1985 in video games

none March 2016 1985 video games 1985 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Mario Bros. and Kung Fu, along with new titles such as Commando, Duck Hunt, Gauntlet, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Gradius, Hang-On, Space Harrier, Tetris and The Way of the Exploding Fist. The year's highest-grossing arcade video games were Hang-On and Karate Champ in the United States, and Commando in the United Kingdom. The year's bestselling home system was the Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) for a consecutive year, while the year's bestselling home video game was Super Mario Bros. Financial performance In the United States, annual home video game sales fell to 100 million no (US 100 1985 -1 million no adjusted for inflation) in 1985.Lindner Richard Video Games: Past, Present and Future; An Industry Overview 1990 Nintendo of America United States https://archive.org/details/06Kahle001551 Meanwhile, the arcade video game industry began recovering in 1985.Coin-Op history – 1975 to 1997 – from the pages of RePlay http://replaymag.com/history.htm RePlay 1998 dead https://web.archive.org/web/19980428063132/http://replaymag.com/history.htm April 28, 1998 April 21, 2021Special Report: Tom Petit (Sega Enterprises) RePlay January 1991 16 4 80, 82 https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-16-issue-no.-4-january-1991-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2016%2C%20Issue%20No.%204%20-%20January%201991/page/44 Highest-grossing arcade games Japan In Japan, the following titles were the top-grossing arcade video games on the bi-weekly Game Machine charts in 1985. Month Table arcade cabinet Upright/cockpit arcade cabinet Ref Reference(s) Title Points Title Points January Spartan X (Kung-Fu Master) TX-1 V8 15 January 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850115p.pdf#page=14 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 252 27 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 253 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 February 1985 25 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850201p.pdf#page=13 February 15 February 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850215p.pdf#page=12 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 254 23 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 255 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 March 1985 21 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850301p.pdf#page=11 March Samurai Nipponichi 15 March 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850315p.pdf#page=11 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 256 21 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 257 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 April 1985 25 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850401p.pdf#page=13 April Return of the Invaders 15 April 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850415p.pdf#page=10 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 258 19 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 259 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 May 1985 21 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850501p.pdf#page=11 May I'm Sorry 15 May 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850515p.pdf#page=11 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 260 21 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 261 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 June 1985 23 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850601p.pdf#page=12 June Senjō no Ōkami (Commando) Wyvern F-0 15 June 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850615p.pdf#page=13 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 262 25 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 263 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 July 1985 25 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850701p.pdf#page=13 July Ping Pong King TX-1 V8 15 July 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850715p.pdf#page=15 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 264 29 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 265 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 August 1985 25 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850801p.pdf#page=13 August Sandlot Baseball Hang-On 15 August 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850815p.pdf#page=11 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 266 21 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 267 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 September 1985 25 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850901p.pdf#page=13 September 15 September 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850915p.pdf#page=11 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 267 21 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 268 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 October 1985 31 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19851001p.pdf#page=16 October Exciting Hour 15 October 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19851015p.pdf#page=13 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 269 25 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 270 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 November 1985 23 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19851101p.pdf#page=12 November Choplifter 15 November 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19851115p.pdf#page=11 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 271 21 jaBest Hit Games 25 Game Machine 272 Amusement Press, Inc. 1 December 1985 23 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19851201p.pdf#page=12 December ASO: Armored Scrum Object 15 December 1985 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19851215p.pdf#page=13 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 273 25 ja1 January 1986 Best Hit Games 25 https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860101p.pdf#page=18 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 274 34 ja United Kingdom and United States In the United Kingdom and United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1985. Rank United Kingdom United StatesPlay MeterRePlay1985 Operator Survey: This Poll Says Go Gettum! RePlay November 1985 11 2 91-102 (93-4) https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/93 AMOAAMOA Expo '85: 1985 AMOA Award Nominees RePlay November 1985 11 2 62, 64, 66 https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/62AMOA Expo '85: Award Winners RePlay December 1985 11 3 44 https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-3-december-1985-600dpi/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%203%20-%20December%201985/page/44Springsteen Sweeps JB Awards Cash Box November 23, 1985 39 https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-11-23.pdf#page=39 Title Type Arcade Route/Street Video 1 CommandoCommando: Soldier of Fortune Your Sinclair January 1986 1 54 https://archive.org/details/your-sinclair-01/page/n53 Hang-On1985 Play Meter December 1994 20 13 74 https://archive.org/details/play-meter-volume-20-number-13-december-1994/Play%20Meter%20-%20Volume%2020%2C%20Number%2013%20-%20December%201994/page/74 Karate Champ Dedicated Nintendo VS. System Karate Champ Spy Hunter 2 Kung-Fu Master Dedicated Kung-Fu Master, Karate Champ, Pac-Land, Pole Position II English Mark Darts, Crowns Golf, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Kung-Fu Master Kung-Fu Master, Pole Position, Trivia Master, Karate Champ 3 Commando 4 Yie Ar Kung-Fu Conversion 5 Hogan's Alley System 6 Excitebike System colspan="3" rowspan="3" 7 rowspan="2" rowspan="2" Pole Position, Spy Hunter Dedicated 8 Best-selling home systems RankSystem(s) ManufacturerType Generation SalesJapanUSAUK6 February 1986 Sinclair retains clear market lead in 1985 https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/magazines/popular-computing-weekly/6/5/1986/2/6#4 Popular Computing Weekly 5 6Worldwide1Nintendo Entertainment System / FamicomNintendoConsoleThird6,500,000Morrison Mike https://books.google.com/books?id=5NnLDpBy-zkC The Magic of Interactive Entertainment 1994 Sams Publishing 978-0-672-30456-9 47 Despite the bleak picture in the home video game industry, Nintendo's Famicom system sold more than 6.5 million units in Japan in 1985.90,000Pollack Andrew Video Games, Once Zapped, In Comeback A1 yes The New York Times September 27, 1986 September 27, 1986 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/27/business/video-games-once-zapped-in-comeback.html November 2, 20156,590,0002Commodore 64 (C64)CommodoreComputer8-bit 1,000,000 2,500,000Reimer Jeremy 2005-12-15 Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/ live 2021-11-27 Ars Technica en-us https://web.archive.org/web/20120607023023/http://arstechnica.com:80/features/2005/12/total-share/ June 7, 2012 Jeremy Reimer 2012-12-07 Total Share: Personal Computer Market Share 1975-2010 https://jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?p=137 Jeremy Reimer3IBM Personal Computer (PC) / IBM PCjrIBMComputer8-bit / 16-bit1,400,000Dixon Bradford N. May 1986 Pulse Train: Fine Times in Fort Worth https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/Documents/Magazines/80%20Micro/1986/80%20Micro%20-%208605%20-%20May%201986.pdf#page=23 80 Micro 76 21–24Atari 2600AtariConsoleSecond1,000,000Halfhill Tom R. April 1986 A Turning Point For Atari? https://archive.org/details/1986-04-compute-magazine/page/n31/mode/2up Compute! 71 30-41 (30-4)5Apple IIApple Inc.Computer8-bit900,0006Commodore 128CommodoreComputer8-bit500,0007NEC PC-88 / PC-98NECComputer8-bit / 16-bit,000Methe David Mitchell Will Miyabe Junichiro Toyama Ryoko January 1998 Overcoming a Standard Bearer: Challenges to NEC's Personal Computer in Japan https://www.researchgate.net/publication/5160396 Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) 35 ResearchGateJuliussen Egil https://books.google.com/books?id=gxVNAQAAIAAJ The Computer Industry Almanac 1991 Juliussen Karen Pearson P T R 1990 978-0-13-155748-2 10-47, 10-48 ,000+8ZX SpectrumSinclairComputer8-bit 390,000+9Sega SG-1000 / Mark III (Master System)SegaConsoleThird280,000Tanaka Tatsuo http://www.stat.go.jp/english/info/meetings/iaos/pdf/tanaka.pdf#page=2 Network Externality and Necessary Software Statistics August 2001 Statistics Bureau of Japan 2280,000+10Amstrad CPC / Amstrad PCWAmstradComputer8-bit 250,000+ Best-selling home video games Japan The year's best-selling game was Super Mario Bros. for the Family Computer (Famicom), later known as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) outside Japan. The game sold 2.5 million copies and grossed more than 12.2 billion (72 million no at the time, or US 72 1985 million no adjusted for inflation) within several months.Japan Quarterly Japan Quarterly 1986 296 https://books.google.com/books?id=7Y8MAQAAMAAJ Asahi Shinbun Nevertheless, Nintendo can claim among its successes Japan's current game best seller, Super Mario Brothers. Introduced in September 1985, sales of the ¥4,900 game soared to 2.5 million copies in just four months, generating revenues of more than 12.2 billion (about 72 million no). It eventually sold 3 million cartridges by the end of 1985.The Yoke The Yoke 1985 9–25 https://books.google.com/books?id=-RwOAQAAMAAJ Yokohama Association for International Communications and Exchanges "Super Mario Brothers" is one of the family computer games which is enjoying huge popularity among the children of Japan. More than three million of these games have been sold. Game Machine magazine reported that more than ten Famicom games released between 1983 and 1985 had each sold over 1 million cartridges in Japan by the end of 1985.15 January 1986 Overseas Readers Column: "Super Mario Bros." Boom Bringing Best Selling Book https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19860115p.pdf#page=12 Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. 275 24 The Magic Box lists fourteen Famicom games released between 1983 and 1985 that crossed 1 million lifetime sales in Japan.Japan Platinum Chart Games http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml The Magic Box 6 April 2021 October 17, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121017061224/http://the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml dead At least 11 of the following 14 Famicom million-sellers released between 1983 and 1985 crossed 1 million sales in Japan by the end of 1985. Title(s) Publisher Sales Ref Reference(s) Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 3,000,000 4 Nin Uchi MahjongBaseballNintendo rowspan="13" Excitebike F1 Race Golf Kung Fu Mahjong Mario Bros. Soccer Tennis Kinnikuman: Muscle Tag Match Bandai Xevious Namco Lode Runner Hudson Soft United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top ten best-selling home video games of 1985, according to the annual Gallup software sales chart. The top ten titles were all home computer games.News Desk: Exploding Fist tops Gallup 1985 charts Popular Computing Weekly 20 March 1986 4 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-03-20/page/n3 Rank Title Developer Publisher Genre Sales 1 The Way of the Exploding Fist Beam Software Melbourne House Fighting 500,000 (Europe)September 1997 NG Alphas: Melbourne House https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_33/page/n117 Next Generation Imagine Media 33 116 2 Soft Aid Various Quicksilva Compilation rowspan="9" 3 Elite AcornsoftAcornsoft Space trading 4 Ghostbusters ActivisionActivision Action 5 Finders Keepers MastertronicMastertronic Platformer 6 Frank Bruno's Boxing Elite Systems Elite Systems Fighting (boxing) 7 Commando Capcom Elite Systems Run-and-gun shooter 8 Formula 1 Simulator Spirit Software Mastertronic Racing 9 Daley Thompson's Decathlon Ocean Software Ocean Software Sports (Olympics) 10 Impossible Mission Epyx U.S. Gold Platformer Fighting games topped the UK software sales charts for two years in a row in the mid-1980s, with The Way of the Exploding Fist in 1985 and then the home computer conversions of Yie Ar Kung-Fu in 1986.Yie Ar tops charts for 1986 Popular Computing Weekly 12 February 1987 6 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1987-02-12/page/n5 United States In the United States, the Software Publishers Association (SPA) began tracking home computer game sales in 1985. The following fourteen computer games received Gold Awards from the SPA for sales above 100,000 units in 1985 (but below the 250,000 units required for a Platinum Award). Titles Ref ReferenceAlphabet ZooChoplifter Petska-Juliussen Karen Juliussen Egil The Computer Industry Almanac 1990 1990 Brady 978-0-13-154122-1 New York 3.10–11 https://archive.org/details/computerindustry00kare/page/n265/mode/2upDeadlineF-15 Strike EagleFraction FeverFroggerGhostbustersKids on KeysLode RunnerMath Blaster! The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Petska-Juliussen Karen Juliussen Egil The Computer Industry Almanac 1990 1990 Brady 978-0-13-154122-1 New York 3.12–13 https://archive.org/details/computerindustry00kare/page/n267/mode/2upZork IZork IIZork III Events August – The final issue of Electronic Games magazine is published. Major awards The Way of the Exploding Fist won Game of the Year at the third Golden Joystick Awards (for best home computer game),Golden Joystick Awards Computer and Video Games May 1986 55 90 EMAP https://archive.org/stream/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_055_1986-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB/Computer__Video_Games_Issue_055_1986-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB#page/n89/mode/2up and received the "Voted Best Game" award at the Saturday Superstore Viewer Awards.Thank you from The Home of the Hits! Popular Computing Weekly 30 January 1986 7 https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-01-30/page/n6/mode/1up The sixth Arcade Awards are held, for games released during 1983–1984, with Star Wars winning best arcade game, Space Shuttle best console game, Ultima III: Exodus best computer game, and Zaxxon best standalone game. In Computer Gamer magazine's Game of the Year Awards, Elite won best home computer game of the year (with The Way of the Exploding Fist as runner-up) and Commando won best coin-op game (with Paperboy as runner-up).Game of the Year Awards Computer Gamer February 1986 11 13–5 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_11_1986-02_Argus_Press_GB/page/n12 Business New companies: Cinemaware. Codemasters, Square Co., Titus, Tradewest, Westwood Studios Defunct: Adventure International, Bug-Byte, Edu-Ware, RDI Video Systems David Mullich and several other laid-off employees from Edu-Ware form Electric Transit, the first company to join Electronic Arts' new affiliated publisher program. Games released in 1985 main platform Arcade APPII ATR ATR26 C64 CPC FM7 INT MSX NES PC80 PC88 PC98 SG1K SMS TEIN X1 ZX Release date Title Platform 2014-06-11 NES Games Nintendo http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140611225644/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/nes_games.pdf dead 2014-06-11 2021-06-14 Developer / Publisher January 30 Ice Climber (JP) NES July 2026 January Yie Ar Kung-Fu Arcade Konami GameCenter CX - 1st Season, Episode 09. Retrieved on September 19, 2009 February 4 Ice Climber (JP) Arcade July 2026 March 1 Hogan's Alley (JP) Arcade July 2026 March Excitebike (NA) Arcade July 2026 March Gridiron Fight Arcade Tehkan July 2026 March Ice Climber (NA) Arcade July 2026 March Kung Fu (NA) Arcade July 2026 April 9 Soccer (JP) NES July 2026 April 23 Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? July 2026 April Hogan's Alley (NA) Arcade July 2026 April Paperboy Arcade Atari Games July 2026 April Racing Destruction Set (NA) C64 July 2026 April Thexder (JP) PC88 July 2026 April Karuizawa Yūkai Annai PC88 Enixhttps://automaton-media.com/articles/interviewsjp/20171216-59190/ Automaton Media 「堀井雄二」調査団: アドベンチャーゲームは如何に日本のストーリーゲームを発展させていったか？ （中編） Japanese September 15, 2026 December 21, 2017 Koji Fukuyama Active Gaming Media https://web.archive.org/web/20191210025406/https://automaton-media.com/articles/interviewsjp/20171216-59190/ December 10, 2019 livehttps://www.timeextension.com/features/before-dragon-quest-yuji-horii-created-this-groundbreaking-erotic-adventure Time Extension Hookshot Media September 15, 2026 January 25, 2024 Damien McFerran Before Dragon Quest, Yuji Horii Created This Groundbreaking Erotic Adventure https://web.archive.org/web/20240223193855/https://www.timeextension.com/features/before-dragon-quest-yuji-horii-created-this-groundbreaking-erotic-adventure February 23, 2024 live May Commando Arcade Capcom July 2026 May Gradius (JP) Arcade Konami July 2026 May Metro-Cross Arcade Namco July 2026 June 18 Wrecking Crew (JP) NES July 2026 June 21 Kung Fu (JP) NES July 2026 June Thexder (JP) PC80 July 2026 July Baraduke (JP) Arcade Namco July 2026 July Hang-On Arcade Sega, Sega AM2 July 2026 August Hogan's Alley (EU) Arcade July 2026 August Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Arcade Atari Games July 2026 August Racing Destruction Set (UK) C64 July 2026 September Return of the Invaders Arcade Taito, UPL http://www.uplcoltd.com/upl10.html UPL 1983-1985 UPL CO.,LTD July 7, 2026 September 9 Battle City (JP) NES July 2026 September 13 Super Mario Bros. (JP) NES July 2026 September 16 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (NA) APPII July 2026 September 19 Ghosts 'n Goblins Arcade Capcom July 2026 September 20 Motos Arcade Namco July 2026 October 18 10-Yard Fight NES July 2026 October 18 Baseball NES July 2026 October 18 Clu Clu Land NES, Arcade July 2026 October 18 Duck Hunt (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Excitebike (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Golf (NA/EU) NA NES EU Arcade July 2026 October 18 Gyromite NES July 2026 October 18 Hogan's Alley (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Ice Climber (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Kung Fu (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Pinball (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Soccer (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Stack-Up NES July 2026 October 18 Super Mario Bros. (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Tennis (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Wild Gunman (NA) NES July 2026 October 18 Wrecking Crew (NA) NES July 2026 October 27 Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (JP) PC88 July 2026 October Gauntlet Arcade Atari Games July 2026 October Ice Climber PC88 July 2026 October Thexder (JP) FM7 July 2026 November 3 Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (JP) X1 July 2026 November 21 Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II (JP) PC80, PC98 July 2026 November Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness PC88 July 2026 November Ice Climber X1 July 2026 November Kung Fu APPII, C64 July 2026 December 19 Thexder (JP) NES July 2026 December Sky Kid Arcade Namco July 2026 December Space Harrier Arcade Sega, Sega AM2 July 2026 1985 At the Gates of Moscow 1941 APPII Strategic Games Productions July 2026 1985 Clues'o' July 2026 1985 Kung Fu (EU) Arcade July 2026 1985 Mercenary ATR July 2026 1985 Roller Coaster ZX July 2026 1985 Starquake ATR, C64, CPC, MSX, TEIN, ZX July 2026 1985 Tau Ceti ZX July 2026 1985 Tehkan World Cup (JP) Arcade Tehkan http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10057 Tehkan World Cup - Videogame by Tehkan Arcade-museum.com February 28, 2013 1985 Tetris Electronika 60 Alexei Pajitnov July 2026 1985 The Oregon Trail APPII July 2026 1985 Thexder (JP) X1 July 2026 1985 Wrecking Crew Arcade July 2026 Hardware releases thumb|right|North American release of the Nintendo Entertainment System Arcade July – Sega releases the Space Harrier arcade hardware (also known as Sega Hang-On), the first of Sega's "Super Scaler" arcade system boards that allow pseudo-3D sprite-scaling at high frame rates.IGN Presents the History of SEGA: World War https://web.archive.org/web/20120314223825/http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/974/974695p3.html March 14, 2012 , IGN It displays 6144 colors on screen out of a 32,768 color palette. Namco begins development on the Namco System 21 around this time,https://archive.org/stream/commodore-user-magazine-72/Commodore_User_Issue_72_1989_Sep#page/n89/mode/2up Commodore User Magazine Issue 72 September 1989 as the first arcade board dedicated to 3D polygon graphics. Computer January – Commodore releases their final 8-bit computer, the Commodore 128. June – Atari Corporation releases the 520ST, the first personal computer with a bit-mapped, color GUI. July 23 – Commodore releases the Amiga 1000 personal computer, the first in the Amiga family. It was not widely available until 1986. Atari replaces previous models in the Atari 8-bit computer series with the 65XE and 130XE, the latter of which has 128K bank-switched RAM. Discontinued: Coleco Adam, VIC-20 Console July 26 – Nintendo releases the Family Computer Robot, a peripheral for their Family Computer (Famicom) home video game console, in Japan. October 18 – the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) home video game console, the export version of the Famicom, is launched for a limited test market in the United States, along with the R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) peripheral. Not only that Super Mario Bros was released in North America around this time. October 20 – the Sega Mark III home video game console is launched in Japan. INTV Corporation releases the INTV III console. Telegames releases the Dina, a ColecoVision clone. Discontinued: ColecoVision See also 1985 in games References Category:Video games by year