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Soko-Ban

Thinking Rabbit, Spectrum HoloByte, Inc., Tandy, Sega Enterprises, Ltd., ASCII Corporation

Sokoban ("warehouse keeper") is a is a classic puzzle game created in 1981 by Hiroyuki Imabayashi, and published in 1982 by Thinking Rabbit, a software house based in Takarazuka, Japan. In 1984 the ASCII Corporation published a version produced by Khaled Bentebal. It was the basis of numerous clones in the later years. It is set in a warehouse. On each level, the player must push crates (from square to square) to get them onto designated spots; once each crate is on a marked spot, the level is complete. Crates can only be pushed one at a time (so two crates next to each other cannot be pushed together), and cannot be pulled--so it's possible to get a crate stuck in a corner, where it cannot be retrieved! By the last levels, you must plan 40 steps in advance.

Bagasaurus

Children's Computer Workshop, Tandy, Hi-Tec Software Ltd (UK)

Bagasaurus is a game in which children control a dinosaur. The player has to move the Bagasaurus to the correct answer to questions/tasks which are presented at the bottom of the screen. One example is to pick up an animal which has a tail, picking up a dog would be a correct answer. In response to a correct answer the Bagasaurus will do a little jig. In addition to this there is also a story telling mode.

Canyon Climber

Datasoft, Inc., Tandy, NEC Home Electronics

Try to climb to the top of the Grand Canyon, while avoiding various obstacles.

Arkanoid

Taito, Tandy

Arkanoid is the official Coco version of the arcade hit of the same name. It is a Bustout type game, except much more advanced. Steve Bjork brought out a Bustout style game from his own company called Bash a little bit earlier, that introduced the bricks that have to be hit more than once, indestructable bricks, and brick that drop special energizers (like fat paddle, slow ball speed, magnetic paddle, etc.), but he didn't take it as far as the official Arkanoid, until this version sold on cartridge through Radio Shack came out. Then, he added the aliens coming onto the playing board from the top, and the laser powerup where you can shoot the blocks.

Zaxxon

Sega Enterprises, Ltd., Cogito Software Company, Tandy, Pony Canyon, Datasoft, Inc., Sega/Gremlin, Sega Enterprises, Inc., Coleco

Zaxxon is a 1982 isometric shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega. The game gives the player the experience of flying a fighter craft through a fortress while shooting at enemy entities (missiles, enemy gunfire, etc.) The object of the game is to hit as many targets as possible without being shot down or running out of fuel, which can be replenished paradoxically, by blowing up fuel drums.

Sub Battle Simulator

TX Digital Illusions, Digital Illusions, Tandy, Epyx

Super Pitfall

Micronics, Pony Canyon, Tandy, Gradiente

Pitfall Harry returns to adventuring in this "Super" sequel to Pitfall! and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns. Harry’s mission: to recover the famed Raj Diamond, and also to rescue his niece Rhonda and loyal lion sidekick, Quickclaw. Now armed with a gun, Harry must navigate some 270 screens of 8-bit action-platforming. Valuable items will be collected along the way to aid your quest, but beware: dangers also abound, from snakes and spiders to falling rocks and boiling lava!

Demon Attack

Imagic, Tandy

Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bizarre patterns, and try to destroy your cannon with bombs or lasers. When you shoot a demon, it will be replaced with another or will split into two smaller demons depending on which wave you are playing. When the required number of demons for the current round is finally destroyed, you can move on to the next, more difficult round.

Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns

Activision, Tandy

Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns is the sequel to Pitfall and was released for a variety of systems during the mid-1980s including the SG-1000 in 1985. It was also ported to Sega System 1 arcade hardware by Sega. Gameplay is similar to the original game, but the levels are more maze-like. Sega's version of Pitfall II was tweaked significantly from its western counterparts released for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision etc. The gameplay is largely the same, but there are many additions. These include a Lives system, mine-carts, balloons, and a final Demon boss. The increased specifications of System 1 hardware means the arcade version is much more detailed and allows the player to see more of the maze at one time. The SG-1000 version is directly inspired by the arcade game, and though cannot match the same level of graphical quality, it is arguably the nicest looking home port of the game.

FlightSim I

Tandy

FlightSim I puts the player inside the cockpit, behind the controls of a high performance jet. This game is in the conception of the Flight Simulator computer game series but for the TRS-80 Color Computer. The simulation environment consists of approximately 22,185 square miles and recreates most of the conditions normally encountered in actual flight. The player can fly the jet to any of eight airports or nine landmarks scattered throughout the simulation area.