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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 1970s to the early 1980s. The release of Space Invaders in 1978 led to a wave of shoot-'em-up games such as Galaxian and the vector graphics -based Asteroids in 1979, made possible by new ...
The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers, by Brian Ashcraft; The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, by Bill Kurtz; The First Quarter: A 25 Year History of Video Games, by Steven L. Kent; Gamester's Guide to Arcade Video Games, by Paul Kordestani; Game Over, by David Sheff; Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, edited ...
The arcade video game market in the US generates $2.81 billion in revenue [1] ($10.4 billion adjusted for inflation). Home video games sell $464 million ($1.72 billion adjusted for inflation) in the United States, with the Atari VCS leading the market with a 44% share. [2]
Atari was an early pioneer in the video game industry.In fact, it virtually created the industry with its introduction of the arcade game Pong.The brand name "Atari" was used for many years and applied to several other entities that developed products ranging from arcade video games to home video game consoles to home computers to video games for personal computers.
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.
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.