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Games also look back to that decade, hitting you up with\n80s themes, a deluge of scanlines, and monochrome inputs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s 10 great games that take the decade of\nthe 1980s for inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Double Dragon: Neon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21603\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s more 1980s than two burly men with\ninsanely cropped hair, punching the crap out of a cavalcade of enemies?\nWell,&nbsp; two burly men with insanely\ncropped hair, punching the crap out of a cavalcade of enemies with added neon,\nof course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transformers: Devastation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21604\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on Generation 1 of Transformers,\nTransformers: Devastation looks exactly like those Saturday morning cartoons\nyou used to sit cross legged on the floor to watch. It doesn\u2019t hurt that it\u2019s a\nPlatinum game too, so you know it has the absolute tightest of controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">198X<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21605\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Arcades were everything in the 1980s, so an\narcade inspired coming-of-age story is exactly what any 1980s fan needs. Set\nacross 5 chapters, 198X is a look back at a time when going to the arcade meant\ndiscovering new worlds, new games, and learning more about yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/games\/beat-cop\/\">Beat\nCop<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21606\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by 1980s cop shows, Beat Cop takes\nyou back to the grimy streets of New York. With a non-linear story packed full\nof dirty cops, dirty streets, and dirty language, Beat Cop lets you live your\nbest mustachioed mullet wearing cop life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retro City Rampage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21607\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking inspiration from, well, almost\neverything, Retro City Rampage is an 8-bit open world reference-a-thon with\nguns, violence, and heaps of style. Part of the joy of Retro City Rampage isn\u2019t\njust the game itself, though it is a great game, it\u2019s seeing just how much you\nremember of that hallowed decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hotline Miami<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21608\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hotline Miami is the pinnacle of 1980s\ninspired gaming. Taking the decade for setting and inspiration, but putting a\nmodern twist on everything, it\u2019s a gory violence filled exquisite romp of\nrevenge and murder. Even after completing the game you\u2019ll be listening to the\nthumping soundtrack for months afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stories Untold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21609\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An anthology horror game set over four\nepisodes, Stories Untold never better and never more 1980s than in its first\nchapter. The House Abandon sees you playing a text adventure game on an ancient\ncomputer in an empty house. Something stalks the character in the text\nadventure, and soon you begin to wonder&#8230;is something stalking you as well?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/games\/far-cry-3-blood-dragon\/\">Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21610\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1980s were a silly time, of muscles and\nsecret Russian bases and Arnie doing one-liners everywhere. Far Cry 3: Blood\nDragon takes all that ridiculousness, ramps it up, and then layers it over the\nFar Cry formula. If that doesn\u2019t sound like your jam, then I don\u2019t know what to\nsay to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shovel Knight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21611\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Precision platforming is back in a big way,\nand one of the biggest names is Shovel Knight. Taking inspiration of the\nbastard-hard games released for the NES in the 80s, Shovel Knight is an homage\nand an evolution of those themes and ideas. All the 8-bit beauty wouldn\u2019t do it\nany good if it weren\u2019t a wonderful game though, and thankfully, it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/games\/generation-zero\/\">Generation Zero<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenmangaming.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21612\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re a teenager, you\u2019re returning home after\na camping trip, but something\u2019s gone wrong. Killer machines have descended on\nyour home of Sweden in the 1980s and everyone you knew is missing. That\u2019s the\nsetup to Generation Zero, a first person survival adventure set during the Cold\nWar, and if there\u2019s a more tantalising setup out there, we\u2019ve yet to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are our picks for 10 great games with\n1980s retro vibes, what\u2019s your favourite game that pays homage to the 80s? Let\nus know in the comments, after you\u2019re finished binging Stranger Things, of\ncourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stranger Things has unleashed its third season on Netflix, weaving together a cornucopia of 1980s influences, it\u2019s a slice of nostalgia served in episodic form. But it\u2019s not just television that looks to the 1980s for inspiration. 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