{"id":2366,"date":"2011-11-30T10:16:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T10:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2012-04-17T22:20:58","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T21:20:58","slug":"arcade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade\/","title":{"rendered":"Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-90s\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Arcade games of the 90s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/images\/90-ninties.jpg\" alt=\"Arcade games of the 90s\" width=\"93\" height=\"74\" \/><strong>The 90s<\/strong> <\/a> 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&#8230;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-90s\/\"><strong> more on 1990s arcade games<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1609637348681190\";\n\/* SKOOL Web 320x50 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6373696593\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 320;\ngoogle_ad_height = 50;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-80s\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Arcade games of the 80s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/images\/80-eighties.jpg\" alt=\"Arcade games of the 80s\" width=\"93\" height=\"74\" \/><strong>The 80s<\/strong> <\/a> The entire world gets a major case of\u00a0<em>Pac-Man\u00a0<\/em>fever, and video games get their first true superstar. Video takes the arcade into a new golden age for the decade&#8230;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-80s\/\"><strong> more on 1980s arcade games<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-70s\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Arcade games of the 70s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/images\/70-seventies.jpg\" alt=\"Arcade games of the 70s\" width=\"93\" height=\"74\" \/><strong>The 70s<\/strong> <\/a> The era of the video arcade game is ushered in with\u00a0<em>Computer Space\u00a0<\/em>in 1971, but few really notice it until tha almighty tennis game Pong.\u00a0<em>Pong<\/em>rights that wrong the following year&#8230;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-70s\/\"><strong> more on 1970s arcade games<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-60s\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Arcade games of the 60s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/images\/60-sixties.jpg\" alt=\"Arcade games of the 60s\" width=\"93\" height=\"74\" \/><strong>The 60s<\/strong> <\/a> The future can be yours, as long as\u00a0<em>Zoltan\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Madame Morgana\u00a0<\/em>get their due. If action is more your style,\u00a0<em>Bazaar\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Hayburners II\u00a0<\/em>give a few new&#8230;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-60s\/\"><strong> more on 1960s arcade games<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/arcade-in-the-50s\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Arcade games of the 50s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/images\/50-fifties.jpg\" alt=\"Arcade games of the 50s\" width=\"93\" height=\"74\" \/><strong>The 50s<\/strong> <\/a> Photo booths become a national craze, letting best friends and puppy lovers take home a four-strip keepsake. 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