![]() Edu-Ware releases The Prisoner for the Apple II, loosely based upon the 1960s TV series of the same name.The mainframe game Rogue is written by Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and Ken Arnold, eventually spawning a crowded genre of Roguelike games.December – Infocom releases its first game, Zork (later called Zork I), which begins the Zork series.The first batch of games from Activision, all for the Atari VCS, hits stores: Dragster, Fishing Derby, Boxing, Bridge, and Checkers.Atari, Inc.'s port of Space Invaders becomes the killer app for the VCS and the first console title to sell a million copies.The multi-stage Phoenix sports one of the first video-game bosses: a purple alien in a mothership.Midway's Wizard of Wor is released, allowing two players to fight simultaneously in monster-filled mazes.In 1982 the Atari 2600 port ends up as Yars' Revenge. releases first-person 3D tank shooter Battlezone. The term platform game was still several years in the future. November – Universal releases Space Panic, the first game with platforms and ladders.It also features multi-directional scrolling. ![]() November – Namco releases Rally-X, the first game with a bonus round.November 12 – Stern Electronics releases Berzerk, with designer Alan McNeil's signature on the monitor glass of each cabinet.October – Nichibutsu releases the vertically scrolling Crazy Climber, the first video game with a climbing mechanic and an objective of climbing to the top of the level.releases the cold-war-inspired Missile Command. May – Stratovox from Sun Electronics is the first game with voice synthesis.It has the first gaming mascot character, established the maze chase genre, opened gaming to female audiences, introduced power-ups, and told a story through cutscenes. It becomes the highest-grossing game of all time. May 22 – Namco releases Pac-Man (originally Puckman in Japan).Mattel creates the original five-programmer Intellivision game design team, later nicknamed the Blue Sky Rangers in 1982 in a TV Guide interview.New companies: Broderbund, Bug-Byte, HAL Laboratory, Human Engineered Software, Mindscape, On-Line Systems, Sirius, Sir-Tech.It awards games released during 1978–1979, with Space Invaders winning the overall Game of the Year award. Electronic Games hosts the first Arcade Awards, the first video game awards ceremony.The following titles were the best-selling home video games in 1980. In Japan and the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1980. The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games worldwide in 1980. Home video games sell $464 million ( $1.53 billion adjusted for inflation) in the United States, with the Atari VCS leading the market with a 44% share.The arcade video game market in the US generates $2.81 billion in revenue ($9.24 billion adjusted for inflation).The Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) also grew in popularity with a port of Space Invaders and support from new third-party developer Activision. The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac-Man, while the best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch. 1980 saw the release of a number of games with influential concepts, including Pac-Man, Battlezone, Crazy Climber, Mystery House, Missile Command, Phoenix, Rally-X, Space Panic, Stratovox, Zork, Adventure, and Olympic Decathlon.
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