Arcade video games are a preferred entertainment game genre that had its apex years ago but still make up a little of the computer gaming industry. While most video games today are games played on PCs or mobile gizmos, many young people still like playing the video games at arcade entertainment areas.
You might play an arcade game for one penny back in the early 1900's and the price has climbed through the years to the present price of usually around 50 cents but still not too expensive as to chase off potential game players.
The top period for arcade video games was in the 1970's when there were arcade centers all over the country and there was not the competition there is now with private game devices and home PCs. Most public spaces like malls and bars had an area for arcade games and they did a heavy business.
Some of the earlier games that were enormous hits the game Periscope by Sega that was released in 1966. This game was one of the first real mega hit arcade games and first to charge twenty five cents for one play. Taito released Crown Soccer Special a year after Periscope and that was also a massive success.
In the the exciting 60's the big company for video games was Sega who developed many shooter games that were an instant success. Many corporations have Sega and today shooter games continue to be a main Nintendo game idiom. Sega continued to lead the industry in innovative games with the introduction Duck Hunt in 1969 which used screen animations on the game system.
coin-used games started arriving on the market in 1971 and this permitted the arcade games to be located on more public places and not required to be supervised. This gave participants extra access to the games and allowed a greater player base.
The 1970's saw the arrival of harder games that were huge successes including Atari's Pong, which showed video games to a new group of users. The video games just kept coming with Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Battlezone and Donkey Kong.
The success of the arcade gaming scene started to waver in the 1980's with more people using home technology and keeping away from arcades, although they made passing combacks with the Street Fighter games.
You might play an arcade game for one penny back in the early 1900's and the price has climbed through the years to the present price of usually around 50 cents but still not too expensive as to chase off potential game players.
The top period for arcade video games was in the 1970's when there were arcade centers all over the country and there was not the competition there is now with private game devices and home PCs. Most public spaces like malls and bars had an area for arcade games and they did a heavy business.
Some of the earlier games that were enormous hits the game Periscope by Sega that was released in 1966. This game was one of the first real mega hit arcade games and first to charge twenty five cents for one play. Taito released Crown Soccer Special a year after Periscope and that was also a massive success.
In the the exciting 60's the big company for video games was Sega who developed many shooter games that were an instant success. Many corporations have Sega and today shooter games continue to be a main Nintendo game idiom. Sega continued to lead the industry in innovative games with the introduction Duck Hunt in 1969 which used screen animations on the game system.
coin-used games started arriving on the market in 1971 and this permitted the arcade games to be located on more public places and not required to be supervised. This gave participants extra access to the games and allowed a greater player base.
The 1970's saw the arrival of harder games that were huge successes including Atari's Pong, which showed video games to a new group of users. The video games just kept coming with Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Battlezone and Donkey Kong.
The success of the arcade gaming scene started to waver in the 1980's with more people using home technology and keeping away from arcades, although they made passing combacks with the Street Fighter games.
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Joe Jagger is mad about video games and that includes the classic arcade video games and the role they played in the history of video games.
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