• annual lists of top-grossing arcade games in 1977. The following titles were the top ten highest-earning arcade video games of the year on the annual Play...
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    The history of video games began in the 1950s and 1960s as computer scientists began designing simple games and simulations on minicomputers and mainframes...
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  • is a list of video games that multiple video game journalists or magazines have considered to be among the best of all time. The games listed here are...
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  • and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top tabletop role-playing games published in 1977. For video games, see 1977 in video gaming. After...
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    the first decade in the history of the video game industry. The 1970s saw the development of some of the earliest video games, chiefly in the arcade game...
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  • This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox...
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  • In the history of video games, the first generation era refers to the video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available from...
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  • In the history of video games, the second-generation era refers to computer and video games, video game consoles, and handheld video game consoles available...
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  • Since their inception in the 1970s, video games have often been criticized by some for violent content. Politicians, parents, and other activists have...
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    is a discontinued home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977 as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS)...
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    of gender in video games, as in other media, is a subject of research in gender studies and is discussed in the context of sexism in video gaming. Although...
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  • At the beginning of the 1970s, video games existed almost entirely as novelties passed around by programmers and technicians with access to computers...
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  • landmark in the history of the video game industry with the releases of Pong and the Odyssey home console. The profile of electronic games rose substantially...
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    Video games are a major industry in Japan, and the country is considered one of the most influential in video gaming. Japanese game development is often...
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  • best-selling home video games in 1980. Electronic Games hosts the first Arcade Awards, the first video game awards ceremony. It awards games released during...
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  • of years in video games that indexes the years in video games pages. Years are annotated with significant events in the history of video games. 1970 –...
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  • PDS-1 computer. The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1973 in the United States, according to annual arcade cabinet sales estimates...
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  • 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...
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  • best-selling arcade game was Tank by Kee Games. The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1974 in the United States, according to annual...
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    coin-operated video games, is founded to produce graphical terminals. Early history of video games 1971 in games Ralph Baer's numbers compiled in April 1976...
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  • Indy 500 is a 1977 racing video game developed by Atari, Inc. for its Video Computer System (later known as the Atari 2600). It is themed around the Indianapolis...
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  • 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 business...
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  • The following is a list of baseball sports video games. All-Star Baseball Backyard Baseball Baseball Simulator 1.000 Baseball Stars Bases Loaded (Moero...
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    consumer feedback of video games. The industry encompasses dozens of job disciplines and thousands of jobs worldwide. The video game industry has grown...
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  • Pac-Man, the audience for arcade video games in 1981 became much wider. Pac-Man influenced maze games began appearing in arcades and on home systems. Pac-Man...
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  • and Japan and then among the top three highest-grossing arcade video games of 1977 in the US and Japan. The 1978 Atari VCS port uses color graphics instead...
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  • EB Games (formerly known as Electronics Boutique and EB World) is an American computer and video games retailer. First established as an American company...
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  • 1987 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Dragon Quest II, Final Lap, and Zelda II, along with new titles...
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  • 1983 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Mario Bros. and Pole Position II, along with new titles such as Astron Belt, Champion Baseball...
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  • stagnation in the "post paddle game era" over the next several years up until 1977. The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1975 in the...
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