Sunday 1 January
25 releases
- Alchemist ZX SpectrumImagine Software
- Bannercatch PCTom Snyder Productions
- Dnieper River Line PC-8800 SeriesMicrocomputer Games, Inc.
- Dommy ArcadeTechnos Japan
- Dreamland PC-9800 SeriesArrow Soft
- Eggs Arcade
- Fortress of the Witch King PC-8800 Series
- Game of Life BBC Microcomputer SystemJohn Horton Conway
- Kosmik Pirate ZX Spectrum
- Mappy Sharp X1Namco Limited
- Mr. Do's Wild Ride ArcadeUniversal Co., Ltd.
- Roller Aces ArcadeKaneko
- Serra Pelada Sinclair ZX81Renato Degiovani
- Stock Car Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Super Cross Force ColecoVisionSpectravideo International Ltd.
- Tag Team Wrestling ArcadeQuicksilver Software
- Telengard PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 SeriesOrion Software, Inc.
- The Black Onyx PC-8800 SeriesBullet-Proof Software
- The Blade of Blackpoole PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 SeriesSirius Software
- The Dark Crystal PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 SeriesOn-Line Systems
- Thunder Force PC-8800 SeriesTecno Soft
- Transylvania PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 SeriesPenguin Software
- VC PC-8800 SeriesMicrocomputer Games, Inc.
- Voyager I: Sabotage of the Robot Ship PC-8800 SeriesMicrocomputer Games, Inc.
- Vs. Tennis ArcadeIntelligent Systems
Thursday 5 January
1 release
- Snail Against Squirrel Atari 2600
Wednesday 11 January
1 release
- Dough Boy Commodore C64/128/MAX
Saturday 14 January
1 release
- Tennis Family ComputerNintendo R&D1
Tuesday 17 January
1 release
- Hack DOSJay Fenlason
Wednesday 18 January
1 release
- Mappy MSXNamco Limited
Tuesday 31 January
3 releases
- Galaxian MSXNamco
- On the oche Amstrad CPC, ZX SpectrumArtic Computing Ltd.
- Sorcerer DOSInfocom
Dates come from IGDB and move when publishers change them. Following counts are IGDB followers.