Let’s rewind back to March 1981, dead smack in the middle of a thriving arcade age and a killer home console scene. These were heady times for Atari – they were dominating the arcades and the home video games market.
To find out what we were playing as youngsters, here are the top 5 games from March 1981 for the Atari 2600, Arcade and the venerable Game & Watch.
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1) Dragster (Activision) |
| 2) Pele’s Soccer (Atari) | |
| 3) Video Pinball (Atari) | |
| 4) Fishing Derby (Activision) | |
| 5) Golf (Atari) |
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1) Pac-Man (Namco) |
| 2) Missile Command (Atari) | |
| 3) Battlezone (Atari) | |
| 4) Defender (Williams Electronics) | |
| 5) Space Panic (Universal) |
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1) Fire (Nintendo) |
| 2) Manhole (Nintendo) | |
| 3) Helmet (Nintendo) | |
| 4) Vermin (Nintendo) | |
| 5) Flagman (Nintendo) |
