'80s Arcade Games Tribute "VIRTUAL TOUR" (New Retro Arcade Neon)
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 Published On Apr 20, 2019

Video tribute to the 80's, recreating through a "Virtual Tour" what arcade halls meant in those years. The video has a high educational value and also of preservation of the video game.

This video is created thanks to the Fronted "New Retro Arcade Neon"

Info Years 80 ARCADE:
The golden age was a time of tremendous growth in the popularity of ARCADE systems, which brought great advances and enormous benefits. Although there is no consensus as to its exact duration, all authors agree that the first half of the 1980s was the high point. During this period there was a rapid advancement of ARCADE games throughout North America, Europe and Japan. These systems began to appear in supermarkets, restaurants, gas stations, and many other establishments looking for an extra source of income. Popular games often caused a flood of teenagers eager to try out the latest the companies had to offer. The two most successful companies of this era were Namco (the Japanese company responsible for Pac-Man) and Atari. These two companies battled it out for first place in the ARCADE halls for several years.

During this period developers experimented with new hardware, such as vector displays, which produced lines without aliasing. Eventually these systems were abandoned due to their high cost. The developers also experimented with using laser-disk technology to display cinema-like video and audio. After the enormous initial success, other companies such as Sega, Nintendo, Bally Midway, Capcom, SNK, Konami, Williams or Taito were encouraged to enter the business. Some simply refined the concept of "invading waves" of Space Invaders, such as Galaxian or Galaga, while others introduced new concepts, defining new genres.

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