Games Released in November 1979

11 new games debuted in November 1979, with Arcade being the most active platform. November 1 was the busiest day, with 2 releases. Asteroids was the most popular release of the month.

Which days had the most releases?

November 1 saw the most activity with 2 releases.

2 releases

November 1

1 release

November 30

1 release

November 17

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

Thu, Nov 1

2 releases

Fri, Nov 2

No releases

Sat, Nov 3

No releases

Sun, Nov 4

No releases

Mon, Nov 5

No releases

Tue, Nov 6

No releases

Wed, Nov 7

No releases

Thu, Nov 8

No releases

Fri, Nov 9

No releases

Sat, Nov 10

No releases

Sun, Nov 11

No releases

Mon, Nov 12

No releases

Tue, Nov 13

No releases

Wed, Nov 14

No releases

Thu, Nov 15

No releases

Fri, Nov 16

No releases

Sat, Nov 17

1 release

Sun, Nov 18

No releases

Mon, Nov 19

No releases

Tue, Nov 20

No releases

Wed, Nov 21

No releases

Thu, Nov 22

No releases

Fri, Nov 23

No releases

Sat, Nov 24

No releases

Sun, Nov 25

No releases

Mon, Nov 26

No releases

Tue, Nov 27

No releases

Wed, Nov 28

No releases

Thu, Nov 29

No releases

Fri, Nov 30

1 release

How did each week compare?

The first week of November was the busiest with 2 releases.

Week 1 (November 1–7)

2 releases

Most popular release in Week 1

Lunar Rescue

The game starts with the player's spacecraft docked inside the mothership at the top of the screen. Below the mothership is an asteroid field and below that, the surface of the moon. There are three platforms which can be landed on and six stranded astronauts that need rescuing. You control a small spacecraft. The player must press the button to release their spacecraft from the mothership and manoeuvre through the asteroid field. The craft can only move left or right or use up a finite amount of fuel by engaging the thrust (the same button again) to slow its descent. If the craft is landed successfully on one of the available platforms, one of the astronauts will run towards and board the craft. The asteroid belt now changes into a swarm of flying saucers, some of which drop bombs. The player must now guide the spacecraft back up to the mothership (the craft ascends without using up fuel), avoiding the flying saucers. The thrust button is now a fire button which can be used to shoot at enemies above (as in Space Invaders). Finally, the craft must be docked with the mothership using the bay opening. If the side of the mothership or any part of the ship outside of the opening is hit, the rescued astronaut falls to the surface and dies. If the mothership is missed altogether, the craft explodes. After all six people have been rescued (or killed providing the player still has lives remaining), the game starts again at a higher level.

Week 3 (November 15–21)

1 release

Most popular release in Week 3

Asteroids

Asteroids is an arcade space shooter released in November 1979. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers. The objective of the game is to destroy both, asteroids and saucers. The triangular ship can rotate left and right, fire shots straight forward, and thrust forward. Once the ship begins moving in a direction, it will continue in that direction for a time without player intervention unless the player applies thrust in a different direction. The ship eventually comes to a stop when not thrusting. The player can also send the ship into hyperspace, causing it to disappear and reappear in a random location on the screen, at the risk of self-destructing or appearing on top of an asteroid.