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Video Games 1984 - 80s Part V
Video Games 1984 The fifth Arcade Awards are held, for games released during 1982-1983. Pole Position wins Coin-Op Game of the Year, Ms. Pac-Man wins console Videogame of the Year, Lode Runner wins Computer Game of the Year, and Q*bert wins dedicated Stand-Alone Game of the Year. For the second Golden Joystick Awards (held in 1985), Knight Lore takes Game of the Year. New Hardware in 1984 Apple Inc. announces the original, 128K, floppy disc-only, Macintosh. IBM releases the IBM PCjr in an attempt to enter the home computer market. It has improved sound and graphics over the original, business-oriented IBM PC, but is commercial failure. Atari announces the Atari 7800, a next-gen console that’s compatible with Atari 2600 cartridges. It is then shelved until 1986 due to the sale of the company and legal issues. Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Games featured in this video: Excitebike Famicom Duck Hunt Famicom Hogan’s Alley Famicom Circus Charlie Arcade Return of the Jedi Arcade Tower of Druaga Arcade Ghostbusters c64 Montezuma’s Revenge Home Computer Boulder Dash Home Computer F1 Race Famicom Ice Climber Famicom Golf Famicom Tennis Famicom Dragon Buster Arcade Super Xevious Arcade Super Bagman Arcade Vulgus Arcade Star Force Arcade Antarctic Adventure Colecovision Lupin III Super Cassette Vision Pitfall II Atari 2600 HERO Atari 5200 & 8-bit HERO Commodore 64 Rescue on Fractalus Atari 8-bit Lode Runner Famicom Donkey Kong 3 Famicom Pinball Famicom Nuts and Milk Famicom Karateka Apple II Dragon Slayer PC-88 Ancient Art of War MS-DOS Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Home Computers Console Games 1984 Nintendo releases a conversion of their own Donkey Kong 3 for the Famicom/NES. Nintendo releases Ice Climber and Balloon Fight for the Famicom/NES. Activision releases Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, one of the last major titles for the Atari 2600. Each cartridge contains a custom chip allowing 4-voice sound. Computer Games 1984 Computer Video Games 1984: Alexei Pajitnov creates Tetris for the Electronika 60 in the Soviet Union. Elite, an influential wireframe 3D space trading game offering full six degrees of freedom and a then-unique open-ended design was released. Nihon Falcom releases Dragon Slayer, which lays the foundations for the action role-playing game genre. T&E Soft releases Hydlide, an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic. Knight Lore by Ultimate Play the Game is released for the ZX Spectrum. It is the third title in the Sabreman series, but the first to use the isometric Filmation engine. Bullet-Proof Software releases The Black Onyx, which helps popularize turn-based role-playing games in Japan. Brøderbund releases The Ancient Art of War. It is a real-time tactics game and a precursor to the real-time strategy genre. Brøderbund also releases Karateka for the Apple II. Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Arcade Games 1984 Arcade Video Games 1984: Namco releases Gaplus, the sequel to Galaga. Also, Namco releases the Tower of Druaga arcade game, a precursor to the action role-playing game genre. Data East releases Technōs Japan’s Karate Champ, laying the foundations for the one-one-one fighting game genre. Namco releases Pac-Land and lays the foundations for horizontally-scrolling platform games. Namco releases Grobda, a spin-off from Xevious. In addition, Namco releases Super Xevious and Dragon Buster, the latter of which is one of the first games to feature a life bar. Capcom releases 1942. Irem releases Kung-Fu Master and lays the foundations for the beat ’em up genre. Atari Games releases Marble Madness, their first game written in the C programming language and to use a 68000-family microprocessor. Gaming innovations 1984 Dragon Slayer lays the foundations for the action role-playing game genre Hydlide was an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic Kung-Fu Master / Spartan X lays the foundations for the beat ’em up genre Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Music featured in this video: Tower of Druaga Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr1YwmZ8jW0 Pitfall II Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kgc7_yopM Star Force Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZEbvpgDJyQ Marble Madness www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAYJdLXgZo I do not own any rights for the music in this video! All rights for the music belong to the authors! youtu.be/svpecEkRy44
Video Games 1984 - 80s Part V
Video Games 1984 The fifth Arcade Awards are held, for games released during 1982-1983. Pole Position wins Coin-Op Game of the Year, Ms. Pac-Man wins console Videogame of the Year, Lode Runner wins Computer Game of the Year, and Q*bert wins dedicated Stand-Alone Game of the Year. For the second Golden Joystick Awards (held in 1985), Knight Lore takes Game of the Year. New Hardware in 1984 Apple Inc. announces the original, 128K, floppy disc-only, Macintosh. IBM releases the IBM PCjr in an attempt to enter the home computer market. It has improved sound and graphics over the original, business-oriented IBM PC, but is commercial failure. Atari announces the Atari 7800, a next-gen console that’s compatible with Atari 2600 cartridges. It is then shelved until 1986 due to the sale of the company and legal issues. Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Games featured in this video: Excitebike Famicom Duck Hunt Famicom Hogan’s Alley Famicom Circus Charlie Arcade Return of the Jedi Arcade Tower of Druaga Arcade Ghostbusters c64 Montezuma’s Revenge Home Computer Boulder Dash Home Computer F1 Race Famicom Ice Climber Famicom Golf Famicom Tennis Famicom Dragon Buster Arcade Super Xevious Arcade Super Bagman Arcade Vulgus Arcade Star Force Arcade Antarctic Adventure Colecovision Lupin III Super Cassette Vision Pitfall II Atari 2600 HERO Atari 5200 & 8-bit HERO Commodore 64 Rescue on Fractalus Atari 8-bit Lode Runner Famicom Donkey Kong 3 Famicom Pinball Famicom Nuts and Milk Famicom Karateka Apple II Dragon Slayer PC-88 Ancient Art of War MS-DOS Beyond Castle Wolfenstein Home Computers Console Games 1984 Nintendo releases a conversion of their own Donkey Kong 3 for the Famicom/NES. Nintendo releases Ice Climber and Balloon Fight for the Famicom/NES. Activision releases Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, one of the last major titles for the Atari 2600. Each cartridge contains a custom chip allowing 4-voice sound. Computer Games 1984 Computer Video Games 1984: Alexei Pajitnov creates Tetris for the Electronika 60 in the Soviet Union. Elite, an influential wireframe 3D space trading game offering full six degrees of freedom and a then-unique open-ended design was released. Nihon Falcom releases Dragon Slayer, which lays the foundations for the action role-playing game genre. T&E Soft releases Hydlide, an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic. Knight Lore by Ultimate Play the Game is released for the ZX Spectrum. It is the third title in the Sabreman series, but the first to use the isometric Filmation engine. Bullet-Proof Software releases The Black Onyx, which helps popularize turn-based role-playing games in Japan. Brøderbund releases The Ancient Art of War. It is a real-time tactics game and a precursor to the real-time strategy genre. Brøderbund also releases Karateka for the Apple II. Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Arcade Games 1984 Arcade Video Games 1984: Namco releases Gaplus, the sequel to Galaga. Also, Namco releases the Tower of Druaga arcade game, a precursor to the action role-playing game genre. Data East releases Technōs Japan’s Karate Champ, laying the foundations for the one-one-one fighting game genre. Namco releases Pac-Land and lays the foundations for horizontally-scrolling platform games. Namco releases Grobda, a spin-off from Xevious. In addition, Namco releases Super Xevious and Dragon Buster, the latter of which is one of the first games to feature a life bar. Capcom releases 1942. Irem releases Kung-Fu Master and lays the foundations for the beat ’em up genre. Atari Games releases Marble Madness, their first game written in the C programming language and to use a 68000-family microprocessor. Gaming innovations 1984 Dragon Slayer lays the foundations for the action role-playing game genre Hydlide was an early action role-playing game that features a health regeneration mechanic Kung-Fu Master / Spartan X lays the foundations for the beat ’em up genre Read more and vote for your favorite video games: ift.tt/2OkxV7z Music featured in this video: Tower of Druaga Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr1YwmZ8jW0 Pitfall II Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kgc7_yopM Star Force Soundtrack www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZEbvpgDJyQ Marble Madness www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAYJdLXgZo I do not own any rights for the music in this video! All rights for the music belong to the authors! youtu.be/svpecEkRy44