| It is amazing to know that as there was nowhere | | | | the most popular 80s Arcade Games were Space |
| else to go after school actually apart from the | | | | Invaders one of the predecessors of modern |
| malls therefore the 80s arcades games were the | | | | video games, first released in 1978 in Japan. |
| only places where the game enthusiasts of few | | | | Japanese Toshihiro Nishikado is the proud creator |
| years back falling under teenage groups devoted | | | | of this game. These arcade game mimics a |
| themselves and their free time there. | | | | shooting gallery with a movable laser resembling a |
| It is true that for 80s arcade games, Pong itself | | | | cannon placed below the video screen in which |
| was a big thing - the first ever thing to be done | | | | the goal of the player is to avoid the deadly rays |
| virtually, but it was far in the 60s and it was one | | | | and bombs and shoot the aliens to prevent them |
| considered a great means of entertainment that | | | | to reach the bottom of the screen to win the |
| was only reached by few and very few kids | | | | game. Pac-Man created by Namco and was first |
| nowadays will consider them worthy to even look | | | | distributed in 1980, still remains to be popular |
| at. Same is the case with the game enthusiasts | | | | today in their new form. It was non-violent, easy |
| of that time confessing that they would have | | | | to play and enjoyable. Donkey Kong made by |
| loved it to be born and raised in this age, in the | | | | Nintendo and was introduced in 1981 is played by |
| time when things have been new and cheap as | | | | maneuvering the chief character, Mario (formerly |
| the first video games. Arcade games began to be | | | | Jump man), across a series of platforms to get |
| so popular in the early 70s after the release of | | | | rid of obstacles that prevent him from rescuing a |
| the Pong video game based on ping-pong or table | | | | maiden in distress from the hands of Donkey |
| tennis by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney that | | | | Kong. There were also many other arcade games |
| made Atari. | | | | like the Battlezone, Pengo, Tron, Tetris, Rubik's |
| The success of the Pong video game bred lots of | | | | cube and many others played at that time. |
| copies and created more and more desirous video | | | | The craze for 80s arcade games only began to |
| players that eventually led to the availability of | | | | subside with the advent of advanced home video |
| abundance arcade games around the year 1980. | | | | game consoles until the coming of fighting games |
| It became available everywhere in the malls, | | | | like the Street Fighter ll that required two players |
| department stores, bars and even in restaurants | | | | saved these games from dieing completely. |
| and movie houses in the United States. Among | | | | |