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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 ...
1978 Taito releases Space Invaders, the first blockbuster arcade video game, [11] responsible for starting the golden age of video arcade games.It also sets the template for the shoot 'em up genre, [12] and influences nearly every shooter game released since then.
Pages in category "Female characters in video games" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 261 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1982 was the peak year for the golden age of arcade video games as well as the second generation of video game consoles. Many games were released that would spawn franchises, or at least sequels, including Dig Dug, Pole Position, Mr. Do!, Zaxxon, Q*bert, Time Pilot and Pitfall!
The industry grew modestly until the release of Taito's Space Invaders in 1978 and Namco's Pac-Man in 1980, creating a golden age of arcade video games that lasted through about 1983. At this point, saturation of the market with arcade games led to a rapid decline in both the arcade game market and arcades to support them.
Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Atari for arcades. [7] Designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg, it was one of the most commercially successful games from the golden age of arcade video games and one of the first with a significant female player base.
Ms. Pac-Man is a character in the 1982 video game of the same name, though she was originally a character called Anna in a planned video game Crazy Otto, which became Ms. Pac-Man after Pac-Man distributor Midway Games acquired the rights to it. This character, also remade into Ms. Pac-Man, was suggested to be the star by a Midway representative.
That same year also saw the arcade release of the sequel to The Tower of Druaga, The Return of Ishtar, [47] an early action RPG [48] to feature two-player cooperative gameplay, [47] dual-stick control in single player, a female protagonist, the first heroic couple in gaming, and the first password save system in an arcade game. [49]