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The golden age of arcade video games was a time when these games grew quickly, improved in technology, and became important in culture from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The release of Space Invaders in 1978 caused many new shoot-’em-up games, such as Galaxian and Asteroids in 1979, to be created. These games used new computer technology that was more powerful and less expensive.
SNK Corporation (Japanese: 株式会社SNK) is a Japanese company that makes video games. It was started in 1978 as Shin Nihon Kikaku by Eikichi Kawasaki. The company first made games for arcade machines.
Nintendo, a Japanese video game company based in Kyoto, was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi as “Yamauchi Nintendo,” a company that made hanafuda playing cards. Sekiryo Kaneda led the company from 1929 to 1949. His successor, Hiroshi Yamauchi, helped Nintendo create toys like the Ultra Hand and video games, including arcade games, the Color TV-Game series of home consoles (1977–83), and the Game & Watch series of handheld games (1980–86).
Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that makes and sells video games and game consoles. It is based in Kyoto and operates in many countries around the world.
Stern is the name of two connected but separate companies that make arcade games. Stern Electronics, Inc. created arcade video games and pinball machines from 1977 to 1985.
WMS Industries, Inc. was an American company that made electronic games and amusement machines in Enterprise, Nevada. In 2016, it was combined with Scientific Games.
Midway Games Inc., which was previously called Midway Manufacturing and Bally Midway, was an American company that made video games from 1958 to 2010. The company was known for creating popular game series such as Mortal Kombat, Rampage, Spy Hunter, NBA Jam, Cruis’n, and NFL Blitz. Midway also bought the rights to games originally made by WMS Industries and Atari Games, including Defender, Joust, Robotron: 2084, Gauntlet, and the Rush series.
“Gotcha journalism” is a negative term used by people who criticize the media. It describes a type of interviewing where the interviewer tries to trick the person being interviewed into saying something that harms their reputation or support for their cause. This method is based on the idea that the interviewer might have a secret goal.
Tank is an arcade game created by Kee Games, a company owned by Atari, and released in November 1974. Kee Games was formed to sell copies of Atari games to other companies before Atari and Kee joined together. Tank was one of the few original games made by Kee that was not based on an existing Atari game.