Found the following pics on a website where the blogger’s mother knitted some sweaters based on arcade games of the 80s. I’m not sure if I’d wear them today, but they are a great time warp back to the decade that mattered 🙂

Missile command was a very simple (as far as graphics go) yet very addictive arcade game released in 1980 by Atari. The aim of the game was to defend your six cities against a never ending barrage of missiles, and with your three anti-battery stations, you had to stop them. To do so you had […]

A very popular arcade game of the 80s was Galaga. It was the sequel to Galaxian and was released in 1981 by Namco. I’d call Galaxian a typical space invaders clone but taken to the next level where the aliens have much more movement when flying around. Galaga goes one step further. The aliens fly […]

Qix was released in 1981 by Taito. The aim of the game was to claim a majority (75%) of the playing field with your little marker. You could draw fast or slow (thus gaining more points) lines to claim your land. Trying to stop you was the Qix, a randomly moving object (and quite adavnced […]

Frogger was a very addictive arcade game released in 1981 by Konami. Simple in Gameplay, but hard to master. The object of the game is to direct frogs to their homes one by one. To do this, each frog must avoid cars while crossing a busy road and navigate a river full of hazards including […]