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Events

Notable releases

Namco releases Gaplus
, Tower of Druaga
, Pac-Land
, which is the first side-scrolling platformer, Grobda
, which is a Xevious
spin-off, Super Xevious
and Dragon Buster
, which is the first game to use a life bar.
King's Quest (Sierra, IBM PC), the first animated adventure game, the first in the King's Quest series, and the first to use the AGI engine
The Ancient Art of War (Broderbund), the first game in what would become the real-time strategy genre
Paperboy
(Atari, arcade game), later ported to many platforms, featured innovative bike handle steering controller
Elite
by David Braben and Ian Bell is published by Acornsoft, an early and very influential wireframe 3d space trading game offering full six degrees of freedom and a then unique open ended design
The Lords of Midnight
, a groundbreaking strategy adventure game by Mike Singleton is released.

Hardware

Milton Bradley Company distributes the Vectrex home console.
RDI Systems releases the Halcyon laserdisc home console.

Business

New companies: Kemco, Accolade
Defunct companies: Astrocade Inc.
Hasbro, Inc. acquires Milton Bradley Company
Warner Communications Inc. sells Atari, Inc.; creates an entirely new division Atari Games Corp
Sega and CSK merge to form Sega Enterprises Ltd.

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