RoBu's Favorite Video Games

Table of Contents

  1. Atari
  2. id Software
  3. Namco
  4. Nintendo
  5. PLBM Games
  6. Everything else

Atari

Combat

Combat (1977)

Designers/programmers: Ron Milner, Steve Mayer, Joe Decuir, Larry Wagner


Super Breakout

Super Breakout (1978)

Designers: Ed Rotberg, Ed Logg
Programmer: Ed Rotberg


Asteroids

Asteroids (1979, 1981)

Designers: Lyle Rains, Ed Logg
Programmers: Ed Logg; Brad Stewart, Bob Smith


Adventure

Adventure (1980)

Designer/programmer: Warren Robinett


Battlezone

Battlezone (1980, 1983)

Designers: Ed Rotberg, Owen Rubin, Roger Hector
Programmers: Ed Rotberg, Morgan Hoff
Composer: Jed Margolin


Missile Command

Missile Command (1980, 1981)

Designer: Dave Theurer
Programmers: Rich Adam, Dave Theurer; Rob Fulop
Composer: Rich Adam


Video Pinball

Video Pinball (1981)

Designer/programmer: Bob Smith


Frog Pond

Frog Pond (1982)

Designer/programmer: Nick Turner


Yars' Revenge

Yars' Revenge (1982)

Designer/programmer: Howard Scott Warshaw


id Software

DOOM II: Hell on Earth

DOOM II: Hell on Earth (1994)

Designers: Sandy Petersen, John Romero, Shawn Green, American McGee
Artists: Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud
Programmers: John Carmack, John Romero, Dave Taylor
Composer: Robert Prince


Michael Reed

Designer: Michael Reed

Roger Ritenour

  1. Pleiades
  2. Mir
  3. Star City

Designer: Roger Ritenour

others

Logistics Center

Quake

Quake (1996)

Designers: John Romero, Sandy Petersen, American McGee, Tim Willits
Artists: Adrian Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Paul Steed
Programmers: John Carmack, Michael Abrash, John Cash
Composer: Trent Reznor


Marcus Dromowicz

  1. The Entrance (1996)
  2. The Sanctum (1996)
  3. Chthon's Castle (1996)
  4. Nurgle's Vault (1996)
  5. The Terror of Tzeentch (1997)
  6. Suicide Staccato (1996)
  7. A Bishop's Bane (1996)

Designer: Marcus Dromowicz


Iikka Keränen

  1. Welcome to IKSPQ (1997)
  2. Before Nightfall (1997)
  3. Temple of the Thousand-Faced Moon (1997)
  4. Halls of the Shambler God (1997)
  5. Homecoming (1997)
  6. The Secret Installation (1997)

Designer: Iikka "Fingers" Keränen


Shadow over Innsmouth EvilDead cabin

Steve Rescoe

Designer: Steve Rescoe


others


Namco

Galaxian

Galaxian (1979, 1983)

Designers: Kazunori Sawano, Shigeichi Ishimura
Artist: Hiroshi Ono
Programmer: Koichi Tashiro
Composer: Toshio Kai


Galaga

Galaga (1981)

Director: Shigeru Yokoyama
Artist: Hiroshi Ono
Programmer: Toru Ogawa
Composer: Nobuyuki Onogi


Dig Dug

Dig Dug (1982, 1983)

Designers: Masahisa Ikegami, Shigeru Yokoyama
Artist: Hiroshi Ono
Programmers: Shoichi Fukatani, Toshio Sakai
Composer: Yuriko Keino


Nintendo

Donkey Kong

Donkey Kong (1981, 1982)

Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi
Director/artist: Shigeru Miyamoto
Programmers: Minoru Iinuma, Mitsuhiro Nishida, Yasuhiro Murata, Hirohisa Komanome; Garry Kitchen
Composer: Yukio Kaneoka
Producer: Gunpei Yokoi


Donkey Kong Jr.

Donkey Kong Jr. (1982, 1983)

Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto
Artists: Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshio Sakamoto
Programmers: H. Hoshino, Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Nishizawa, Masayoshi O., Masao Yamamoto; Harley H. Puthuff Jr.
Composer: Yukio Kaneoka
Producer: Gunpei Yokoi


Mario Bros.

Mario Bros. (1983)

Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Gunpei Yokoi
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto
Artists: Shigeru Miyamoto, Yoshio Sakamoto
Programmers: ?
Composer: Yukio Kaneoka, Hirokazu Tanaka
Producer: Gunpei Yokoi


The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda (1986)

Writers: Takashi Tezuka, Keiji Terui
Designers/directors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
Artists: Tadashi Sugiyama, Yoichi Kotabe
Programmers: Toshihiko Nakago, Yasunari Soejima, I. Marui
Composer: Koji Kondo
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto


Metroid

Metroid (1986)

Writer: Makoto Kano
Directors: Satoru Okada, Masao Yamamoto
Artists: Hiroji Kiyotake, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Yoshio Sakamoto
Programmers: Hiroyuki Yukami, Yase Sobajima, Toshio Sengoku, Kenji Imai
Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka
Producer: Gunpei Yokoi


Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)

Designers: Kensuke Tanabe, Yasuhisa Yamamura, Hideki Konno
Director: Kensuke Tanabe
Artists: Tadashi Sugiyama, Yoichi Kotabe
Programmers: Toshihiko Nakago, Yasunori Taketani, Toshio Iwawaki
Composer: Hirokazu Tanaka
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto


Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)

Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Katsuya Eguchi, Hideki Konno, Kensuke Tanabe
Directors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
Artists: Takashi Tezuka, Hideki Konno, Hiroyuki Kimura, Yoichi Kotabe
Programmers: Toshihiko Nakago, Yasunori Taketani, Toshio Iwawaki
Composer: Koji Kondo
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto


Tetris

Tetris (1989)


Wario's Woods

Wario's Woods (1994)

Designers: Soichiro Tomita, Masahiro Iimura, Naotaka Onishi
Director/producer: Kenji Miki
Artists: Takashi Tezuka, Hideki Konno, Hiroyuki Kimura, Yoichi Kotabe
Programmers: Hiroyuki Yukami, Hironobu Suzuki, Makoto Katayama
Composer: Shinobu Amayake, Soyo Oka, Hiroaki Suga, Tadashi Ikegami


The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)

Writer: Kensuke Tanabe
Director: Takashi Tezuka
Artists: Masanao Arimoto, Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Programmers: Yasunari Soejima, Toshihiko Nakago
Composer: Koji Kondo
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto


PLBM Games

Roxx (1995)

Designer/programmer: Kurt W. Dekker


Text Missile Command

Text Missile Command (1995)

Designer/programmer: Kurt W. Dekker


Super Stupid Space Invaders

Super Stupid Space Invaders (1997)

Designer/programmer: Kurt W. Dekker


Everything else....

ABM Command

ABM Command (1993)

Designer/programmer: Kent Rollins


Abuse (1996, 2001-2016)

Designer: Duong Nguyen
Artists: Murray McMillan, Duong Nguyen
Programmer: Jonathan Clark
Composer: Bobby Prince
Producer: Dave Taylor


The Ace of Penguins

The Ace of Penguins (1998, 2001)

Designer/programmer: DJ Delorie


Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! (1990)

Designer/programmer: David B. Lutton II


Berzerk

Berzerk (1980, 1982)

Designer: Alan McNeil
Programmers: Alan McNeil; Dan Hitchens


Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks

Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks (2005-present)

Designer/programmer: Poul Sander


Blocks From Hell

Blocks From Hell (1992, 1993)

Designer/programmer: Toren Smith


Caverns of Mars (1981-1983)

Designer: Greg Christensen
Programmers: Greg Christensen, Richard Watts; John Champeau


ctris

Programmer: Dominik Hackl


Defender

Defender (1981, 1982)

Designers: Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar
Programmers: Eugene Jarvis, Larry DeMar, Sam Dicker, Paul Dussault; Bob Polaro


Duke Nukem

Duke Nukem (1991)

Designers: Todd Replogle, Scott Miller, Allen H. Blum III
Artists: George Broussard, Jim Norwood, Allen H. Blum III
Programmer: Todd Replogle
Composer/producer: Scott Miller


Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (2006-present)

Designers/programmers: Linley Henzell; Brent Ross, Michal Valvoda, Guus Sliepen, Brian Robinson, Mark Mackey, Gordon Lipford, Daniel Ligon, Jesse Jones, Josh Fishman, Don Brodale; Darshan Shaligram, Erik Piper; Paul Du Bois, Haran Pilpel, Johanna Ploog, David Lawrence Ramsey, Isaac Sloat, J. Van, Robert Vollmert, Enne Walker, advil, Peter Berger, Edgar A. Bering IV, Adam Borowski, Samuel Bronson, Jude Brown, CanOfWorms, Corin Buchanan-Howland, James Bulgin, Robert Burnham, Kate Campbell, Matthew Cline, Florian Diebold, Rax E. Dillon, Nicholas Feinberg, Michael Gagno, gammafunk, Shayne Halvorson, hellmonk, Brendan Hickey, Aidan Holm, Pete Hurst, Implojin, Eino Keskitalo, Vsevolod Kozlov, Janne Lahdenperä, Pekka Lampila, Raphaël Langella, Nat Lanza, Nikolai Lavsky, Jesse Luehrs, Alan Malloy, Shmuale Mark, John McCartney, Félix Medrano, Steve Melenchuk, Neil Middleton, Seve Monahan, Neil Moore, nicolae, Steven Noonan, Stefan O'Rear, Charles Otto, Aaron Pixton, David Ploog, Sage, Sastreii, Marc H. Thoben, Chris West, Samuel Wilson, et al.


Frogs and Flies

Frogs and Flies (1982)

Designers/programmers: Peter Kaminski, Tom Soulanille


Frozen Bubble

Frozen Bubble (2000)

Programmer: Guillaume Cottenceau
Artists: Alexis Younes, Amaury Amblard-Ladurantie
Composer: Matthias Le Bidan


Gem Drop X

Gem Drop X (1997-2002)

Designer/programmer: Bill Kendrick


GORF

GORF (1981, 1982)

Designer: Jamie Fenton
Programmers: Jamie Fenton; Alex Leavens


GNU Robbo

GNU Robbo (1989-present)

Designer: Janusz Pelc
Programmers: Janusz Pelc; Maciej Miasik; Alus, Thunor


gTans

gTans/jTans (2000-2009?)

Programmer: Philippe Banwarth


hangman

hangman (1993)

Programmer: Ken Arnold


Kobo Deluxe

Kobo Deluxe (2001-2012)

Designer/artist: Akira Higuchi
Programmers: Akira Higuchi, Masanao Izumo; David Olofson, Jeremy Sheeley, Samuel Hart, Martijn van Oosterhout, Antonio Messina, Hans de Goede, Marianne Ibbotson
Composer: Masanao Izumo


Komi the Space Frog

Komi the Space Frog (2004)

Designer/programmer: Allan Crossman


Koules

Koules (1995)

Designer/programmer: Jan Hubicka


Meritous

Meritous (2008)

Designer/programmer: Lancer-X/ASCEAI


Njam (2003)

Programmer: Milan Babuskov
Artists: Milan Babuskov, Dario Dulic


Phoenix

Phoenix (1980, 1983)


PySol Fan Club Edition

PySol Fan Club Edition (2007-present)

Designers/programmers: Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer; T. Kirk; Skomoroh; Roderik Ploszek, Joe R.
Contributors of games: Joe R., Mark Andrews, Galen Brooks, Andrew Csillag, Michael Foord, Matthew Hohlfeld, Nicola Larosa, John Stoneham, David Svoboda


Ranma ½: Hard Battle (1992)

Writer: Akio Matsuda
Director: Michio Shibuya
Artists: Hitoshi Ariga, Masanori Sakurai, Tsutomu Ozawa, Keisuke Tadakuma, Tetsuya Oya, Tomoharu Saito, Jun Sato
Programmers: Yukihiro Higuchi, Katsutoshi Yamamoto, Shinjiro Takata, Kyosuke Shindo, Keisuke Yasaka
Composer: Toshio Okamoto
Producers: Takao Suganuma, Takemoto Mori, Toshiro Tsuchida


robots

robots (1984, 1986, 1993)

Designers/programmers: Allan R. Black, Ken Arnold


Rogue

Rogue (1980)

Designers/programmers: Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, Ken Arnold, Timothy Stoehr, Jon Lane


SkiFree

SkiFree (1991)

Designer/programmer: Chris Pirih


sol

sol

Programmer: Sverre H. Huseby


Space Invaders

Space Invaders (1978, 1980)

Designer/programmer: Tomohiro Nishikado
Composer: Michiyuki Kamei


SuperTux

SuperTux (2003-present)

Writer: Christopher A. Webber
Designers: Bill Kendrick; Marek Moeckel, Ingo Ruhnke
Artists: Ingo Ruhnke, Christopher A. Webber, Benjamin P. Jung, Nikolaj Krivchenkov, Stephen Groundwater
Programmers: Bill Kendrick; Tobias Glaesser, Ricardo Cruz, Ingo Ruhnke, Matthias Braun, Ryan Flegel, Duong-Khang Nguyen
Composers: Marek Moeckel, Mystical, Mortimer Twang


SuperTuxKart

SuperTuxKart (2004-present)

Writer: Christopher A. Webber
Designers: Steve Baker, Oliver Baker; Benau, Marianne Gagnon, Sven Andreas Belting, Mac_DMH, Rubberduck, Ponzino, Canis Lupus, Ivar ten Cate, MacIO, Typhon306, CrystalDaEvee, JunglePenguin, Minibjorn, Cheleb, Néd J. Édoire, ZAQraven99, Cédric Archambault, Julian Schönbächler, Kinsu, et al.
Artists: Benau, Jean-Manuel Clémençon, et al.
Programmers: Steve Baker, Oliver Baker; Joerg Henrichs, Benau, Marianne Gagnon, Alayan, Dawid Gan, CodingJellyfish, QwertyChouskie, Kimden, Nyllet, Semphriss, Wilmaster734, Mary, Luffah, CodedOre, Riso, mrkubax10, Ben Krajancic, Mrxx99, Pelya, et al.
Composers: 0zone0ne, Krobonil, Claude Werner, DJ Helium, Magne Djupvik, Dundersylt, GeekPenguinBR, Heuchi1, Keith Baylis, Weirwood, Speedsound


Syndicate

Syndicate (1993)
Syndicate: American Revolt (1993)

Designer: Sean Cooper
Artists: Chris Hill, Paul McLaughlin
Programmers: Sean Cooper, Phillip Jones
Composer: Russell Shaw
Producers: Peter Molyneux, Kevin Buckner


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989, 1990)

Directors: Hideki Oyama, K. Takabayashi, H. Toyoda
Artists: M. Moriyama, K. Hattori, Yuji Asano, Koki Yamashita, Junko Maruo, Masaaki Kishimoto
Programmers: Gen Suzuki, Sadaki Matsumoto, Koki Yamashita, Yoji Shibata
Composers: Mutsuhiko Izumi, Miki Higashino, Kozo Nakamura
Producer: Masahiro Inoue


tetris

tetris (1989, 1999)

Programmers: Chris Torek, Darren F. Provine; ?


Tetris: Crystal Office edition

Tetris: Crystal Office edition
Thunderground

Thunderground (1983)

Programmer: Jeff Lorenz


Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (1997)

Designer/producer: David Dienstbier
Artist: Alan D. Johnson
Programmer: Robert Cohen
Composer: Darren Mitchell


vitetris

vitetris

Designer/programmer: Victor Geraldsson


XEvil (1994, 2000)

XEvil

Designers/programmers: Steve Hardt, Michael Judge


XInvaders

XInvaders (1991)

Programmer: Jonny Goldman


xmahjongg

Programmer: Eddie Kohler


xrobots

xrobots (1989)

Programmer: Brian Warkentine


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