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Overview of the events of 1979 in video games
1979 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Space Invaders Part II Super Speed Race Asteroids Football Galaxian Head On Heiankyo Alien Monaco GP Sheriff Warrior Taito 's arcade game Space Invaders Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS).
Financial performance [ edit ]
Highest-grossing arcade games [ edit ]
Space Invaders video game worldwide in 1979,[1] arcade game industry's all-time best-seller by 1979.[2] arcade game in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide.
In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1979, according to the annual Game Machine Taito 's Space Invaders [4] [5]
United States [ edit ]
The following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade video games of 1979 in the United States, according to Cash Box Play Meter RePlay magazines.
Best-selling home systems [ edit ]
Rank
System(s )
Manufacturer(s )
Type
Generation
Sales
Ref
1 Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS)
Atari, Inc.
Console
Second
1,000,000
[11]
2 Personal computer (PC )
Various
Computer
—
580,000
[12]
3 TRS-80
Tandy Corporation
Computer
8-bit
200,000
[12]
4 NEC PC-8001
NEC
Computer
8-bit
150,000
[13]
5 Atari 400 / Atari 800
Atari, Inc.
Computer
8-bit
100,000
[12]
6 Commodore PET
Commodore International
Computer
8-bit
45,000
[12]
7 Apple II
Apple Inc.
Computer
8-bit
35,000
[12]
Major awards [ edit ]
Electronic Games Arkie Awards in 1980, for games in 1979.[14] [15]
Business [ edit ]
Notable releases [ edit ]
Arcade
April – Sega 's dot-eating driving game, Head On
August – Atari releases Lunar Lander
November – Atari releases the vector graphics -based Asteroids Space Invaders
November – Namco releases fixed shooter Galaxian
November – Vectorbeam releases Tail Gunner first-person perspective.
December – Nintendo releases Radar Scope pseudo-3D , third-person perspective. Later, 2000 out of 3000 manufactured machines are converted to Donkey Kong
Cinematronics releases Warrior
Sega releases the vertically scrolling Monaco GP
Computer
Hardware [ edit ]
Computer
June – Texas Instruments releases the TI-99/4 . It is the first home computer with a 16-bit processor and, with TI's TMS9918 video chip, one of the first with hardware sprites .
September – NEC releases the PC-8001, the first in the PC-8000 series of home computers.
November – Atari, Inc. releases the first two models in the Atari 8-bit home computer series : the Atari 400 and Atari 800. They feature custom graphics and sound coprocessors which support sprites, four-channel audio, and programmable display modes.
Console
Handheld
See also [ edit ]
^ Space Invaders sold 85,000 arcade cabinets in the United Kingdom between 1978 and 1979.[1]
References [ edit ]
^ a b "Can Asteroids Conquer Space Invaders?" (PDF) . Electronic Games 31 ). Retrieved February 12, 2021 .
^ a b c "ベストスリー 本紙調査" [Best 3 Paper Survey] (PDF) . Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. February 1980. p. 2.
^ a b "調査対象5 年間のベスト1" [Best 1 of the 5 Years Surveyed] (PDF) . Game Machine Amusement Press, Inc. February 15, 1981. p. 1.
^ a b "Video Games". RePlay . November 1979.
^ a b Sullivan, George (1983). "The First Big Hits" . Screen Play: The Story of Video Games . F. Warne . pp. 38–47 (40 ). ISBN 978-0-7232-6251-0
^ "AMOA Expo 1979: '79 Route Survey" (PDF) . Cash Box
^ "The Winners of '79: Top Videos". Play Meter
^ Product: Total Build (PDF) . Atari Games . 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2021 .
^ Russell, Jimmy (December 3, 2012). 101 Amazing Atari 2600 Facts ISBN 9781782344957
^ a b c d e Reimer, Jeremy (December 15, 2005). "Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures" . Ars Technica Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2021 .
^ West, Joel (January 1996). "Moderators of the Diffusion of Technological Innovation: Growth of the Japanese PC Industry" (PDF) . Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations . University of California, Irvine . pp. 9–10. alternate url
^ The Arcade Awards – 1980 – Electronic Games Winter 1981, pages 38-9
^ "Bally Awards" (PDF) . Arcadian . 2 3 ): 20. January 15, 1980. Retrieved February 2, 2012 .
^ "Coin-Op history – 1975 to 1997 – from the pages of RePlay" . RePlay . 1998. Archived from the original on April 28, 1998. Retrieved April 21, 2021 .
^ Lindner, Richard (1990). Video Games: Past, Present and Future; An Industry Overview Nintendo of America .
^ Scorpia (October 1991). "C*R*P*G*S / Computer Role-Playing Game Survey" . Computer Gaming World . p. 109. Retrieved November 18, 2013 .
^ "List of Top Sellers". Computer Gaming World
^ "Early MUD History" . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2005 .
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