Zed Duke of Banville
Dungeon Master
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Since Lemming42 apparently isn't going to create a thread for the 80s, having already made threads for the 90s, 00s, and 10s.
- 1980
- Rogue
- Zork
- Battlezone
- 1981
- Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
- Galaga
- Castle Wolfenstein
- 1982 (weak year)
- Telengard
- Dig Dug
- River Raid
- 1983
- Archon
- Ultima III: Exodus
- Planetfall
- 1984
- Seven Cities of Gold
- Elite
- Lords of Midnight
- 1985
- Tetris
- Tales of the Unknown, Vol. 1: The Bard's Tale
- Gauntlet
- 1986 (year of long-running franchise starts, with Might & Magic, Space Quest, Castlevania, Dragon Quest, The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid)
- The Faery Tale Adventure
- ArcticFox
- Starflight
- 1987
- Dungeon Master
- Sid Meier's Pirates!
- NetHack
- 1988 (first Gold Box and Wasteland entries, second Might & Magic entry, third Bard's Tale entry, and fifth Wizardry and Ultima entries)
- Pool of Radiance
- Wayne Gretzky Hockey
- Battle Chess
- 1989
- SimCity
- Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back
- Populous