by Kevin Butler | Feb 20, 2021 | 1970s, Arcade, Home Consoles, Magazine
Atari was a corporation that was “born” in 1972. The first arcade game released by this fledgling company was Pong. After that, Atari released games such as Breakout, Sprint (both 2 and 4), Night Driver, and Firetruck to name a few. In 1977, Cinematronics released a...
by Kevin Butler | Jun 13, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Interviews
Defender was created by a company that was, up to that time, much more known for its pinball machines than electronic arcade machines. In 1974, Williams released its first arcade game, Paddle-Ball, and acquired Magnavox’s Magnetic Corporation of America. The Pong...
by Kevin Butler | Sep 26, 2019 | 1970s, Arcade, Magazine
Space Wars was the first vector-driven arcade game. Its success would enable Atari to create their own vector generator creating games such as Asteroids and Battlezone. Space Wars also enabled a fledgling company called Cinematronics (established in 1975) to finally...
by Kevin Butler | Apr 17, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine
NAME: BERZERK MANUFACTURER: STERN ELECTRONICS YEAR: 1980 TYPE: VIDEOGAME TEAM LEADER: DESIGNED AND PROGRAMMED BY ALAN MCNEIL Berzerk is a two-dimensional maze-style game that involves you attempting to escape killer robots in a never- ending gallery of mazes. Somewhat...
by Kevin Butler | Nov 11, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine, The Story Of...
Tron was the first video game that was officially licensed from a movie. Other games had been created before 1981 but they were unofficial versions or they weren’t officially licensed from the movies they were associated with. The premise of Tron involves a man named...