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1.1.History of Arcade Games Video games are a daily part of the life for children now a days and it has taken a form of a culture. The beginning of this culture began in 1972 with the invention of arcade cabinets displaying ‘Pong’, a game developed by Atari. This invention had a huge impact on the world

Basketball arcade games with real balls became popular during the late '80s to early 2000s. Basketball arcade games had been around for decades, of course. Play Basketball by Aero-Matic in 1920 used a setup similar to the earliest pinball cabinets. Taito’s Basketball (1974) was one of the first conventional arcade cabinets to feature the sport.

Atari release Tempest, the first color vector arcade game. Nintendo releases Donkey Kong, which was one of the first platform games. It was also the game that introduced Mario (named simply "Jumpman" at the time) to the video game world. Namco releases Galaga, sequel to Galaxian.

The Golden Age Of Video Arcade Games | 1970 - 1985 The Early 1970's saw the creation of today's multi-billion dollar worldwide market for Video Games, the establishment of the Arcade Gameroom and origins of the Digital Out-Of-Home Entertainment Industry. The " Galaxy Game " is the earliest known coin-operated video arcade game.

Skee-Ball is the oldest ever arcade game. Dating as far back as the early 1900s, the idea for the game was patented by Joseph Fourestier Simpson of New Jersey. It was advertised initially by Billboard magazine in 1909, leading to the game’s first ever sale.

The arcade gaming scene started out as early as the late 1930s with the first few coin operated pinball machines. As the decades came rushing in, games became better and better, and by the late 60’s, arcade games started becoming more fun.

Arcade Video game '99 The Last War: 1985: Kyugo Japan: Commodore Amiga 500 disk. 'Allo 'Allo! Cartoon Fun. 1993: Alternative Soft., Ltd. Trade Stimulator 'leven come Seven: 1935: Kalamazoo Automatic Music Co. Kalamazoo, MI, USA: Commodore Amiga 500 disk. 'Nam 1965-1975: 1991: Domark Group, Ltd. Atari ST disk. 'Nam 1965-1975: 1991: Domark Group, Ltd. Coin-op Misc. game

Nintendo actually made its first arcade ‘game’ in 1973 with the Laser Clay Shooting System. Japan in the early 1970s was full of deserted bowling alleys: it was a craze which had died out, meaning owners had to figure out ways to use these big empty areas.