Category: The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987
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Missile Command is among the first arcade games to really take off and one of the first Atari 2600 games that created a compelling reason to buy that system, which I mean having an arcade game playable in your own home. The Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 version are listed in book The 100 Greatest…
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Pac-Man is one of the most iconic video game characters of all time, up there with Mario himself. The arcade game is on the list 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die, and the NES port is on the 100 Greatest Consoles Video Games 1977-1987. The best way, I think to play Pac-Man…
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People talk about Computer Space and Pong as the most important first arcade games, but you could make a very good case that Space Invaders should take that spot, since it is the arcade game that made the most money in the history of arcade games. In Japan they had centers that were all Space…
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Listed both on the 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die for the arcade game, and on the 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 for the Atari 7800 version. For the arcade game, the easiest way to play it is ARCADE GAME SERIES: Ms. Pac-Man which you can buy for about $4 for…
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A few years after Space Invaders, Namco made this slide-and-shoot game with real colors and a space background, a precursor to the universally acclaimed Galaga. The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 claims the ColecoVision port is the best, and claims it was the first arcade port that was near perfect. If you want to…
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A platformer before Super Mario Bros even existed, it’s a joy a play. The 100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987 lists this game as one of the 100 console games and chooses ColecoVision as the best version. I have to agree. The action is more fast paced than other versions, and the action is more…
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Even though Computer Space, a Spacewar! clone was made first by Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari, Pong was the breakout hit that made video arcade games profitable and started video arcade games as we know them. The easiest way to play Pong is to play it on Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration or Atari Vault.…
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