History of video games/Golden age of arcade games

__NOTOC__ Important arcade games Pong Pong is widely credited with sparking public interest in arcade games, and by extension the golden age of arcade games. For information on Pong, please read its dedicated section in this book. Wild Gunman Wild Gunman Wild Gunman was an early arcade game made by Nintendo in 1974 with Gunpei Yokoi as a designer. The Wild Gunman arcade machine used prerecorded video and a light gun to create a wild west experience.Nintendo’s Wild Gunman (1974) https://2warpstoneptune.com/2013/09/13/nintendos-wild-gunman-1974/ 2 Warps to Neptune 27 November 2020 en 13 September 2013 The game was released in North America in 1976 through a partnership with Sega.Glennon Jen 'Wild Gunman': How Nintendo's "baby's toy" changed games forever https://www.inverse.com/gaming/wild-gunman-nintendo-back-to-the-future-sega Inverse 27 November 2020 enFeature: The Unlikely Story Of Sega And Nintendo's Early Coin-Op Alliance https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/08/feature_the_unlikely_story_of_sega_and_nintendos_early_coin-op_alliance Nintendo Life 27 November 2020 13 August 2018 Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders was released in 1978 by Taito to critical successSpace Invaders' Creator Says He Would Have Made It 'Far Easier' https://kotaku.com/space-invaders-creator-says-he-would-have-made-it-far-1448706509 Kotaku 3 December 2020 en-us. The development of Space Invaders was unorthodox for the time, because its designer Tomohiro Nishikado treated the game as more of a software project than a hardware project, and pushed the limits of the mediumSpace Invaders at 40: 'I tried soldiers, but shooting people was frowned upon' https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/04/space-invaders-at-40-tomohiro-nishikado-interview the Guardian 3 December 2020 en 4 June 2018. The inability of the computer to render all sprites at once without slowdown lead to desirable features kept in the game, namely a satisfying adaptive difficulty where enemies got faster when the player did well, and music that got faster as the game got faster. Space Invaders is often credited with popularizing, though not inventing, high scores and leaderboards.6 Fascinating Facts About 'Space Invaders' UNIQLO TODAY UNIQLO US https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/news/topics/2018101501/ UNIQLO TODAY UNIQLO US 3 December 2020 The original arcade cabinet uses a cellophane overlay to add color to it's normally monochrome graphics.5 things you never knew about Space Invaders https://news.game.co.uk/5-things-never-knew-space-invaders-40th-anniversary/ GAME Media 3 December 2020 5 July 2018 Space Invaders would highly influence a number of notable developers, including Shigeru Miyamoto, John Carmack, Hideo Kojima, and John Romero. In 1980, Space Invaders was successfully ported to the Atari 2600 (the first arcade game to receive a home port) by Atari, Inc. programmer Rick Maurer, becoming the first video game to sell over a million copies (six millions by 1984). This version was the one used during the first esports event, The Space Invaders Tournament, held by Atari in the United States to launch the game in 1980. The tournament was won by Rebecca Heineman, then known as "William Salvador Heineman", who practiced with the game on pirate cartridges made by himself/herself. Heineman would later become a notable games developer. Numerous other ports, both official and unauthorized, appeared on the consoles and computers markets, as well as various arcade games imitating and improving the game's gameplay. Pac-Man Pac-Man First launched in Japan on May 22, 1980 as Puck Man by Namco, and then released in the United States of America by Midway Games in October of 1980 as Pac-Man (the name was changed to prevent cabinet defacement) to massive successCNN Jacopo Prisco Pac-Man at 40: The eating icon that changed gaming history https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pac-man-40-anniversary-history/index.html CNN 27 November 2020 enHISTORY│ The Official Site for PAC-MAN - Video Games & More https://pacman.com/en/history/ HISTORY│ The Official Site for PAC-MAN - Video Games & More 27 November 2020 en , Toru Iwatani's masterpiece video game soon conquered the video game market. Pac-Man was designed to reach out to demographics that were not being serviced by other arcade games, leading to expanded interest in video games,Delgado Michelle Why Players Around the World Gobbled Up Pac-Man https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/why-players-around-world-gobbled-up-pac-man-180974902/ Smithsonian Magazine 27 November 2020 en and also received a great number of console and arcade ports. Pac-Man contains 255 levels (simply due to a bug leading to level 256 being impossible to beatNKKfW8X9uYk Pac-Man Kill Screen ExplainedYouTube}}) and has four ghosts chasing Pac-Man - each with their own individual AIataGotQ7ir8 Pac-Man Ghost AI ExplainedYouTube.. Ms. Pac-Man Pac-Man was followed by a number of sequels, remakes and reimaginings. The first of those was 1982's Ms. Pac-Man, a Midway-published game developed by General Computer Corporation, derived from their Pac-Man modkit Crazy Otto. Ms. Pac-Man was a noticeably more advanced game, with four different mazes alternating, new ghost AIs, new music, audio and graphics and other enhancements, but ran on the same Namco arcade system as the original Pac-Man. It started a series of Midway-published pinballs and video games using Pac-Man characters, which included Pac-Man Plus (1982), Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man (1982), Baby Pac-Man (1982), Professor Pac-Man (1983) and Jr. Pac-Man (1983). This deliberately unauthorized usage of the Namco assets for the Western market led to an end in the partnership between the two companies. Galaga Galaga A sequel of the 1979 Galaxian, Galaga was released in 1981.Galaga (Namco) https://gaminghistory101.com/2012/03/22/galaga/ Gaming History 101 27 November 2020 en 22 March 2012Galaga Web BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. https://galaga.com/en/history/galagaLeague.php Galaga Web BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. 27 November 2020 en Galaga was quite popular in arcades, and received a number of home ports.Galaga Web BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. https://galaga.com/en/history/galaga.php Galaga Web BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. 27 November 2020 en Donkey Kong Donkey Kong (video game) Radar Scope was a Space Invaders and Galaxian inspired game released by Nintendo in December 1979. After the failure of Radar Scope in America, a Nintendo employee fairly new to game design, Shigeru Miyamoto worked with a technical team at the firm Ikegami Tsushinki to reuse the failed machines as a new game.The Secret History of Donkey Kong https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/134790/the_secret_history_of_donkey_kong.php www.gamasutra.com 27 November 2020 enParish Jeremy 35 Years Ago, Nintendo's First Brush With Video Disaster https://www.usgamer.net/articles/35-years-ago-nintendo-had-its-first-brush-with-video-game-disaster USgamer 27 November 2020 en 20 January 2014 Since Donkey Kong was based on older Radar Scope arcade game machines, some features like the typeface used remained the same.STS13: Videogame Typography and its Antecedents https://www.zachwhalen.net/posts/sts13-videogame-typography-and-its-antecedents/ Zach Whalen 11 November 2020 en 8 March 2013 Shigeru Miyamoto designed Donkey Kong around a jumping mechanic, which he tried to tap into the intrinsic joy of physical activity.Shigeru Miyamoto Shares Nintendo Secrets https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/shigeru-miyamoto-shares-nintendo-secrets-19215/a-star-is-born-178703/ 29 January 2021 Rolling Stone 8 April 2013 Donkey Kong launched in the United States on June 2nd, 1981 and achieved widespread popularity.How Donkey Kong and Mario Changed the World https://time.com/3901489/donkey-kong-anniversary/ Time 27 November 2020 Gallery References Golden age of arcade video games Arcade games XR Arcades after the golden age 100%