000<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>350,000+ </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coleco_Adam" title="Coleco Adam">Adam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coleco" title="Coleco">Coleco</a> </td> <td>Computer </td> <td>8-bit </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>255,000<sup id="cite_ref-adams198501032_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adams198501032-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SG-1000" title="SG-1000">SG-1000</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a> </td> <td>Console </td> <td>Third </td> <td>240,000<sup id="cite_ref-Tanaka_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tanaka-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>240,000+ </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best-selling_home_video_games_in_the_United_Kingdom">Best-selling home video games in the United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Best-selling home video games in the United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home <a href="/wiki/PC_game" title="PC game">computer games</a> of 1984, according to N.O.P. Market Research.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Publisher </th> <th>Genre </th> <th>Platform </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jet_Set_Willy" title="Jet Set Willy">Jet Set Willy</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Software_Projects" title="Software Projects">Software Projects</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Platformer" title="Platformer">Platform</a> </td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><i>Fighter Pilot</i> </td> <td>Digital Integration </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Combat_flight_sim" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat flight sim">Combat flight sim</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Manic_Miner" title="Manic Miner">Manic Miner</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bug-Byte" title="Bug-Byte">Bug-Byte</a>/<a href="/wiki/Software_Projects" title="Software Projects">Software Projects</a> </td> <td>Platform </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Atic_Atac" title="Atic Atac">Atic Atac</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Play_the_Game" title="Ultimate Play the Game">Ultimate Play the Game</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Action-adventure" class="mw-redirect" title="Action-adventure">Action-adventure</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chequered_Flag_(video_game)" title="Chequered Flag (video game)">Chequered Flag</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Psion_(company)" title="Psion (company)">Psion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Racing_game" title="Racing game">Racing</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hunchback_(video_game)" title="Hunchback (video game)">Hunchback</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">Ocean</a> </td> <td>Platform </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sabre_Wulf" title="Sabre Wulf">Sabre Wulf</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Play_the_Game" title="Ultimate Play the Game">Ultimate Play the Game</a> </td> <td>Action-adventure </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><i>Night Gunner</i> </td> <td>Digital Integration </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shoot_%27em_up" title="Shoot 'em up">Shoot 'em up</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jetpac" title="Jetpac">Jetpac</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Play_the_Game" title="Ultimate Play the Game">Ultimate Play the Game</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Manic_Miner" title="Manic Miner">Manic Miner</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Software_Projects" title="Software Projects">Software Projects</a> </td> <td>Platform </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commodore_64" title="Commodore 64">Commodore 64</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_awards">Major awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The fifth <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Games" title="Electronic Games">Arcade Awards</a> are held, for games released during 1982–1983. <i><a href="/wiki/Pole_Position_(video_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pole Position (video game)">Pole Position</a></i> wins <a href="/wiki/Arcade_game" title="Arcade game">Coin-Op</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards" title="List of Game of the Year awards">Game of the Year</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man" title="Ms. Pac-Man">Ms. Pac-Man</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Lady_Bug_(video_game)" title="Lady Bug (video game)">Lady Bug</a></i> win <a href="/wiki/Console_game" title="Console game">console</a> Videogames of the Year, <i><a href="/wiki/Lode_Runner" title="Lode Runner">Lode Runner</a></i> wins <a href="/wiki/PC_game" title="PC game">Computer Game</a> of the Year, and <i><a href="/wiki/Q*bert" title="Q*bert">Q*bert</a></i> wins <a href="/wiki/Dedicated_console" title="Dedicated console">dedicated</a> Stand-Alone Game of the Year.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the second <a href="/wiki/Golden_Joystick_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Joystick Award">Golden Joystick Awards</a> (held in 1985) for best home computer games, <i><a href="/wiki/Knight_Lore" title="Knight Lore">Knight Lore</a></i> takes Game of the Year.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business">Business</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Business"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>New companies: <a href="/wiki/Accolade_(company)" title="Accolade (company)">Accolade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elite_Systems" title="Elite Systems">Elite Systems</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gremlin_Graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Gremlin Graphics">Gremlin Graphics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kemco" title="Kemco">Kemco</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_World_Computing" title="New World Computing">New World Computing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Novagen_Software" title="Novagen Software">Novagen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Software" title="Ocean Software">Ocean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psygnosis" title="Psygnosis">Psygnosis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sculptured_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Sculptured Software">Sculptured Software</a></li> <li>Defunct companies: <a href="/wiki/Astrocade" class="mw-redirect" title="Astrocade">Astrocade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Human_Engineered_Software" title="Human Engineered Software">Human Engineered Software</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imagine_Software" title="Imagine Software">Imagine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sirius_Software" title="Sirius Software">Sirius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Starpath" title="Starpath">Starpath</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>, Inc. acquires <a href="/wiki/Milton_Bradley_Company" title="Milton Bradley Company">Milton Bradley Company</a>.</li> <li>Management Sciences America acquires <a href="/wiki/Edu-Ware" title="Edu-Ware">Edu-Ware Services</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a> acquires 8-bit gaming competitor <a href="/wiki/Synapse_Software" title="Synapse Software">Synapse Software</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a> shuts down the <a href="/wiki/Atari_Program_Exchange" title="Atari Program Exchange">Atari Program Exchange</a>, which sold notable "user written" games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(1941)" title="Eastern Front (1941)">Eastern Front (1941)</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dandy_(video_game)" title="Dandy (video game)">Dandy</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Communications">Warner Communications</a> sells the <a href="/wiki/Atari,_Inc." title="Atari, Inc.">Atari, Inc.</a> home video game and home computer intellectual properties, including the <a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a> logo and trademark, inventories of home video game and home computer hardware and software, as well as certain international subsidiaries to <a href="/wiki/Atari_Corporation" title="Atari Corporation">Tramel Technology</a>, but retains the arcade games division, which becomes <a href="/wiki/Atari_Games" title="Atari Games">Atari Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AtariInc_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AtariInc-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tramel Technology is promptly renamed to <a href="/wiki/Atari_Corporation" title="Atari Corporation">Atari Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TramelTech_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TramelTech-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a> and CSK merge to form Sega Enterprises Ltd.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> sells its video game assets, including the <a href="/wiki/M_Network" title="M Network">M Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Intellivision" title="Intellivision">Intellivision</a> hardware and software intellectual property, to a group led by a former Mattel Electronics executive that becomes <a href="/wiki/Intellivision#INTV_Corporation_(1984-1990)" title="Intellivision">INTV Corporation</a>. Mattel Electronics closes their game development offices in California and Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-int_taiwan_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-int_taiwan-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The games development office in France is sold to investors and renamed <i>Nice Ideas</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-int_nice_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-int_nice-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The largest video game retailer in the world, <a href="/wiki/GameStop" title="GameStop">GameStop</a> was founded (then known as Babbage's) in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, Texas.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>May 17 – <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Edda" title="Alejandro Edda">Alejandro Edda</a>: Mexican-American actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_releases">Notable releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Games">Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arcade">Arcade</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Arcade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>February 17 - <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> launches the initial version of boxing game <i><a href="/wiki/Punch-Out!!_(arcade_game)" title="Punch-Out!! (arcade game)">Punch-Out!!</a></i>.</li> <li>April – <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Gaplus" title="Gaplus">Gaplus</a></i>, the sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Galaga" title="Galaga">Galaga</a></i>.</li> <li>June – <a href="/wiki/Atari" title="Atari">Atari</a> releases "<a href="/wiki/I,_Robot_(video_game)" title="I, Robot (video game)">I, Robot</a>", the first polygonal 3D game.</li> <li>July – <a href="/wiki/Data_East" title="Data East">Data East</a> releases <a href="/wiki/Techn%C5%8Ds_Japan" title="Technōs Japan">Technōs Japan</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Karate_Champ" title="Karate Champ">Karate Champ</a></i>, laying the foundations for the one-one-one <a href="/wiki/Fighting_game" title="Fighting game">fighting game</a> genre.</li> <li>July 20 – <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a> releases <a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">action role-playing game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_Druaga" title="The Tower of Druaga">The Tower of Druaga</a></i>.</li> <li>October – <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Pac-Land" title="Pac-Land">Pac-Land</a></i> and lays the foundations for <a href="/wiki/Side-scrolling_video_game" title="Side-scrolling video game">horizontally-scrolling</a> <a href="/wiki/Platform_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform game">platform games</a>.</li> <li>November 1 – <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Grobda" title="Grobda">Grobda</a></i>, a spin-off from <i><a href="/wiki/Xevious" title="Xevious">Xevious</a></i>.</li> <li>December – <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Xevious" title="Super Xevious">Super Xevious</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Buster" title="Dragon Buster">Dragon Buster</a></i>, the latter of which is one of the first games to feature a <a href="/wiki/Health_(game_terminology)" title="Health (game terminology)">life bar</a>.</li> <li>December – <a href="/wiki/Capcom" title="Capcom">Capcom</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/1942_(video_game)" title="1942 (video game)">1942</a></i>.</li> <li>December – <a href="/wiki/Irem" title="Irem">Irem</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Kung-Fu_Master_(video_game)" title="Kung-Fu Master (video game)">Kung-Fu Master</a></i> and lays the foundations for the <a href="/wiki/Beat_%27em_up" title="Beat 'em up">beat 'em up</a> genre.</li> <li>December – <a href="/wiki/Atari_Games" title="Atari Games">Atari Games</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Marble_Madness" title="Marble Madness">Marble Madness</a></i>, their first game written in the <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C programming language</a> and to use a 68000-family microprocessor.</li> <li>Bally/Midway releases <i><a href="/wiki/Demolition_Derby_(1984_video_game)" title="Demolition Derby (1984 video game)">Demolition Derby</a></i>, which features a <a href="/wiki/Health_(game_terminology)" title="Health (game terminology)">damage bar</a> and the ability to join a game in progress.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Computer">Computer</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Computer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January - <a href="/wiki/Bullet-Proof_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Bullet-Proof Software">Bullet-Proof Software</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Onyx" title="The Black Onyx">The Black Onyx</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/PC-8801" class="mw-redirect" title="PC-8801">PC-8801</a>, which helps popularize <a href="/wiki/Turn-based" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn-based">turn-based</a> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_role-playing_video_games" title="History of Eastern role-playing video games">role-playing games in Japan</a>.</li> <li>June - <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Play_the_Game" title="Ultimate Play the Game">Ultimate Play the Game</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Sabre_Wulf" title="Sabre Wulf">Sabre Wulf</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a>.</li> <li>September 20 – <i><a href="/wiki/Elite_(video_game)" title="Elite (video game)">Elite</a></i>, an influential wireframe 3D space trading game offering a then-unique open-ended design, is published by <a href="/wiki/Acornsoft" title="Acornsoft">Acornsoft</a>.</li> <li>October – <a href="/wiki/Nihon_Falcom" title="Nihon Falcom">Nihon Falcom</a> releases <a href="/wiki/Action_role-playing_game" title="Action role-playing game">action role-playing game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Slayer_(video_game)" title="Dragon Slayer (video game)">Dragon Slayer</a></i>.</li> <li>October - <a href="/wiki/Automata_UK" title="Automata UK">Automata UK</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Deus_Ex_Machina_(video_game)" title="Deus Ex Machina (video game)">Deus Ex Machina</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a>.</li> <li>December – <a href="/wiki/T%26E_Soft" title="T&E Soft">T&E Soft</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Hydlide" title="Hydlide">Hydlide</a></i>, an early action role-playing game that features a <a href="/wiki/Health_(gaming)#Regeneration" class="mw-redirect" title="Health (gaming)">health regeneration</a> mechanic and anticipates elements of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda" title="The Legend of Zelda">The Legend of Zelda</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ys_(series)" title="Ys (series)">Ys</a></i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>December 7 – <i><a href="/wiki/Knight_Lore" title="Knight Lore">Knight Lore</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Play_the_Game" title="Ultimate Play the Game">Ultimate Play the Game</a> is released for the <a href="/wiki/ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a> (and later ported to the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amstrad_CPC" title="Amstrad CPC">Amstrad CPC</a>, <a href="/wiki/MSX" title="MSX">MSX</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Famicom_Disk_System" title="Famicom Disk System">Famicom Disk System</a>). It is the third title in the <a href="/wiki/Sabreman" title="Sabreman">Sabreman</a> series, but the first to use the <a href="/wiki/Isometric_projection" title="Isometric projection">isometric</a> <a href="/wiki/Filmation_(game_engine)" title="Filmation (game engine)">Filmation engine</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ancient_Art_of_War" title="The Ancient Art of War">The Ancient Art of War</a></i> by Dave and Barry Murry. It is a <a href="/wiki/Real-time_tactics" title="Real-time tactics">real-time tactics</a> game and a precursor to the <a href="/wiki/Real-time_strategy" title="Real-time strategy">real-time strategy</a> genre.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broderbund" title="Broderbund">Broderbund</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Karateka_(video_game)" title="Karateka (video game)">Karateka</a></i> for the Apple II.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lords_of_Midnight" title="The Lords of Midnight">The Lords of Midnight</a></i>, a strategy adventure game by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singleton" title="Mike Singleton">Mike Singleton</a>, is released.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infocom" title="Infocom">Infocom</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(video_game)" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sorcerer_(video_game)" title="Sorcerer (video game)">Sorcerer</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cutthroats_(video_game)" title="Cutthroats (video game)">Cutthroats</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Seastalker" title="Seastalker">Seastalker</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Star_Software" title="First Star Software">First Star</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Boulder_Dash_(video_game)" title="Boulder Dash (video game)">Boulder Dash</a></i>, which inspired enough clones to create the rocks-and-diamonds genre.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epyx" title="Epyx">Epyx</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Impossible_Mission" title="Impossible Mission">Impossible Mission</a></i> for the Commodore 64.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_Arts" title="Electronic Arts">Electronic Arts</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Construction_Set" title="Adventure Construction Set">Adventure Construction Set</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_On-Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Sierra On-Line">Sierra On-Line</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Quest_I" title="King's Quest I">King's Quest I</a></i> for the <a href="/wiki/IBM_PCjr" title="IBM PCjr">PCjr</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synapse_Software" title="Synapse Software">Synapse</a> releases the Atari 8-bit game <i><a href="/wiki/Dimension_X_(video_game)" title="Dimension X (video game)">Dimension X</a></i>, over 9 months after running magazine ads showing features that were not present in the final game.<sup id="cite_ref-hague_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hague-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_Projects" title="Software Projects">Software Projects</a> releases platform game <i><a href="/wiki/Jet_Set_Willy" title="Jet Set Willy">Jet Set Willy</a></i> on the ZX Spectrum.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Star_Software" title="First Star Software">First Star Software</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Spy_vs._Spy_(1984_video_game)" title="Spy vs. Spy (1984 video game)">Spy vs. Spy</a></i> for the Commodore 64.</li> <li>Game Gems releases <i><a href="/wiki/Flyer_Fox" title="Flyer Fox">Flyer Fox</a></i> for the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Console">Console</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Console"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 30 - <a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/H.E.R.O._(video_game)" title="H.E.R.O. (video game)">H.E.R.O.</a></i> for the Atari 2600.</li> <li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> releases a conversion of their own <i><a href="/wiki/Donkey_Kong_3" title="Donkey Kong 3">Donkey Kong 3</a></i> for the Famicom.</li> <li>October 5 - <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Devil_World" title="Devil World">Devil World</a></i> on the Famicom in Japan.</li> <li>December 17 – <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Ice_Climber" title="Ice Climber">Ice Climber</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Balloon_Fight" title="Balloon Fight">Balloon Fight</a></i> for the Famicom.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activision" title="Activision">Activision</a> releases <i><a href="/wiki/Pitfall_II:_Lost_Caverns" title="Pitfall II: Lost Caverns">Pitfall II: Lost Caverns</a></i>, one of the last major titles for the Atari 2600. Each cartridge contains a custom chip allowing improved visuals and 4-voice sound.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hardware">Hardware</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Hardware"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 24 – <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple Inc.</a> announces the original, 128K, floppy disc-only, <a href="/wiki/Macintosh_128K" title="Macintosh 128K">Macintosh 128K</a>.</li> <li>March – IBM releases the <a href="/wiki/IBM_PCjr" title="IBM PCjr">IBM PCjr</a> in an attempt to enter the home computer market. It has improved sound and graphics over the original, business-oriented IBM PC, but is a commercial failure.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atari,_Inc." title="Atari, Inc.">Atari, Inc.</a> announces the <a href="/wiki/Atari_7800" title="Atari 7800">Atari 7800</a>, a next-gen console that's compatible with Atari 2600 cartridges, but capable of greatly improved visuals. It is shelved until 1986 due to the sale of the company and legal issues.</li> <li>Discontinued systems: <a href="/wiki/Atari_5200" title="Atari 5200">Atari 5200</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey%C2%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnavox Odyssey²">Magnavox Odyssey²</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vectrex" title="Vectrex">Vectrex</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_games" title="1984 in games">1984 in games</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_in_video_games&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLindner1990" class="citation book cs1">Lindner, Richard (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/06Kahle001551"><i>Video Games: Past, Present and Future; An Industry Overview</i></a>. United States: <a href="/wiki/Nintendo_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo of America">Nintendo of America</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Video+Games%3A+Past%2C+Present+and+Future%3B+An+Industry+Overview&rft.place=United+States&rft.pub=Nintendo+of+America&rft.date=1990&rft.aulast=Lindner&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2F06Kahle001551&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840115p.pdf#page=16">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 228. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> January 15, 1984. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=228&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1984-01-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840115p.pdf%23page%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840201p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 229. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> February 1, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=229&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-02-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840201p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840215p.pdf#page=14">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 230. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> February 15, 1984. p. 27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=230&rft.pages=27&rft.date=1984-02-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840215p.pdf%23page%3D14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840301p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 231. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> March 1, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=231&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-03-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840301p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840315p.pdf#page=16">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 232. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> March 15, 1984. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=232&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1984-03-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840315p.pdf%23page%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840401p.pdf#page=14">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 233. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> April 1, 1984. p. 27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=233&rft.pages=27&rft.date=1984-04-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840401p.pdf%23page%3D14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840415p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 234. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> April 15, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=234&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-04-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840415p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840501p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 235. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> May 1, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=235&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-05-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840501p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840515p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 236. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> May 15, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=236&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-05-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840515p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840601p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 237. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> June 1, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=237&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-06-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840601p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840615p.pdf#page=13">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 238. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> June 15, 1984. p. 25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=238&rft.pages=25&rft.date=1984-06-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840615p.pdf%23page%3D13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840701p.pdf#page=13">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 239. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> July 1, 1984. p. 25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=239&rft.pages=25&rft.date=1984-07-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840701p.pdf%23page%3D13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840715p.pdf#page=19">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 240. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> July 15, 1984. p. 37.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=240&rft.pages=37&rft.date=1984-07-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840715p.pdf%23page%3D19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840801p.pdf#page=14">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 241. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> August 1, 1984. p. 27.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=241&rft.pages=27&rft.date=1984-08-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840801p.pdf%23page%3D14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840815p.pdf#page=13">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 242. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> August 15, 1984. p. 25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=242&rft.pages=25&rft.date=1984-08-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840815p.pdf%23page%3D13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840901p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 243. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> September 1, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=243&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-09-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840901p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19840915p.pdf#page=16">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 244. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> September 15, 1984. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=244&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1984-09-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19840915p.pdf%23page%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19841001p.pdf#page=18">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 245. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> October 1, 1984. p. 35.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=245&rft.pages=35&rft.date=1984-10-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19841001p.pdf%23page%3D18&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19841015p.pdf#page=16">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 246. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> October 15, 1984. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=246&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1984-10-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19841015p.pdf%23page%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19841101p.pdf#page=16">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 247. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> November 1, 1984. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=247&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1984-11-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19841101p.pdf%23page%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19841115p.pdf#page=13">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 248. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> November 15, 1984. p. 25.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=248&rft.pages=25&rft.date=1984-11-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19841115p.pdf%23page%3D13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19841201p.pdf#page=16">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 249. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> December 1, 1984. p. 31.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=249&rft.pages=31&rft.date=1984-12-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19841201p.pdf%23page%3D16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19841215p.pdf#page=15">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 250. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> December 15, 1984. p. 29.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=250&rft.pages=29&rft.date=1984-12-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19841215p.pdf%23page%3D15&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850101p.pdf#page=19">"Best Hit Games 25"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3" class="extiw" title="ja:ゲームマシン">Game Machine</a></i> (in Japanese). No. 251. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:アミューズメント通信社">Amusement Press, Inc.</a> January 1, 1985. p. 37.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Game+Machine&rft.atitle=Best+Hit+Games+25&rft.issue=251&rft.pages=37&rft.date=1985-01-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonitama.tv%2Fgamemachine%2Fpdf%2F19850101p.pdf%23page%3D19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RePlay-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RePlay_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"Top Hits of Last 5 Years". <i>RePlay</i>. March 1987.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=RePlay&rft.atitle=Top+Hits+of+Last+5+Years&rft.date=1987-03&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-09-08.pdf#page=28">"Nominees Announced For 1984 AMOA Awards"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a></i>. September 8, 1984. p. 28.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Cash+Box&rft.atitle=Nominees+Announced+For+1984+AMOA+Awards&rft.pages=28&rft.date=1984-09-08&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fworldradiohistory.com%2FArchive-All-Music%2FCash-Box%2F80s%2F1984%2FCB-1984-09-08.pdf%23page%3D28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-10-number-20-november-1st-1984/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2010%2C%20Number%2020%20-%20November%201st%201984/page/47">"Top 20 Performing Video Games of 1984"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Play_Meter" title="Play Meter">Play Meter</a></i>. 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January 1986. p. 54.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Your+Sinclair&rft.atitle=Commando%3A+Soldier+of+Fortune&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=54&rft.date=1986-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fyour-sinclair-01%2Fpage%2Fn53&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1984+in+video+games" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-11-10.pdf#page=31">"Michael Jackson Sweeps AMOA Awards; 'Pole Position' Wins In Games Division"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a></i>. 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