1985 in video gaming
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Events
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.
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
Business
- New companies: Titus Interactive, Code Masters, Westwood Studios, Inc., Square Co., Ltd.
- Defunct companies: RDI Systems
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