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Galaxian was designed by Kazunori Sawano, who had previously worked on many of Namco's electro-mechanical shooting gallery arcade games, notably Shoot Away (1977). [9] Early in the game's development, Taito had released Space Invaders in Japan, which swept the country by storm and helped turn the video game industry into a highly-profitable business.
The Intellivision introduced several new features to the second generation. It was the first home console to use a 16-bit microprocessor and offer downloadable content through the PlayCable service. [49] It also provided real-time human voices during gameplay. It was the first console to pose a serious threat to Atari's dominance.
A reviewer in Blip compared Demon Attack and Phoenix, finding the Intellivision version was the best of the three, saying its addition of the final battle made it and Phoenix and the Atari 2600 version of Demon Attack feel like a Galaxian spin-offs. [39]
The Intellivision. This is a list of cartridges and cassettes for the Intellivision game system. Some cartridges were branded as both Mattel Electronics and Sears Tele-Games, and later republished by INTV Corp. as Intellivision Inc. Between 1979 and 1989, a total of 132 titles were released:
Intellivision was the first game console to provide real-time human voices in the middle of gameplay, courtesy of the Intellivoice module. [103] The first game controller with a directional thumb pad. [104] The Intellivision was also the first game console or home computer to offer a musical synthesizer keyboard.
The Intellivision is a video game console released by Mattel in 1979; development of the console began in 1978 (less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor, the legendary Atari 2600).
Space Invaders was the top-grossing video game worldwide in 1979, [1] having become the arcade game industry's all-time best-seller by 1979. [2] The following table lists the year's top-grossing arcade game in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide.
Galaxian: 1983 Fixed shooter Atari: Atarisoft Gateway to Apshai: 1984 Action-adventure: Epyx: Gorf: 1983 Fixed shooter Nuvatec [3] Coleco Gust Buster: 1983 Action Video Software Specialists [3] Sunrise Software Gyruss: 1984 Fixed shooter Parker Brothers H.E.R.O. 1984 Action The Softworks [3] Activision The Heist: 1983 Scrolling platform Mike ...