The 90s The future arrives with a tiger uppercut to the jaw in Street Fighter II, and the era of the one-on-one fighter kicks in. Mortal Kombat amps up the gore whilst game consoles become a must for every home…
The 80s The entire world gets a major case of
Pac-Man fever, and video games get their first true superstar. Video takes the arcade into a new golden age for the decade…
The 70s The era of the video arcade game is ushered in with
Computer Space in 1971, but few really notice it until tha almighty tennis game
Pong.
Pongrights that wrong the following year…
The 60s The future can be yours, as long as
Zoltan and
Madame Morgana get their due. If action is more your style,
Bazaar and
Hayburners II give a few new…
The 50s Photo booths become a national craze, letting best friends and puppy lovers take home a four-strip keepsake. Shuffle games move beyond bowling with…
The 40s The
Voice-O-Graph lets amateur crooners save their performances on a cardboard record,
Drive Mobile puts gamers behind the wheel, and
Monkey Climb . well…
The 30s Baffle Ball single-plungerdly invents the pinball craze, while
Bumper and
Contact take the game two steps into the future. At the penny arcades, fortune telling…
Back in 1972 Atari released the Pong game to the world. Pong was probably the first video game i ever saw. Closely followed by Old Boot Hill which was heavily advanced compared to pong. Pong is a simple 2 dimensional … Continue reading →
A mighty little computer with great games such as Trolley Wally put this on the map The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of US$595. Preceded by the Commodore … Continue reading →
Microprose F1GP is now over 20 years old! MicroProse Formula One Grand Prix was the start of a racing simulator that gave a real 3d simulation for F1GP fans. This Game was a long way from the arcade games that had been … Continue reading →
1964 was a leap year that saw Martin Luther King, Jr receives the Nobel Peace Prize, James Bond released his third outing with Goldfinger along with all the merchandise and comedian Harry Hill was born in 1964. The Summer Olympics were held in … Continue reading →
A 1963 Holiday took place around the country by driving around in your Volkswagen camper van. The Beatles couldnt seem to do anything wrong as everything went to number one. You probably started your day off before school in 1963 with … Continue reading →
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