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History of video games. An arcade video game is an arcade game where the player's inputs from the game's controllers are processed through electronic or computerized components and displayed to a video device, typically a monitor, all contained within an enclosed arcade cabinet. Arcade video games are often installed alongside other arcade ...
1977. Cinematronics releases Space Wars, the first vector graphics arcade game. Kee Games releases Drag Race, which was later adapted in 1980 into a Atari 2600 video game by Activision called Dragster. Atari, Inc. releases Canyon Bomber. Atari, Inc releases Super Bug, which was designed by Howard Delman who also designed Canyon Bomber.
The golden age of arcade video games was the period of rapid growth, technological development, and cultural influence of arcade video games from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The release of Space Invaders in 1978 led to a wave of shoot-'em-up games such as Galaxian and the vector graphics -based Asteroids in 1979, made possible by new ...
Arcade Games, by Jon Blake. Arcade Mania!: The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers, by Brian Ashcraft. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, by Bill Kurtz. The First Quarter: A 25 Year History of Video Games, by Steven L. Kent. Gamester's Guide to Arcade Video Games, by Paul Kordestani. Game Over, by David Sheff.
An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, ... Most of the games listed were released between the golden age of arcade video games (1978–1984) ...
List of Atari, Inc. games (1972–1984) Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for ...
Mode (s) 1–2 players alternating turns. Space Invaders[b] is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Taito. It was released in Japan in April 1978, with the game being released by Midway Manufacturing overseas. Commonly considered to be one of the most influential video games of all time, Space Invaders was the first ...
Fueled by the previous year's release of the colorful and appealing Pac-Man, the audience for arcade video games in 1981 became much wider. Pac-Man influenced maze games began appearing in arcades and on home systems. Pac-Man was the highest grossing video game for the second year in a row. Nintendo 's Donkey Kong defined the platform game ...