The golden age of arcade video games was a peak era of arcade video game popularity and innovation. Although there is no consensus as to its exact time period, most sources place it around the early 1980s.
During the late 1970s, video arcade game technology had become sophisticated enough to offer good-quality graphics and sounds, but it was still fairly basic (realistic images and full motion video were not yet available, and only a few games us...
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The golden age of arcade video games was a peak era of arcade video game popularity and innovation. Although there is no consensus as to its exact time period, most sources place it around the early 1980s.
During the late 1970s, video arcade game technology had become sophisticated enough to offer good-quality graphics and sounds, but it was still fairly basic (realistic images and full motion video were not yet available, and only a few games used spoken voice) and so the success of a game had to rely on simple and fun gameplay. This emphasis on the gameplay is why many of these games continue to be enjoyed today despite their technology being vastly outdated by modern computing technology.
Walter Day of Twin Galaxies places it as lasting from January 18, 1982 to January 5, 1986. Technology journalist Jason Whittaker, in The Cyberspace Handbook, places the beginning of the golden age in 1978, with the release of Space Invaders, which he credits for bringing an end to the video game...
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