Video Games 1982

Video Games 1982 Electronic Games holds the third Arcade Awards, for games released during 1980-1981. Pac-Man wins the best arcade game award, Asteroids (Atari VCS) wins the best console game award, and Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit family) wins the best computer game award. Video Games presented in this video: Donkey Kong Jr. (Arcade By Nintendo) Dig Dug (Arcade By Namco / Atari) Time Pilot (Arcade By Konami) Pole Position (Arcade By Namco / Atari) Pitfall! (Atari 2600 By Activision) Moon Patrol (Arcade By Irem / Williams) Q*Bert (Arcade By Gottlieb) Joust (Arcade By Williams) Zaxxon (Arcade By Sega) Popeye (Arcade By Nintendo) Super Pac-Man (Arcade By Namco) Tron (Arcade By Bally Midway) River Raid (Atari 2600 By Activision) Mr. Do! (Arcade By Universal) Xevious (Arcade By Namco / Atari) Carnival (Colecovision) Jungle Hunt (Arcade By Taito) Robotron 2084 (Arcade By Williams) Bagman (Arcade By Valadon Automation) Berzerk (Vectrex) Wizardry II (Computer Game By Sir-Tech) Ultima II (Computer Game By Sierra On-Line) Frogs and Flies (Atari 2600 By Mattel) Night Stalker (Intellivision) Buck Rogers Planet of Zoom (Arcade By Sega) Millipede (Arcade By Atari) Pengo (Arcade By Sega) Swords & Serpents (Intellivision By Imagic) Oink! (Atari 2600 By Activision) Smurfs: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle (Colecovision) Spider-Man (Atari 2600 By Parker Brothers) Venture (Colecovision) Tron: Deadly Discs (Intellivision) Tron: Maze-A-Tron (Intellivision) Necromancer (Atari 8-Bit By Synapse Software) Shamus (Atari 8-Bit By Synapse Software) Incredible Wizard (Bally Astrocade) Dragonfire (Atari 2600 By Imagic) Demon Attack (Atari 2600 By Imagic) Shark! Shark! (Intellivision) Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1982: bit.ly/2vry4LL Computer Games 1982 Richard Garriott and Sierra On-Line released Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress. However, controversy with Sierra over royalties led the series creator Richard Garriott to start his own company, Origin Systems. Sir-Tech Software, Inc. releases Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds, the second scenario in the Wizardry series. Koei releases Night Life, the first erotic computer game. Pony Canyon releases Spy Daisakusen, another early Japanese RPG. Synapse releases Necromancer and Shamus for the Atari 8-bit family. Hiroyuki Imabayashi’s Sokoban is released for the NEC PC-8801 and becomes an oft-cloned puzzle game concept. Console Video Games 1982 Atari releases the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. 12 million cartridges are produced, 7 million sold; it’s believed to be one of the causes of the North American video game crash of 1983. Activision releases Pitfall!, which goes on to sell 4 million copies. Atari releases Yars’ Revenge. Overlooked arcade games are revitalized as ColecoVision launch titles, including Cosmic Avenger, Mouse Trap, Lady Bug, and Venture. Atari releases E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Written in five and a half weeks, it’s one of the games that sparks the crash of 1983. Activision releases River Raid, Megamania, Barnstorming, Chopper Command, and Starmaster for the Atari 2600. River Raid becomes one of the all-time bestselling games for the system. Parker Brothers releases Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600, which is the first Star Wars video game. Imagic releases Demon Attack, Atlantis, and Dragonfire for the 2600. Even though, Atlantis sells over a million copies, Demon Attack doubles that. Arcade Games 1982 Sega releases Zaxxon, which introduces isometric graphics, and looks far more 3D than any other raster game at the time. Midway releases Ms. Pac-Man, which is the sequel to Pac-Man, but was created without Namco’s authorization. They also release Baby Pac-Man and Pac-Man Plus without Namco’s authorization later in the year. Namco releases Dig Dug, manufactured by Atari in North America. Nintendo releases Donkey Kong Jr., the sequel to Donkey Kong. Taito releases parallax scroller Jungle Hunt. Namco releases Pole Position, one of the first games with stereophonic and quadraphonic sound. Featuring a pseudo-3D, third-person, rear-view perspective, it becomes the most popular racing game of its time. Other Arcade Video Games 1982 Sega releases maze game Pengo, starring a cute penguin. Namco releases Super Pac-Man, the third title in the Pac-Man series. Konami releases Time Pilot, Namco releases Xevious which sets the style for scrolling shooters to come. Gottlieb releases Q*bert. Bally/Midway releases the Tron arcade game before the movie. Williams Electronics releases Joust, Robotron: 2084, Sinistar, and the second game of the year with parallax scrolling, Irem’s Moon Patrol. Robotron popularizes the twin-stick control scheme for fast action games. Vote for Your Favorite Video Games of 1982: bit.ly/2vry4LL Thanks for watching the video and reading this description! Please Like and Subscribe! youtu.be/J5PNYMUjLcE

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