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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.
1980 saw the release of a number of games with influential concepts, including Pac-Man, Battlezone, Crazy Climber, Mystery House, Missile Command, Phoenix, Rally-X, Space Panic, Stratovox, Zork, Adventure, and Olympic Decathlon. The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco 's arcade game Pac-Man, while the best-selling home system was ...
1987 – Mega Man and Final Fantasy debut. Additionally, Out Run is highly influential in the development of racing games. [ 12] 1988 – Ninja Gaiden, Super Mario Bros. 3, and the debut of the Sega Mega Drive in Japan. 1989 – The 16-bit era begins in North America with the TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis. [ 13]
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Written by a group of students to out-do Oubliette, it was to become the most successful PLATO game ever--it accounted for 6% of all the hours spent on the system between September 1978 and May 1985. ^ "Beneath Apple Manor for Apple II (1978) - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
List of Atari, Inc. games (1972–1984) 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 ...
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Plants vs. Zombies 2. Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel. President Elect (video game) Psychonauts. Psychonauts 2. Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin.
Z. Zombi (1986 video game) Categories: Computer-related introductions in the 1980s. 1980s in video gaming. 20th-century video games. Games and sports introduced in the 1980s. 1980s software. 1980s in technology.