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t. e. The golden age of arcade video gameswas the period of rapid growth, technological development, and cultural influence of arcade video gamesfrom the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The release of Space Invadersin 1978 led to a wave of shoot-'em-upgames such as Galaxianand the vector graphics-based Asteroidsin 1979, made possible by new ...
The following is a list of arcade games developed and published by Sega, many on their arcade system boards. In addition to making its own games, Sega has licensed out its arcade systems to third party publishers. This list comprises all of the games released on these arcade system boards.
Genre (s) Action, puzzle. Mode (s) 1-2 players alternating turns. Q*bert ( / ˈkjuːbərt /) is an arcade video game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that uses isometric graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect.
Galaga[ a] is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco. In North America, it was released by Midway Manufacturing. It is the sequel to Galaxian (1979), Namco's first major video game hit in arcades. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying the Galaga forces in each stage while avoiding enemies ...
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Action. Mode (s) Up to 2 players simultaneously. Joust is an action game developed by Williams Electronics and released in arcades in 1982. While not the first two-player cooperative video game, Joust ' s success and polished implementation popularized the concept. Players assume the role of knights armed with lances and mounted on large birds ...
This section is for Western games that have non-traditional themes or hybrid genres such as Space Western, Sci-fi West, Fantasy Western, Hybrid Western (e.g. Horror Western, Film noir, Martial arts (genre), anthropomorphic animal characters), neo-Western (Contemporary settings/times), Post-apocalyptic West, Weird West (Also can have supernatural, steampunk, superhero themes), among many others.
1-2 players alternating turns. Centipede is a 1981 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. [ 7] Designed by Dona Bailey and Ed Logg, it was one of the most commercially successful games from the golden age of arcade video games and one of the first with a significant female player base.