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In the United Kingdom, Out Run was the best-selling home video game of 1987, [43] with its 8-bit home computer ports becoming the fastest-selling games in the UK up until then. [44] The following titles were the top-selling home video games on the monthly charts in the United Kingdom and United States during 1987.
A-Jax (video game) Aaargh! La Abadía del Crimen; Accolade's Comics; Ace 2 (video game) Action Force (video game) Adventures of Dino Riki; After Burner; After Burner II; Agent Orange (video game) Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back; Ai Senshi Nicol; Air Fortress; Airball (video game) Airborne Ranger; Airwolf (video game) Alex Kidd: High-Tech World ...
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1980 – Pac-Man is released, and Nintendo enters the handheld market with the Game & Watch series. Rogue inspires the Roguelike genre.; 1981 – Donkey Kong, Frogger, Bosconian, Centipede and 005 are among the notable releases that were introduced.
This era contributed many influential aspects to the history of the development of video games. The third generation saw the release of many of the first console role-playing video games (RPGs). Editing and censorship of video games was often used in localizing Japanese games to North America. [26]
Atari Inc. releases Night Driver, an early example of a first-person perspective racing video game. Atari releases Breakout, which inspires a number of Breakout clones. Exidy releases Death Race. It was the first video game to inspire protest and cause panic. [9] Gremlin releases Blockade, the first of what become known as snake games.
The Ultimate History of Video Games (ISBN 0-7615-3643-4) by Steven L. Kent. The updated version of the previous book. This time the author takes the history further into the 1990s, reaching the beginning of the millennium. The Video Games Textbook: History • Business • Technology: (ISBN 978-0815390893) by Dr. Brian J. Wardyga [1]
The game was re-released on the same platform with no or only minor changes. Port: The game first appeared on a different platform and a port was made. The game is like the original, with few or no differences. Remake: The game is an enhanced remake of an original, released on the same or different platform, with changes to graphics, sound and ...