An arcade video game is an arcade game where the player's inputs from the game's controllers are processed through electronic or computerized components and displayed to a … See more

In 1978, Taito released Space Invaders, first in Japan, followed by its North American release. Among its novel gameplay features … See more

The arcade industry began recovering in 1985 and made a comeback by 1986, with the arcade industry experiencing several years of growth … See more

Since the early 20th century, skee ball and other pin-based games had been a popular arcade game. The first pinball machines had been … See more

While early video games running on computers had been developed as far back as 1950, the first video game to spread beyond a … See more

Though 1982 was recognized as the height of success of the video game arcade, many in the industry knew the success could not last too long. Walter Day had commented … See more

Fighting game boom
Arcade games gained a resurgence with the introduction of Street Fighter II by Capcom in 1991. The original Street Fighter in … See more