Atari 2600

The Atari 2600  was released in the 1970’s in Japan, United Kingdom & United States. When first released it was provided nine games, which at the time was a huge amount of games. After a very poor late 70’s in the early 80’s they released the home version of Space Invaders and sales rocketed again, and following another crash in sales Atari released Pacman and ET. However in 1986 the console fell out of fashion following the rise of Nintendo.

Pong

Pong was a 2d game which represented table tennis. The game was designed & built by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise in May 1972. The cultural implications were that as it was the first commercially viable it became an addiction for children everywhere & made a total sale of 150,000 units, which was huge at the time. My opinions on the game are that for the time it was first introduced it was new, exciting & fun for children of that era. Compared to modern games such as Fifa, COD etc. It is simple, basic graphics & would be hard for the game to be able to compete in modern times.

Asteroids

Asteroids was a popular arcade game through out the United Kingdom, United States & Japan during the late 70s & early 80s. The game was designed by Atari and was first released on the 22^nd in 1978 in Japan. It was the third arcade game to be released following Pong & Space Invaders. It made the highest amount of revenue in arcades during the 80s, but however Space Invaders has since surpassed it. Asteroids is addictive because of its simple graphics.

Space Invaders

Space Invaders was a popular arcade game through out the United Kingdom, United States & Japan during the the late 70s and early 80s. The game was designed by Midway and was first released in June 1978 in Japan. It was the second arcade game to be released following Pong. In 2008 a new version of the game was banned for being placed in arcades following claims it was based on the September 11^th Attacks on the World Trade Center. Space Invaders is addictive because of its space geek theme

Pacman

Pacman was a popular arcade game through out the United Kingdom, United States & Japan during the 1980s. The game was designed by Namco and was first released on the 22^nd of May 1980 in Japan. In December 1981 a song named Pac-Man fever was released and made the US Billboard Chart at #9. It was the fourth arcade game to be released following Pong, Space Invaders & Asteroids. There are 255 levels of Pacman, however due to a software bug the 256^th split screen level was never completed. The game is proper addictive due to the fact its like a game of cops & robbers.