Cover artwork of Pooyan

// Archive entry № 24479

Pooyan

From the early cartridge-and-arcade boom, Pooyan (1982) is documented in VG90's reference index for Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, C64, Casio PV-1000, MSX, PV-2000, TRS-80 CoCo.

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About the game

Dating from 1982, Pooyan for Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, C64, Casio PV-1000, MSX, PV-2000, TRS-80 CoCo is preserved in the VG90 archive as a catalogue entry — a factual marker of a release that belonged to the early cartridge-and-arcade boom.

By 1982 the landscape around releases like this was set — the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. Reading Pooyan against that backdrop is part of what makes browsing an archive by year worthwhile.

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Why it matters

The value of a record like this is context: the early cartridge-and-arcade boom produced far more games than the handful everyone remembers, and the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. An archive earns its keep by preserving the long tail, not just the hits.

Technical notes

Platform on record: Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, C64, Casio PV-1000, MSX, PV-2000, TRS-80 CoCo. Release year: 1982. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.