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===Notable releases=== *Brøderbund releases ''Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'', the first game of the prolific ''Carmen Sandiego'' series *Nintendo releases ''Super Mario Bros.'' on September 13, 1985. Before the year was over ''Super Mario Bros.'' became the highest selling game of the year, selling 10 million copies, then eventually selling 40 million copies making it the best-selling video game of all time until 2008. *Namco releases ''Dig Dug II'', ''Metro-Cross'', ''Baraduke'', ''Motos'', Battle City (video game), and ''Sky Kid''. *Alexey Pajitnov creates the ''Tetris'' video game in the USSR. Nintendo released its most popular versions (for the NES and Game Boy) in 1989. *Atari Games releases ''Gauntlet'' (by Ed Logg), the first dungeon crawl arcade game. *''Ghosts 'n Goblins'' by Tokuro Fujiwara (Capcom, arcade), one of the most popular arcade games of the year, spawned a series of later games *''Adventure Construction Set'' by Stuart Smith and Racing Destruction Set by Rick Koenig are both released by Electronic Arts and become hits, following on the success of 1982's Pinball Construction Set by Bill Budge. *Elite Systems UK releases ''Roller Coaster'', a platformer in the mould of the previous year's best seller, ''Jet Set Willy''. ''Roller Coaster'' was the first game to ever simulate fairground rides. *Bubble Bus software release the popular arcade adventure ''Starquake'' for several 8-bit computers. In later years, it is ported to 16-bit platforms. *Pete Cooke's ambitious, sprawling science-fiction game ''Tau Ceti'' is published in the United Kingdom. *The Learning Company releases the first commercial version of ''The Oregon Trail'' on the Apple II.
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