Arcade play is a name for video games, which are liable to pay the costs offered to penny so mentioned of Arcades for the 1970er years in public play houses in the USA, and/or in Europe play halls. At Arcade automats the user can play against money A THROw. Successful plays were converted later frequently for the PC.

The first Arcade play was computer space (1971) of Nutting Associates. The inventor was Nolan Bushnell, which created also Atari later. Center of the 80's died down the Arcade boom by those, ever more spread home computers, slowly.

Arcade Games were the basis for the success of the computer game industry in the following years. First large success was the computer game Pong. Most older plays are today also emulatable with M.A.M.E. In the context of artistic projects (Arcade art) as for instance Blinkenlights was portiert Pong on a Hauswand.

Arcade mode (English Arcade mode) play modes in computer games are called, which from the normal play mode by fast, skill-stressed Gameplay to differ. In the Arcade mode it goes purely around the play passport without consideration for story or other elements, like the with a Quest or realistic driving physics with a running play.

Degree of difficulty of Arcade plays

Beside the simple Gameplay Arcade plays have to take regarding the sense of the play, money further characteristics. Thereby the rise of the degree of difficulty is very typical:

• The first rounds or levels are to be often quite easily victoriously locked. Thus the player is to win the impression, he controls the play.
• In the following rounds the degree of difficulty attracts already noticeably, beginners must setbacks already accept and take fast a "Game more over". However a further attempt can be bought with most Arcade plays with a renewed money A THROw.
• If the player decides to such an new attempt, he "is recompenced" at short notice again a degree of difficulty lowered by some Arcade plays with. This support became not communicated the player however, whereby it, if the new attempt is successful, is to receive the impression, he already better or with the first time simply pitch had.

Early chronicle

(Selection)

• 1971 first Arcade play computer space of Nolan Bushnell (Nutting Associates)
• 1972 Pong (Atari) first successful play
• 1974 Quadra Pong (for 4 players)
• 1974 Gran Trak 10 (Atari) first running simulation, already with steering wheel, first with ROM's
• 1974 tank (Kee Games/Atari) first play with ROM for diagram
• 1974 Touch ME (Atari) predecessor of Senso
• 1975 Gun Fight (Bally Midway) first play with microprocessor
• 1976 Heavyweight Champ (Sega) first commercial Videopiel of Japan
• 1976 Night Driver (Atari) first 3D-Rennsimulation
• 1977 space Wars (Cinematronics) first vector Arcade play

Starting from approximately 1978 there was the golden era of the Arcade plays.

Chronicle 1978-1984

• 1978 space Invaders (the era rang)
• 1978 football (Atari, first with TRACK ball)
• 1979 Asteroids
• 1979 Subs (Atari, first play with 2 monitors)
• 1979 Galaxian (first with genuine Farbgrafik)
• 1980 Battlezone (3D-Panzer-Simulation)
• 1980 Defender (first with scrolling)
• 1980 Pac One (first with a commercial character)
• 1980 King and Balloon (Namco, first with acoustic output)
• 1980 DECO cartridge system (DATA East) first standard platform
• 1981 Donkey Kong (first platform play)
• 1982 Dig Dug
• 1982 poles position (one of the most popular running plays of all times)
• 1983 Dragon's Lair (first with Laserdisc)
• 1983 I, Robot first commercial with 3-D Polygonen
• 1984 TX-1 (first play with 3 monitors for 1 person, see Buggy Boy)

Milestones after the Crash 1984

• 1985 Gauntlet (Atari, 4-Spieler-Adventure)
• 1986 Outrun (first Force feedback motorrace)
• 1987 Yokai Douchuuki (Namco, first with 16-bit diagram)
• 1989 Exterminator (first with completely digitized diagram)
• 1991 Street Fighter II
• 1991 terminator II
• 1991 Time Traveler (Sega, first hologram play)
• 1992 Mortal Kombat (part of 1)
• 1992 Virtua Racing (Sega, Multi Player running with Polygonen)
• 1993 Mortal Kombat II (best sound system, with MP3-Komprimierung)
• 1994 Virtua Fighter 2
• 1995 Sega Rally
• 1997 super GT (Sega, 64-Bit)
• 1998 Dance Dance revolution (with dance mat)
• 2004 Tekken 5

Special automats

• Polyplay - only Arcade automat of the GDR
• Playchoice-10 - Player buys play time and can between plays change
• Neo geo - Arcade system and play console with identical hardware
• Whac A mole - mechanical and electronic version
• Photo Play - Touchscreen automat with annual play update

There are numerous special forms of automats, for example in the form of cars, motorcycles and boats. Increasingly it also more Simulationen and sport play gives.

See also

• Golden era of the Arcade plays
• History of the video games
• Arcade automat
• : Category: Arcade play
• : Category: Arcade Spieleserie

Related links

• Killer cunning OF Videogames
• Arcade History (also history.dat for M.A.M.E.)
• System 16 - Arcade museum - side with technical information and pictures to different Arcade systems.

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