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Notable events of 1982 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.
[edit] Events
[edit] Notable releases
- October 13 - Mystique releases the Custer's Revenge adult video game for the Atari 2600 home console.
- Activision releases Barnstorming and Megamania by Steve Cartwright for the Atari 2600.
- Bally/Midway releases the Tron arcade game before the movie
- Gottlieb releases the Q-Bert arcade game.
- Atari releases E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, possibly the biggest flop in video game history and one of two major video game releases (along with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man) that helped spark the video game crash of 1983.
- Mattel releases Utopia by Don Daglow for Intellivision; Utopia was the first sim game.
- Namco releases Dig Dug, Pole Position, Super Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus and Xevious.
- SEGA releases the Zaxxon arcade game.
- Starpath releases Dragonstomper by Stephen Landrum (the first and only RPG for the Atari 2600) and Escape From The Mindmaster also for the Atari 2600.
- Warner Communications' Atari releases the Quantum arcade game.
- Williams Electronics releases the arcade games Joust (designed by Barry Oursler, art by Constantino Mitchell) and Robotron: 2084 (designed by Eugene Jarvis).
- Parker Brothers releases Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Atari 2600 and Intellivision), the first Star Wars video game.
- Edu-Ware releases Prisoner 2 for the Apple II, Atari, and IBM PC.
- Sir-tech Software, Inc. releases Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds, the second scenario in the Wizardry series
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