In the first of this series of articles on the History of Star Wars Video Games, I will be reviewing the arcade releases, from Atari's Star Wars in 1983 to the final cabinet, Star Wars Racer Arcade.
Here are 10 iconic titles that every PlayStation owner should have in their retro gaming collection.
"Asteroids" is a classic game that took the arcade world by storm. For more information about this revolutionary game, including its reception, hardware, and sequels, read on!
PacMan was released by Namco in 1980 at a time when most arcade games were themed around futuristic space battles, typified by titles like Space Invaders. PacMan was a new kind of game, a maze game that appealed to both male and female gamers, and like Asteroids that preceded it, and Donkey Kong...
Anyone growing up as a kid in the late 70's and early 80's will remember the huge impact that George Lucas' space opera Star Wars had on the world. Atari cottoned on to the impact that Star Wars was making on it's game playing demographic, and decided to release a arcade cabinet based on the first...
The Nintendo Game & Watch was created by Gunpei Yokoi, who released a popular series of 59 games throughout the '80s. From "Donkey Kong" to "Mario" and "Zelda," many of Nintendo's characters are featured in these handheld games, which are still sought after by collectors almost 30 years later.
Mr Do! is part of a legacy of Japanese developed arcade games, involving memorable characters with strange names such as PacMan and Donkey Kong, that stood out amongst all of the generic Space Invader clones flooding the market in the early 80's. The game was created by Universal and distributed...