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The video game crash of 1983 (known in Japan as the Atari shock) [1] was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was attributed to several factors, including market saturation in the number of video game consoles and available games, many of which were of poor quality .
Gravitar is a color vector graphics multidirectional shooter arcade video game released by Atari, Inc. in 1982. Using the same "rotate-and-thrust" controls as Asteroids and Space Duel, the game was known for its high level of difficulty. [3] It was the first of over twenty games (including the 1983 Star Wars) that Mike Hally designed and ...
A major shakeout of the North American video game industry ("the crash of 1983") begins. By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$3.2 billion to US$0.1 billion. [43] December - Sente Technologies, a division of Pizza Time Theater, launches and demonstrates its first title Snake Pit.
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 video game crash of 1983 was an industrywide disaster, especially for Atari. Nintendo's new regional subsidiary, Nintendo of America, was tentatively planning the risky American adaptation of the hit Japanese video game console, the Famicom.
CommaVid was a game developer and publisher for the Atari 2600 that released six games between 1981 and 1983, plus a programming tool for the console. [1] The company was founded by Dr. Irwin Gaines, Dr. John Bronstein, and Dr. Joseph Biel [2] under the name Computer Magic Video, which was shortened to Com Ma Vid, or CommaVid. [2]
From the get-go, Crash mixes Eighties synths with booming hip-hop basslines. In the album’s best moments, Kehlani’s feather-light vocals are capable of lifting this 13-track declaration of ...
Games by Apollo Inc. (also known as Apollo) was a third-party developer of games for the Atari 2600 video game system, based in Richardson, Texas.It was founded in October 1981 by Pat Roper as a subsidiary of his National Career Consultants (NCC). [1]