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.
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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.