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Puzzle video games make up a broad genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles can test many problem-solving skills including logic, pattern recognition, sequence solving, spatial recognition, and word completion.
WarGames is a 1983 American Cold War science fiction techno-thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes and directed by John Badham. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, and Ally Sheedy. The film follows David Lightman (Broderick), a young hacker who unwittingly accesses United States military supercomputer programmed to predict and execute nuclear war against Soviet Union.
Q is a fictional character in the James Bond films and film novelisations. Q, like M, is a job title rather than a name. He is the head of Q Branch, the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service. The use of letters as pseudonyms for senior officers in the British Secret Intelligence Service was started by its first director Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming (1859–1923) who signed himself with a C written in green ink.
The Typing of the Dead is an arcade game that was developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega for the NAOMI hardware. The game was released in Japanese arcades in 1999 and was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2001 by Smilebit. A Microsoft Windows version was released in 2000 and a PlayStation 2 port followed in 2004.
James Bond 007: Nightfire is a first-person shooter video game published by Electronic Arts in 2002 for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, with additional versions released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003, and the macOS in 2004. The game's story involves fictional British secret agent James Bond, as he undertakes a mission to investigate the operations of a noted industrialist, uncovering a plot by them to conquer the world via a major defence satellite created by the United States. While the game involves the use of Pierce Brosnan's likeness with his role as Bond, before his fourth and final Bond film Die Another Day (2002), the character is voiced by Maxwell Caulfield.
Exidy was a developer and manufacturer of coin-operated amusements. The company was founded by H.R. "Pete" Kauffman and Samuel Hawes in 1973. The name "Exidy" was a portmanteau of the words "Excellence in Dynamics".
Elevator Action is a 1983 action platform arcade game by Taito. The player assumes the role of a spy named Agent 17, infiltrating a 30-story building filled with elevators and enemy agents who appear from behind closed doors, with the goal being to collect the secret documents from specially marked rooms within the building, then escaping from the building. It ran on the Taito SJ System arcade system.
Planetfall is a science fiction themed interactive fiction video game written by Steve Meretzky, and the eighth title published by Infocom in 1983. The original release included versions for Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, TRS-80, and IBM PC compatibles. The Atari ST and Commodore 64 versions were released in 1985. A version for CP/M was also released. Although Planetfall was Meretzky's first title, it proved one of his most popular works and a best-seller for Infocom; it was one of five top-selling titles to be re-released in Solid Gold versions including in-game hints. Planetfall uses the Z-machine originally developed for the Zork franchise and was added as a bonus to the "Zork Anthology".
Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress, released on August 24, 1982 for the Apple II, is the second role-playing video game in the Ultima series, and the second installment in Ultima's "Age of Darkness" trilogy.
The James Bond video game franchise is a series of predominantly shooter games and games of other genres. Several games are based upon the James Bond films and developed and published by a variety of companies, centering on Ian Fleming's fictional British MI6 agent, James Bond. The intellectual property is owned by Danjaq.
James Bond 007: Role-Playing In Her Majesty's Secret Service is a spy fiction tabletop role-playing game based on the James Bond books and films. Gerard Christopher Klug designed the game, and Victory Games published it. The game and its supplements were published from 1983 until 1987, when the license lapsed. At that time, it was the most popular espionage role-playing game.
Titan Empire is a strategy video game for the Apple II published by Muse Software in 1983
Legionnaire is a computer wargame for the Atari 8-bit series created by Chris Crawford in 1982, and released through Avalon Hill. Recreating Julius Caesar's campaigns in a semi-historical setting, the player takes command of the Roman legions in real-time battles against the barbarians.
Secret Agent Clank is a platform game developed by High Impact Games for the PlayStation Portable and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in North America on June 17, 2008. A PlayStation 2 version was ported by Sanzaru Games and was released on May 26, 2009, in North America and in Europe on June 19, 2009. The game is the second game in the Ratchet & Clank series released for the PlayStation Portable and the sixth in the Ratchet & Clank series released for the PlayStation 2.
The Cosmic Balance II is a turn-based strategy game written by Paul Murray for the Apple II and published by Strategic Simulations in 1983. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit family. The game is a sequel to The Cosmic Balance (1982) also designed by Murray.
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Questron is a 1984 game from Strategic Simulations, the first fantasy title from a company known for computer wargames. It was written by Charles Dougherty and Gerald Wieczorek and released for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64. A sequel, Questron II, was released in 1988.
VODAC: The Alpine Encounter is a 1983 adventure game for the Apple II published by Ibid-inc.
Delta Squadron is a 1983 video game published by Nexa Corporation.
Conquering Worlds is a 1983 video game published by Datamost.