Arcade consoles

Arcade consoles are a staple to the 70s, they are renowned for their style and the class associated with playing the games with friends on a day out.

1971-09-16 11:27:49

Galaxy Game

Galaxy game was the first ever Coin operated arcade console released, is is very basic and it uses a cathode rat-tube T.V and basic switches and resistors to control its functions, this console had no CPU.

1971-09-18 21:50:01

Pong

The first game designed for its controller, which was a control knob.

1973-12-19 16:21:01

Astro Race

First Arcade game to use a 4 way joystick controller.

1974-01-20 10:29:19

BasketBall

The first Arcade console to use sprite Graphics

1974-01-20 10:29:19

Speed Race

The first game to introduce scrolling sprite garphics

1974-01-20 10:29:19

Tank

The first game to use ROM and microships which gave it superior graphics.

1975-01-20 10:29:19

Interceptor

A flight simulator controlled by a eight way joystick to controll a crosshair and aim at the opponent.

1976-01-20 10:29:19

Moto-Cross

It an early motorbike racing game, which introduces a pseudo-3D forward-scrolling third-person perspective.It also introduces haptic feedback, causing the handlebars to vibrate during collisions.

1977-01-20 10:29:19

Space Wars

The first game to introduce vector graphics.

1978-01-20 10:29:19

Space Invaders

The kickstarter game that set off the first person shooter eira, it is the first popular super game.

1978-01-20 10:29:19

Secret Base

The most popular game that allows two-player cooperative gameplay.

1979-01-20 10:29:19

Galaxian

A popular game that used RGB colour spectrum.

1980-01-20 10:29:19

PacMan

The most popular game of all time. It introduced powerups and cutscenes.

1980-06-15 04:24:48

King & Baloon

The first game to introduce synthesized voices and it utilised dual-core processing

1981-06-15 04:24:48

Donkey Kong

The first classic platform game.

1981-06-15 04:24:48

Bosconian

Is an Introduction introduction to free roaming style of gaming and a radar for navigation.

1982-06-15 04:24:48

Time Pilot

The first indefinitely generated map.

1982-06-15 04:24:48

Quantum

Had the smoothest graphics of the age, 16-bit CPU.

1983-06-15 04:24:48

I Robot

The first commercially produced 3D-polygonal game is released

1984-06-15 04:24:48

The Last Starfighter

The most advanced consoel of its time, it used 3D polygonal graphics and started the 3D polygonal revolution.

1985-06-16 03:10:44

Gradius

The first introduction into first person action games.

1985-06-16 03:10:44

Air Race

The first game to use 3D polygons but becasue of high hardware costs it was cancelled.

1985-06-16 03:10:44

The Empire Strikes Back

The last Vector graphics based game to be released on Arcade Consoles.

1985-06-16 03:10:44

Chiller

An early release of the blood and gore style game.

1991-07-16 15:15:02

Time Traveler

a game that featured simulated holographic technology. When the screen of a 20-inch television monitor was reflected into a parabolic mirror, a two dimensional image appeared to float inside the cabinet.

1997-07-16 15:15:02

Super GT

a car racing game powered by the 64-Bit Model 3ed microprocessors comparable to those found in the Apple Macintosh PowerPC computers to create graphics even more detailed than Sega's Daytona USA.

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