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The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac-Man, for the third year in a row, while the year's best-selling home system was the Atari 2600 (Atari VCS). Additional video game consoles added to a crowded market, notably the ColecoVision and Atari 5200. Troubles at Atari late in the year triggered the video game crash of 1983.
Pages in category "1982 video games" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 361 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The best-selling video game on the console is Pac-Man, a port of the arcade game of the same name programmed by Tod Frye. [1] Originally created by Toru Iwatani and released in 1980, Pac-Man was later ported to many home video game consoles, beginning with the Atari 2600 in 1982. [ 2 ]
The booming success of video games at the time led to music magazine Billboard listing the 15 top-selling video games alongside their record charts by 1982. [13] More than a decade later, the first electroclash record, I-F 's "Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass" (1997), has been described as "burbling electro in a vocodered homage to Atari-era hi ...
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.
Video games portal; 1980s portal; ... 1982 video games (361 P) Pages in category "1982 in video gaming" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
The highest selling arcade game of the year is F-1. 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]