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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; Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, edited ...
The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac-Man, while the best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch. The Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) also grew in popularity with a port of Space Invaders and support from new third-party developer Activision .
Pac-Man (1980). The 1980s was the second decade in the industry's history.It was a decade of highs and lows for video games.The decade began amidst a boom in the arcade video game business with the golden age of arcade video games, the Atari 2600's dominance of the home console market during the second generation of video game consoles, and the rising influence of home computers.
This was also more than twice as much revenue as the $3.8 billion generated by the home video game industry (during the second generation of consoles) that same year; [19] both the arcade and home markets combined added up to a total revenue between $11.8 billion and $12.8 billion for the U.S. video game industry in 1982. In comparison, the U.S ...
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 games such as pinball and ...
Top Gunner by Exidy is released and is the last commercial arcade video game to use vector-based(wireframe) graphics. Turbo Kourier is released by the Vivid Group and is the first coin-operated Virtual Reality arcade video game to use 3D Polygon Graphics. [46] [47]
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Atari Games: Racing: 2 Road Fighter — 1984 Konami: Driving: 2 Road Rage — 1995 Konami: Racing: 1 Road Riot 4WD — 1991 Atari Games: Racing: 2 Road Runner (Atari) — 1985 Atari Games: Action: 2 Road Wars — 1988 Arcadia Systems: Action: 2 Arcadia RoadBlasters — 1987 Atari Games: Driving: 1 Robby Roto: The Adventures of Robby Roto! (full ...