Notable events of 1985 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games. This article is about the year. ... see also: 1984 in games, 1986 in games Games Released or Invented in 1985 Advanced Squad Leader Game awards given in 1985 Spiel des Jahres: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective - Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg and Gary Grady, Kosmos See also 1985 in video gaming Categories: 1985 ... 1984 1984 in games 1983 in video gaming 1985 in video gaming Notable events of 1984 in computer and video games. ... 1986 1986 in games 1985 in video gaming 1987 in video gaming Notable events of 1986 in computer and video games. ... Although the history of computer and video games spans almost five decades, computer and video games themselves did not become part of the popular culture until the late 1970s. ...

Events

Sky Kid is the first game from Namco to allow 2 players to play simultaneously.

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Notable releases

• Namco releases Dig Dug II, Metro-Cross, Baraduke, Motos and Sky Kid.
• Alexey Pajitnov creates the Tetris video game in the USSR. Nintendo released its most popular versions (for the NES and Game Boy) in 1989.
• Atari releases Gauntlet (by Ed Logg), the first dungeon crawl arcade game.
• Nintendo releases Super Mario Bros. (designed by Shigeru Miyamoto), one of the most popular games of all time.
• Ghosts 'n Goblins (Capcom, arcade), one of the most popular arcade games of the year, spawned a series of later games
• Elite Systems UK releases Roller Coaster, a platformer in the mould of the previous year's best seller, Jet Set Willy. Roller Coaster was the first game to ever simulate fairgound rides.
• Bubble Bus software release the popular arcade adventure Starquake for several 8-bit computers. In later years, it is ported to 16-bit platforms.
• Pete Cooke's ambitious, sprawling science-fiction game Tau Ceti is published in the United Kingdom.

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Hardware

• Commodore Business Machines releases the Amiga 1000 personal computer
• Atari releases the 520ST personal computer
• INTV Corp. releases the INTV III home console
• Telegames releases the Dina home console, a Colecovision clone
• Nintendo releases the NES video game console in the United States and the Robotic Operating Buddy (ROB) robot and video game for the NES home console
• Sega's SG-1000 Mark III released in Japan

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Business

• New companies: Titus Interactive, Code Masters, Westwood Studios, Inc., Square Co., Ltd.
• Defunct companies: RDI Systems