Games released in 1984 sorted by popularity
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Alley Cat
DOS19844.3/5 action
Alley Cat is a platform game released by Synapse Software in 1984. In Alley Cat, the player controls a cat named Freddy, who navigates an alley and various apartments in search of food and adventure. Freddy earns points by completing tasks in the apartment screens. The ultimate goal is to reach and successfully court the female cat, Felic...
King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown
DOS19844.3/5 adventure
King's Quest: Quest for the Crown is the first game in the popular series of King's Quest. Developed by Sierra On-line, King's Quest is an early adventure game (one of the first animated adventures), a step up from the classic graphical interactive fiction of the time. The player can use the keyword both to move the character around the game world ...
Soko-Ban
DOS19844.1/5 puzzle
dBASE III
DOS19844.2/5 application
dBASE III is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that was popular in the late 1980s. It was developed by Ashton-Tate, a software company. dBASE III was a successor to the earlier dBASE II and was part of a series of dBASE products. dBASE III played a significant role in the history of database management systems, especially during ...
Castle Wolfenstein
DOS19843.9/5 action-adventure
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware4.2/5 adventure
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
Jumpman
DOS19844/5 action
Zaxxon
DOS19843.8/5 shooter
Zaxxon is a classic arcade video game that was first released by Sega in 1982 for the arcades and later for a number of platforms. It is considered one of the pioneering titles in the shoot 'em up or scrolling shooter genre. Zaxxon was notable for its use of isometric graphics, which gave the game a unique 3D perspective.
Xonix
DOS1984remake4.1/5 action
The Ancient Art of War
DOS19844/5 strategy
The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Ancient Art of War is a strategy game that takes place in various historical settings, such as ancient China, Greece, and t...
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5 rpg
Rogue
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinuxMac OS19844.1/5 rpg
Rogue is one of the first RPGs in the history of video gaming. It's a text-based dungeon crawler in which you have to fight your way in the dungeon to recover the Amulet of Yendor. Rogue became popular around 1980 on mainframes and later ported to various platforms, including DOS in 1984. Rogue is simply the father of all the roguelike games that c...
Encounter
DOS19843.5/5 shooter
GATO
DOS19844/5 vehicle simulation
Zyll
DOS19843.9/5 adventure
Ms. Pac-Man
DOS19843.9/5 action
Ms. Pac-Man is a classic arcade game released by Midway in 1982 (1984 for DOS) as a follow-up to the original Pac-Man (1980), developed by Namco. While its core gameplay is similar - navigating a maze, eating dots, and avoiding ghosts - there are key differences. Ms. Pac-Man features four distinct maze designs, moving bonus fruits, and mo...
Spy Hunter
DOS19843.7/5 racing
Below The Root
DOS19843.8/5 action-adventure
Below the root is an atipycal early 2 dimensional adventure game based on the Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels: the Green Sky Trilogy. The player can choose one of many characters, each with different skills and embark in a quest to eliminate the distrust between two races: the Erdling and the Kindar.
DND
DOS19844.1/5 rpg
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS19843.3/5 simulation
Earthly delights
DOS19843.6/5 adventure
Bouncing Babies
DOS19843.6/5 action
Chess88
DOS19844/5 strategy
Sorcerer
DOS19843.9/5 adventure
Amazon
DOS19843.8/5 adventure
Castle Adventure
DOS1984freeware4.2/5 action-adventure
Montezuma's Revenge
DOS19844.2/5 action
Farenheit 451
DOS19843.4/5 adventure
Pong v.2.1 clone
DOS19843.9/5 action
Gremlins
DOS19842.8/5 action