The best games released in 1976📆 2026

The green frog is an action game for children. A motorized frog head spins in the center of a cross-shaped game board. Players use a spring-loaded hand to fling plastic flies into the frog's mouth, which opens and closes regularly. The first player to get all ten flies into the frog wins.

Players have 7 pawns and 1 king on an 8x8 grid, set up on opposite sides of the board. Movement resembles chess, allowing players to remove each other's pieces. Unique to this game, each piece features a display that changes the number of spaces it can move based on its position, influenced by magnets underneath the board. After several rounds, players can rotate the board to keep the experience fresh.

Players explore and conquer the New World (North and South America) during the 16th century, navigating the competition among European powers. The objective is to accumulate wealth, land, and prestige through discoveries; the player with the highest total wins. Originally published in 1976, the game accommodates one to four players and includes rules for different nationalities.