Arcade Games in 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, riding on the shoulders of giants like Donkey Kong, Defender, Centipede, Frogger, Galaga, Q*bert and the Pac's little lady, Ms. Pac-Man. If the video cabinets are booked for the next few hours, the arcade still has plenty to offer: the bubble hockey of Chexx, pinball greats like Black Knight, Haunted House and more. The arcade takes a tumble with the great video game market crash 1984, but hits like Gauntlet and Rampage show the way back, while the hard-hitting punches of Double Dragon and Final Fight point to the wave of the future.