Arcade Games Golden age Timeline

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1978 Space Invaders This game was the first blockbuster arcade game and started the shootem up genre. Contents

1979 Asteroids This was one of the most popular and influential arcade games in the Golden age of Arcade Games selling 70,000 arcade cabinets. Galaxian This game has been popular since it was released and has been a part of competitive gamming ever since. Sheriff This is one of the earliest-style game and is a run and gun game. Radar Scope This game is a cross between Space Invader and Galaxian but is in three types of cabinets: upright, cockpit and cocktail. Contents

1980 Pac-Man This is the biggest selling game and the first maze chase game. King & Balloon This is the first game to use synthesized voices. Rally-X This is the first game to use background music, multi scrolling and a radar map. Defender This game is a slid-scrolling shooter and is set on the surface of an unnamed planet. Contents

1981 Donkey Kong This is one of the first platform games and it introduced Mario or Jumpman at the time. Eliminator This is a multi-directional shooter and is the only four-player vector game. Scramble This is the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels. Frogger This is a game when you need to get a frog across the road avoiding traffic. Bosconian This game introduced free-roaming gameplay because a players ship can move freely in all directions. Contents

1982 Moon Patrol This is the first game to use parallax scrolling. Pole Position This is one of the most popular arcade games of all time. Star Trek This is one of the most elaborate vector games ever released because it had five different controls, six different enemies and forty different levels. Time Pilot This game is a time traveling themed game which uses a free-roaming style gameplay. Quantum This is an arcade game that uses a 16-bit 68000CPU which gave it better details and graphics. Contents

1983 I robot This is the first 3D-polygonal game. Journey This is the first game to use digitized sprites. Dragons Lair This is the first game to use cel-animated video. Libble Rabble This is Namcos first game to have a 16-bit processor. Star Wars This game is a simulation of the movies attack on the Death Star. Contents

1984 Marble Madness This game involves the player moving a marble through six courses. Paperboy This game involves the player delivering papers, vandalizing homes and avoiding hazards. Pac-Land This game involves Pac-Man to go on trips and take the fairy's to Fairyland. Contents

1985 Gauntlet This is a maze game that allows the player to choose from four characters. Yie Ar Kung-Fu This is the basis for modern fighting games. Vs. Super Mario Brothers This game is different from the original game because it is harder with Tehkan World Cup this is the first multi-player football game. Contents

1986 Out Run This is one of the best selling video games of all time. Chiller This game is an early example of blood and gore. Contents