MUSEUM VOOR POPULAIRE CULTUUR
Centipede
Atari
1981
The player controls a gun that can only move in the bottom fifth of the screen. The object is to shoot a centipede that works its way down to the player area through a field of mushrooms. Other attacking enemies are fleas, spiders, and scorpions.
genre | fixed shooter
design | Dona Bailey, Ed Logg
progammers | Dona Bailey, Ed Logg
cocktail
acquisitie | maart 2023
Donkey Kong Junior
Nintendo
1982
The player controls a small monkey who must leap from platforms, climb vines, and avoid enemies to rescue Donkey Kong from Mario. The game has several distinct levels with similar goals. Fruit can be dropped on enemies leg traps and birds to kill them.
genre | platform
design | Shigeru Miyamoto
producer | Gunpei Yoko
art | Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshio Sakamoto
composer | Yukio Kaneoka
cocktail
acquisitie | februari 2023
Robotron
Vid Kidz | Williams Electronics
1982
The object of the game is to save the last human family although it seems they had a really big family and kill anything or anyone who gets in your way. Two joysticks are used for play control one for movement and the other for firing.
genre | multidirectional shooter
design | Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar
programmers | Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar
upright cabinet
acquisitie | februari 2023
Donkey Kong
Nintendo
1981
Jumpman – known today as Mario – must traverse levels structures to save his girlfriend, Pauline, from Donkey Kong before time runs out. The levels include Girders, Rivets, Elevators, and Conveyor Belts. Mario must avoid flames, barrels, and bouncing rivets to reach his goal.
genre | platform
design | Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi
art | Shigeru Miyamoto
composer | Yukio Kaneoka
upright cabinet
acquisitie | februari 2023
Make Trax
Alpha Denshi | Williams Electronics
1981
Player controls a paintbrush to paint paths within a maze. The player is harassed by two fish which can be temporarily destroyed by running them over with a one of two paint rollers located near the maze center. A critter occasionally emerges to leave footprints on painted areas which must then be repainted.
genre | maze
upright cabinet
acquisitie | januari 2023
Scramble
Konami | Stern
1981
Player controls a spaceship that must infiltrate the enemy Scramble system in this side-view shooter/bomber classic. Player must destroy the Base at the end of the system. In the STERN version, the enemy base is much harder to destroy than the Konami version but at least in the STERN version, if you lose a base while destroying the enemy base, you do not lose the life and the game starts you back at the system beginning.
genre | scrolling shooter
upright cabinet
acquisitie | november 2022
BurgerTime
Data East | Bally Midway
1982
Peter Pepper the chef moves around the screen walking over the parts of a hamburger. As each item is walked over it drops to the level below. Armed with pepper he can throw on his enemies, he must avoid Mr. Hotdog, Mr. Egg, and Mr. Pickle. Bonuses appear in the forms of ice cream, coffee, and french fries.
genre | platform
upright cabinet
acquisitie | november 2022
Vanguard
TOSE | Centuri
1981
This game is a horizontal and vertical scrolling shooter with four buttons that let you shoot in four different directions. In addition to shooting enemies, you can drive your ship through an “energy” pod that energizes your ship allowing you to crash into enemies without being destroyed.
genre | scrolling shooter
upright cabinet
acquisitie | september 2022
Phoenix
Taito | Centuri
1980
A spaceship which moves left and right horizontally at the bottom of the screen must destroy bird-shaped spaceships, birds, and finally a mothership at the end of each level. The player’s ship is equipped with a shield that requires seven seconds to regenerate before it can be used again.
genre | fixed shooter
upright cabinet
acquisitie | augustus 2022
Super Breakout
Atari
1978
Move a paddle back and forth at the bottom of the screen to rebound a ball back into a brick wall, knocking bricks out one by one.
genre | breakout
design | Ed Rotberg
upright cabinet
acquisitie | augustus 2022
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