The 1980s wasn’t the decade video games were born; the origins of the medium go back a further 20 years, through the likes of Spacewar! and Pong.But it was in the 1980s that video games grew up, exploding in popularity and complexity and establishing many of their defining stars. It was the decade that gave us Mario and Zelda, Pac-Man, Final Fantasy, Prince of Persia, and SimCity. But it also gave us some much more obscure titles that have since fallen by the wayside. Here are five fantastic ’80s games that might have been forgotten, but still have something to teach us.
