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Up until the late 1990s, arcade video games were the largest [1] and most technologically advanced [2][3] sector of the video game industry. The first arcade game, Computer Space, was created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, the founders of Atari, Inc., and released in 1971; the company followed on its success the next year with Pong.
Syzygy Engineering, a precursor to Atari, Inc. launches Computer Space, the first commercial video arcade game, also being a Spacewar! derivative. Atari, Inc. launches Pong, the first commercially successful video game. It is also the first arcade sports video game.
Early prototypical entries Galaxy Game and Computer Space in 1971 established the principle operations for arcade games, and Atari's Pong in 1972 is recognized as the first successful commercial arcade video game.
And it’s really no wonder: Video games have been around for decades and span the gamut of platforms, from arcade systems, to home consoles, to handheld consoles and mobile devices. They’re also...
Video game arcades reach their heyday as home consoles—led by Nintendo—begin to take sway. Click and drag to scroll through the timeline. A missing slice of pizza inspires Namco’s Toru Iwatani to create Pac-Man, which goes on sale in July 1980. That year a version of Pac-Man for Atari 2600 becomes the first arcade hit to appear on a home console.
Arcade games have come and gone, handheld consoles have appeared, died out, and then reappeared, and now mobile phones have monopolized the gaming market. Let's take a long detailed look at where it all started and see where the games we've all grown to love came from.
Although many of our favorite places to play video arcade games closed their doors by the end of the 20th century, the arcade—a space where people from a variety of backgrounds gathered to play novelties and amusement machines—existed in one form or another for more than a century.
Read on to learn about the history of arcades, starting from the earliest arcade games. What do you picture when you hear the word ‘arcade?’. Whether you remember the dimly lit arcades of the ’90s or modern chains like Dave & Busters, you’re probably picturing a room with many cabinets and games.
First popular arcade games were early amusement park games such as shooting galleries, ball toss games, also earliest coin-operated machines, such as fortune tellers, strength testers or played mechanical music.
Arcade video games were first introduced in the early 1970s, with Pong as the first commercially successful game. Arcade video games use electronic or computerized circuitry to take input from the player and translate that to an electronic display such as a monitor or television set.