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The 15 greatest video games of the 80s – ranked! – The Guardian
Button-bashing arcade sports vied with the thrill of urban planning, Pac-Man ate up everything, and Super Mario Bros smashed gaming into the mainstream
15. Maniac Mansion (1987, Lucasfilm Games)
The 1980s were crammed with wonderful adventure games The Hobbit, Kings Quest, Leather Goddesses of Phobos but the first point-and-click title to be designed by comic genius Ron Gilbert using the SCUMM scripting language is the classic that busted out of the genre ghetto. Filled with great jokes and B-movie cliches, the game made brilliant use of its accessible and intuitive interface, as well as seamlessly integrating cutscenes and non-sequential puzzles….
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