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Theme of the game was influenced by the Cold War era. Pac-Man: 1980 Namco (Japan) / Midway (U.S.) One of the most popular and influential games, it had the first gaming mascot, established maze chase genre, opened gaming to female audiences, [136] and introduced power-ups [137] and cutscenes. [138] Phoenix: 1980 Amstar Electronics / Centuri (U ...
The Fairchild Channel F is able to use one plane of graphics and one of four background colors per line, with three plot colors to choose from (red, green, and blue) that turned into white if the background is set to black, at a resolution of 128 × 64, with approximately 102 × 58 pixels visible. [15] In total there are 8 possible colors. [16]
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.
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It has the first gaming mascot character, established the maze chase genre, opened gaming to female audiences, [29] introduced power-ups, [30] and told a story through cutscenes. [31] May – Stratovox from Sun Electronics is the first game with voice synthesis. July – Atari, Inc. releases the cold-war-inspired Missile Command.
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Displays a background using multiple colors which gradually phases from one color to another. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Background color 1 1 First background color Suggested values #000000 Line optional Background color 2 2 Second background color Suggested values #000000 Line optional Background color 3 3 Third background color Suggested values ...
IBM XT released, similar to the original IBM PC but with a hard drive. It had a 10 MB hard disk, 128 KB of RAM, one floppy drive, mono monitor and a printer, all for $5000. US Compaq Portable released, the first IBM PC compatible machine released with an IBM PC compatible BIOS written from scratch. US MS-DOS 2.0, PC DOS 2.0