The golden age of arcade video games was the period of rapid growth, technological development, and cultural influence of arcade video games from the late...
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modestly until the release of Taito's Space Invaders in 1978 and Namco's Pac-Man in 1980, creating a golden age of arcade video games that lasted through about...
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cabinets. Video games were introduced in amusement arcades in the late 1970s and were most popular during the golden age of arcade video games, the early...
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led to a golden age of arcade video games, the exact dates of which are debated but range from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. This golden age includes...
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saw the release of new video games such as Space Invaders. The year is considered the beginning of the golden age of arcade video games. The year's highest-grossing...
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the end of the era, there were over 15 different consoles. It coincided with, and was partly fuelled by, the golden age of arcade video games. This peak...
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growth in the golden age of arcade video games, including Space Invaders and Pac-Man, the home console market also flourished. The 1983 video game crash...
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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 industry, but...
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Invaders is released, popularizing the medium and beginning the golden age of arcade video games. 1979 – The first handheld console, the Microvision is released...
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amusement arcades. Most arcade games are presented as primarily games of skill and include arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption...
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generation of console video gaming in North America. To a lesser extent, the arcade video game market also weakened as the golden age of arcade video games came...
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decision making. During the golden age of arcade video games the idea of AI opponents was largely popularized in the form of graduated difficulty levels...
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was the peak 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...
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become part of mainstream cinema. Golden age of arcade video games, late 1970s-1980s Golden Era of Spanish Software, 1983–1992 The Golden Age of radio-controlled...
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Pole Position (redirect from Pole Position (arcade game))
important titles from the golden age of arcade video games. It was an evolution of Namco's earlier arcade racing electro-mechanical games, notably F-1 (1976)...
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the golden age of arcade video games and one of the first with a significant female player base. The primary objective is to shoot all the segments of a...
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Galaga (redirect from Galaga (1981 arcade game))
widely regarded as a major game from the golden age of arcade video games and one of the greatest video games of all time. Critics applauded its gameplay...
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of the most important titles of the golden age of arcade video games, selling over 55,000 units to become the company's best-selling game and one of the...
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considered one of the most important games from the golden age of arcade video games and one of the greatest and most popular arcade games of all time. It...
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Dig Dug (redirect from Zig Zag (arcade game))
strategy. During the golden age of arcade video games, it was globally successful, including as the second highest-grossing arcade game of 1982 in Japan. It...
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and 1980s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and home computer games were introduced to the general public. Since then, video gaming has become...
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during the "golden age" of arcade video games from the late 1970s to early 1980s but suffered from the crash of the North American video game market in...
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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...
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open-source tank game. Video games portal Golden age of arcade video games "Video Game Flyers: Battlezone, Atari, Inc. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved...
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The Arcade Awards, also known as the Arkie Awards, was one of the first video game awards, dating back to the golden age of arcade video games and lasting...
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Tomohiro Nishikado (redirect from Wheels (video game))
the Taito Corporation of Japan, often credited as the first shoot 'em up and for beginning the golden age of arcade video games. Prior to Space Invaders...
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Bosconian (redirect from Blast Off (arcade game))
not achieve the global commercial success of other shoot 'em up games from the golden age of arcade video games. It was ported to home computers as Bosconian...
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timeline of arcade video games. 1971 At Stanford University, two students release the PDP-11-based machine Galaxy Game. It is a clone of Spacewar!, one of the...
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"Golden age of arcade video games", "Golden Age of Radio", "Golden Age of Hip Hop" "Golden Age of Kamishibai Theater" (in Japan) and even "Golden Age of...
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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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