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See Category:Atari 8-bit computer games. Because of graphics superior to that of the Apple II [19] and Atari's home-oriented marketing, [20] the Atari 8-bit computers gained a good reputation for games. BYTE in 1981 stated that "for sound and video graphics [they] are hard to beat". [21]
The PC-FX console. The PC-FX is a 32-bit home video game console developed and designed by NEC that was only released in Japan on 23 December 1994. It is the successor to the PC Engine, also known as TurboGrafx-16 in North America and TurboGrafx in Europe. The following list contains all of the games released for the PC-FX.
MLX was introduced in the December 1983 issue of COMPUTE! for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers [1] alongside the December 1983 COMPUTE!'s Gazette [2] for the Commodore 64. This was followed by a version for the VIC-20 with 8 K expansion, [ 3 ] in the January 1984 issue of COMPUTE!'s Gazette and by Tiny MLX, in the March 1984 Gazette ...
Ghostbusters (1984 video game) Gnome Ranger; Golden Oldies: Volume 1 - Computer Software Classics; Golf Challenge; The Goonies (1985 video game) Gorf; Gossip; Grand Prix Simulator; The Great American Cross-Country Road Race; Gridrunner; Guderian; The Guild of Thieves; Gulf Strike; Gumball; Gun Fight; Guns of Fort Defiance; Gyruss
The 32-bit/64-bit era is most noted for the rise of fully 3D polygon games. While there were games prior that had used three-dimensional polygon environments, such as Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter in the arcades and Star Fox on the Super NES, it was in this era that many game designers began to move traditionally 2D and pseudo-3D genres into 3D on video game consoles.
They had most success with their multi-load games such as Summer Olympiad, Circus Games and Rodeo Games. They also released licensed ports to smaller systems such as Software Projects ' Jet Set Willy (Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16 / Plus/4 , BBC Micro and Acorn Electron ), First Star Software 's Boulder Dash (BBC, Electron) and Spy vs. Spy (C16/+4 ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Atari 8-bit computer games. It includes titles that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Video games in this category have been released exclusively for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers.
Independent of the Genesis, the 32X used its own ROM cartridges and had its own library of games, as well as two 32-bit central processing unit chips and a 3D graphics processor. [1] Despite these changes, the console failed to attract either developers or consumers as the Sega Saturn had already been announced for release the next year. [1]