Games 1
Games 1 is a collection of six games and programs which contains: Orbit: You control a ship orbiting a star and the further you are the slower you circle it. Also on screen is a piece of cargo orbiting the…
31 December 1981
Games 1 is a video game developed by Sinclair Research, released 31 December 1981 on Sinclair ZX81.
What Games 1 is
Games 1 was developed by Sinclair Research and released in 1981. It is available on Sinclair ZX81 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Games 1 is a collection of six games and programs which contains: Orbit: You control a ship orbiting a star and the further you are the slower you circle it. Also on screen is a piece of cargo orbiting the same star and you must adjust the speed of your craft by moving inwards and outwards to catch it. Sniper: A man appears on the screen in one of ten positions and you must press one of the number keys 1 to 0 where you think he is on screen. Meteors: You control a craft on the top of the screen and you must move left or right through a meteor storm that moves up the screen. Life: A program that was devised by J. H. Conway in 1970 and allows you to see a pattern come to life and hopefully…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Games 1 launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.
Quick answers
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When did Games 1 come out?
Games 1 was released on 31 December 1981 for Sinclair ZX81.
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