Video Games 1983 - 80s Part IV
15Video Games 1983: Events
The fourth Arcade Awards are held, for games released during 1981-1982, with Tron winning best arcade game, Demon Attack best console game, David’s Midnight Magic best computer game, and Galaxian best standalone game. At the first Golden Joystick Awards ceremony (held in 1984), Jetpac takes Game of the Year.
Video Game Crash of 1983
A major shakeout of the North American video game industry (“the crash of 1983”) begins. By 1986, total video games sales will decrease from US$3.2 billion to US$0.1 billion.
These are some of the best video games released in 1983!
Video Games Featured in this Video:
Mario Bros Arcade
Congo Bongo Arcade
Track and Field Arcade
Lode Runner Home Computer
Spelunker Atari 8-bit
Bomberman MSX
Digger IBM PC
Battlezone Atari 2600
Phoenix Atari 2600
Enduro Atari 2600
Hunchback Arcade
Vastar Arcade
Keystone Kapers Atari 2600
Laser Gates Atari 2600
Krull Atari 2600
Space Ace Arcade
Dragon’s Lair Arcade
Punch-Out Arcade
Baseball Famicom
Popeye Famicom
Donkey Kong Famicom
Donkey Kong Jr. Famicom
Donkey Kong 3 Arcade
Frostbite Atari 2600
Texas Chainsaw Massacre Atari 2600
Dracula Intellivision
Congo Bongo Sega SG 1000
Guzzler Sega SG 1000
I, Robot Arcade
Major Havoc Arcade
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Home Computers in 1983
Apple Computer releases the Apple IIe, which becomes their most popular 8-bit machine. Microsoft Japan releases MSX, an early standardized home computer architecture.
Sega releases the SC-3000, a personal computer version of the SG-1000 console, in Japan.
Consoles in 1983
SG-1000 console by Sega and Famicom console by Nintendo were released in Japan, on the same day!
Shortly after Famicom's release, complaints begin to surface about rampant system instability, prompting Nintendo to issue a product recall and to rerelease the machine with a new motherboard.
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Gaming innovations:
1.First arcade laserdisc game: Sega’s Astron Belt
2.Third generation of home consoles started with releases of
3.Nintendo Famicom and Sega SG-1000 consoles (released on the same day)
4.Ultima III: Exodus by Richard Garriott, one of the first role-playing video games to use tactical, turn-based combat
5.Koei releases Nobunaga’s Ambition and sets a standard for the historical simulation and strategy RPG genres
Console Games in 1983
Mattel Electronics publishes World Series Baseball for the Intellivision, one of the first video games to use multiple camera angles. Activision’s final big year of Atari 2600 releases includes Enduro, Keystone Kapers and Robot Tank.
Computer Video Games 1983
Infocom releases Planetfall, which becomes one of their top sellers. Origin Systems publishes Ultima III: Exodus, one of the first role-playing video games to use tactical, turn-based combat.
ASCII releases Bokosuka Wars for the Sharp X1 in Japan, precursor to the tactical role-playing game and real-time strategy genres. Koei releases Nobunaga’s Ambition for Japanese computers
Electronic Arts publishes its first titles: Hard Hat Mack, Pinball Construction Set, Archon, M.U.L.E. and more.
Also, Bug-Byte releases Matthew Smith’s Manic Miner, a platform game, for the ZX Spectrum. Rare, releases its first video games, Jetpac and Atic Atac.
Hudson Soft releases Bomberman. Psion releases Chequered Flag, the first driving game published for the ZX Spectrum, one of the first computer car simulators, and the first driving game with selectable cars.
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Arcade Games in 1983
Namco releases Mappy. Atari releases Star Wars, a color vector graphics game based on the popular film franchise.
Sega releases Astron Belt. It was the first laserdisc game in Europe, second in Japan. It uses pre-rendered, computer-animated film footage as backdrops, overlaid with sprite graphics.
Nintendo releases Mario Bros., which features the first appearance of Mario’s brother, Luigi. Cinematronics releases Advanced Microcomputer Systems’s Dragon’s Lair, the third laserdisc video game, and the first in the American market.
Other Arcade Video Games 1983
Namco releases Pac & Pal exclusively in Japan.
Bally/Midway releases Spy Hunter. They also release Jr. Pac-Man and quiz game Professor Pac-Man without Namco’s authorization, and the latter is an immediate flop.
Nintendo releases Punch-Out!! in Japan. Williams releases Blaster, which was originally programmed on an Atari 8-bit computer.
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