which paved the way for arcade video games in the early 1970s. The arcades we recognize today experienced their golden age in the late 1970s and early 1980s. By 1981, there were about 24,000 full ...

The run-and-gun genre rose to dominance in the 1980s and 1990s, largely due to the success of Contra. Originally an arcade ...

A mystery was afoot. To fully understand the problem, she considered a mid-1980’s arcade and its cacophony of sounds. How would a manufacturer make their arcade game stand out? By making it ...

In the original Pac-Man (released in October 1980 as an arcade game in Japan), the ghosts, also known as the "Ghost Gang," each had unique AI traits that contributed to the game's enduring appeal.