Category: The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: Game Over.
After 1987, for me at least, the video game arcade was on a downward spiral towards oblivion. So where did it all go wrong? Thank you so much for joining me on my journey way back to 1979 and through the best years of arcade gaming and my childhood, up to 1987. The video game…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1987
Welcome back to 1987, with this year’s long list of classic arcade games being impossible to detail in a single article. Here are some of my favourites. 1987 was a turning point for me and my fascination with the video game arcade. It had been a place of comfort for a good chunk of my…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1986
1986: Very much the year of the sequel, tech consolidation, and an understandable flattening of the innovation curve. Little did we know that, behind the scenes, this was the beginning of the end for the Video Game arcade. If I had the chance to jump on the video game merry-go-round for any year, it would…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1985
1985: The year the video game arcade reached its peak. Here’s just a few of the highlights. But it wasn’t just in the arcade that 1985 made such an impact. As an impressionable 11-year-old, it had a number of world-changing moments: Wrestling 1985 was the year I first got exposed to the colorful world of…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade: 1984
1984 was a monumentous year, not just for the video game arcade, but for pop culture in general. The arcade’s started to influence the wider world, eventually leading to their demise. So what was so special about 1984? Quite a lot! 1984 Olympics Who can forget the heroic exploits of Daley Thompson in the Decathlon,…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade : 1983
1983: The year of the video game crash, and, of course, Return of the Jedi! Home computing, for me at least wouldn’t start for another year. On my cousin’s rubber keyed Spectrum, Horace Goes Skiing didn’t do it for me, and the Arcade was still very much king, the cutting edge of the gaming industry. The arcades, at…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade : 1982
It was now 1982 and the games industry seemed to be utilising the ever-developing technology better then ever, building on the foundations of 1981 and creating larger than life, colourful classics that will never be forgotten. Every single entry in this year’s chapter exudes a certain confidence which may be down to the developers mastery…
The Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade : 1981
After a vintage year for video games, 1981 seemed less of technological leap, a building of reputations. That’s not to say we weren’t introduced to some great games, and a few new genres first saw the light of day too. 1981: Arcade halls were getting more and more popular, with the games themselves becoming just…
The Golden Age of The Video Game Arcade : 1980
1980 was a Golden Year in the Golden Age of the Video Game Arcade, which produced some of the greatest classics of all time. Here’s some of my favourites (and not so favourites). Space Invaders The original vertical space shooter, originally released in 1978, although, like Galaxian and Asteroids I didn’t come across them until…
