4Stack #80 — answers & breakdown

Thursday, October 1, 2026

The sixteen cards in this puzzle were: Wolfenstein 3D, Rogue, Dune II, Ultima Online, Super Mario 64, Virtua Fighter, Tomb Raider, Quake, Magnavox Odyssey, Pong, Game Boy, NES, Space Invaders Championship, Red Annihilation, CPL, World Cyber Games.

The four stacks

Genre-defining firsts

Wolfenstein 3D, Rogue, Dune II, Ultima Online

Landmark 3D games

Super Mario 64, Virtua Fighter, Tomb Raider, Quake

Milestone hardware

Magnavox Odyssey, Pong, Game Boy, NES

Early competitive milestones

Space Invaders Championship, Red Annihilation, CPL, World Cyber Games

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