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August 30 – Capcom releases Street Fighter, the first game of the series. Taito releases Rastan and Operation Wolf. Namco releases Wonder Momo, which is their last 8-bit game, Yokai Dochuki, which is their first 16-bit game, Dragon Spirit, Blazer, Quester, Pac-Mania, Galaga '88 and Final Lap. Atari Games releases RoadBlasters, Xybots, and APB.
1977 – The Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) is released as the first widely popular home video game console. [5] 1978 – Space Invaders is released, popularizing the medium and beginning the golden age of arcade video games. [6] 1979 – The first handheld console, the Microvision is released.
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This Italian video game allowed players to take control of an anti-aerial gun and shoot down planes, helicopters, and other aircraft. 1976: Breakout - IMDb rating: 7.1
This is a list of video games published or developed by Electronic Arts. Since 1983 and the 1987 release of its Skate or Die!, it has respectively published and developed games, bundles, as well as a handful of earlier productivity software. Only versions of games developed or published by EA, as well as those versions' years of release, are ...
The first Shinobi was released in 1987 as an arcade video game. Along with Alex Kidd and Sonic the Hedgehog, Joe Musashi has long been one of Sega's flagship characters, acting as a mascot for a short time in the late-1980s when ninjas were popular in mainstream media. The series' games are a showcase of Sega's technical accomplishment, noted ...
Metal Gear [a] is an action-adventure stealth video game developed and published by Konami for the MSX2.It was released for the system in Japan and parts of Europe in 1987. Considered to have popularized the stealth game genre, it was the first video game to be fully developed by Hideo Kojima, who would go on to direct most of the games that followed in the Metal Gear serie