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
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
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
Galaga
Namco | Midway
1981
As a spaceship moving left to right at the bottom of the screen, shoot up at enemies as they enter, assemble in formation and fly down at you. If you allowed an alien to capture one of your ships in its tractor beam, you could shoot the foe later and double your fire power!
genre | fixed shooter
design | Shigeru Yokoyama
programmer | Toru (Tetsu) Ogawa
art | Hiroshi Ono
composer | Nobuyuki Ohnogi
upright cabinet
acquisitie | november 2021
Qix
Taito
1981
Draw boxes to claim as much screen as possible without getting in the path of the “Qix” and “Sparx”. Draw slower for more points and hope that you have enough coins. Simple but very addicting!
genre | puzzle
design | Randy Pfeiffer, Sandy Pfeiffer
upright cabinet
acquisitie | juli 2021
Galaga
Namco | Midway
1981
As a spaceship moving left to right at the bottom of the screen, shoot up at enemies as they enter, assemble in formation and fly down at you. If you allowed an alien to capture one of your ships in its tractor beam, you could shoot the foe later and double your fire power!
genre | fixed shooter
design | Shigeru Yokoyama
programmer | Toru (Tetsu) Ogawa
art | Hiroshi Ono
composer | Nobuyuki Ohnogi
cabaret
acquisitie | juli 2021
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
cabaret
acquisitie | 2020
Foto Jeff
Turnhout Kermis
datering | 1981
fotocredit | Leo Maes
digitale kopie | 21 januari 2025
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