The first video games came to light in the 70s, but arcade machines were the ones that they popularized them in the 80s and 90s. The evolution of video games is known to everyone, I don't think there is anyone left who has never played a Nintendo, Play Station, XBox, Wii, etc.
For lovers of those first videogames the most emblematic smartphones have been maintained and adapted, here I bring you some of the ones that have been most followed, by those who are now called retro gamers.
Arkanoid
It is an arcade video game developed by Taito in 1986. It is based on the Atari Breakouts of the 70s. The player controls a small platform, known as «Spaceship Various", what prevents a ball from leaving the playing area, causing it to bounce. At the top there is «bricks»Or«blocks«, Which disappear when touched by the ball. When there are no bricks left, the player moves to the next level, where another pattern of blocks appears.
Carmageddon
It is a car video game created in 1997 which stood out for including a significant proportion of violence in his game mode. The main mission of the game is to finish the race or destroy opposing cars, however, running over pedestrians is an incentive. In his time he suffered harsh criticism that ironically led him to the top sales positions.
The game is based on the movie from 1975 director Paul Bartel, death race 2000, which was starred by Sylvester Stallone y David Carradine.
Crazy Taxi
It was released in its arcade version in 1999 and for Dreamcast in 2000, later it was versioned for PlayStation 2 and GameCube consoles and for PC in 2001.
The player can choose between one of four taxi drivers (Axel, BD Joe, Gena and Gus) to pick up people and take them where the direction arrow indicates before time runs out. In the course, you can earn money by performing tricks, such as contacts with other vehicles.
Double Dragon Trilogy
The saga debuted in the arcades with the Double Dragon original 1987. It is a classic video game of the beat 'em up genre, initially developed by Technos Japan. The game had great martial arts movie influencesespecially with Bruce Lee, like Operation Dragon; and a post-apocalyptic setting based on the popular anime Fist of the North Star.
The game saga stars twins Billy and Jimmy Lee, who are apprentices of a fictional martial art called Sōsetsuken, at the same time that they fight with various adversaries and rivals. Double Dragon had many sequels and versions on different consoles. Thanks to the popularity of the saga, there was also an animated television series and a movie.
Duke Nukem 3D
It is a video game of first person shooting (FSP) in 3D, developed and distributed by 3D Realms in 1996.
Contrary to the video games of the genre that precede it, in Duke Nukem 3D you can see a great variety of levels, which include open spaces and ambience from streets to submerged cities or space stations.In addition, these levels do not have a completely linear development, there are a large number of nooks and crannies, which makes them very attractive for multiplayer.
Ghosts'n Goblins
Translated as Ghosts and goblins, is an arcade platformer video game created by Capcom on 1985. The player controls a gentleman, LLAMADA sir arthur, who has the ability to throw spears, daggers, torches, axes and other weapons with which he must defeat zombies, demons and other spooky creatures in order to rescue a princess.
Mega Man X
It is a video game developed in 1993 by Capcom, is the first video game of Series Mega Man X y was created primarily as the stepping stone to progress from video games ofMega Man from the NES to the Super Nintendo.
The slogan is clear the 8 screens with their respective bosses (obtaining their weapons as powers), to then pass 3 or 4 extra screens that lead to the final boss. On each screen there are certain items scattered, which in most cases, are only obtained with powers gained from previous screens.
Metal Slug
It is a video game series by run and gun type initially released on Neo-Geo arcade machines and game consoles created by SNK. The game is very known for his sense of humor and handcrafted animation, which is why it is considered one of the best and most outstanding series of its kind.
The story takes place in 2008 onwards, where an armed group called Peregrine Falcon Squad (Peregrin falcons) must thwart coup attempts intended by General Morden, leader of the Rebel Army and the series' main antagonist.
PAC-MAN
It is an arcade video game created by the video game designer Toru Iwatani of the Namco company and distributed at the beginning of the years 1980. It became a worldwide phenomenon in the video game industry, it came to have the Guinness Record for Most Successful Arcade Video Game All-time with a total of 293.822 machines sold from 1981 to 1987.
The classic title of yellow ghost-eating character, as he makes his way through mazes.
Prince of Persia
Originally released for Apple II in 1989. The story takes place when the Sultan is far from his kingdom leading a war. It is the opportune moment for the evil vizier Jaffar to try to seize power. To make it holds the princess. The protagonist is a young adventurer from a distant land, and the true love of the princess. But he was thrown into the castle dungeon and now must escape before the time given by Jaffar is fulfilled to the princess, to decide whether to marry him and to free her.
The game has a two-dimensional perspective. The action unfolds from a side view. There is no screen scrolling (scrolling).
Street Fighter II
It is the continuation of Street Fighter. First game in the series Street Fighter to achieve world fame and initiator of the phenomenon of video games in the fighting genre. Developed by the Capcom company. Appeared in the arcades in March 1991 in Japan, and immediately for the rest of the world.
It has 8 characters to choose from, 4 final bosses and a different ending for each character. In turn, it had a control that, like its predecessor, uses combinations of the lever and 6 buttons to execute special attacks during the fight, such as throwing fireballs or «dragonpunch»So copied in the games that succeeded them.
Sonic: The Hedgehog
In the year 1989 the video game company Nintendo published the video game Super Mario Bros, this game became so famous that Sega was forced to create a character to compete with Nintendo, so Alex Kidd was created, which was a failure since it did not meet the expectations of the fans. So the video game designer Yuji Naka created the character Sonic the Hedgehog and I launch the eponymous video game in 1991.
Race at lightning speed through 7 classic zones with Sonic the Hedgehog. Run and twist through the loops while you get Rings and defeat your enemies on your mission to save the world from the evil Dr. Eggman.
Tetris
Tetris (Russian: Те́трис) is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alekséi Pázhitnov, was released on June 06, 1984. The game derives its name from the Greek numerical prefix tetra, since all the pieces of the game, known as Tetrominos, contain four segments.
The player cannot prevent the fall of the tetrominos, but can decide the rotation part (0 °, 90 °, 180 °, 270 °) and where should it fall. When a horizontal line is completed, that line disappears and all the pieces that are above go down one position, freeing up playing space and therefore facilitating the task of placing new pieces.
The Secret of Monkey Island
It is a adventure print shop by LucasFilm GAMES en 1990 where pirate stories are parodied, creating a world of humor that revolutionized the genre.
The game begins on the Caribbean island of Mêlée, where a young man named Guybrush Threepwood wants to be a pirate. To do this, he looks for the pirate leaders, who entrust him three challenges to become a pirate: defeat Carla, the fencing master, in a duel of swords and insults; steal a statue from the Governor's mansion; and find buried treasure.
Wolfenstein 3D
It is a video game of first person shooting which popularized the genre for PC. It was created by Id Software and distributed by Apogee Software in May 1992. This game was a pioneer in its genre.
The player is William J. Blazkowicz, un spy american trying escape from the nazi fortress in which he is a prisoner. The building has a large number of secret rooms containing treasures, food rations and first aid kits, as well as different types of weapons and ammunition, all of which will help the player to achieve their goal.
As a note to gamers, you can check out the list of the best-selling video games in la VGChartz Game Database
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I totally agree with you ... but I haven't been able to resist having more than one on my iPhone either.