Dig Dug is a maze video game created and sold by Namco in 1982 for arcade machines. Atari, Inc. released it in North America.
Jousting is a game from the medieval and Renaissance times where two people fight on horseback or on foot. It became a famous symbol of knights in stories about the Middle Ages. The word “joust” comes from Old French “joster,” which is based on the Latin word “iuxtare,” meaning “to approach or meet.” The word was introduced into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a popular sport among Anglo-Norman knights.
Frogger is a 1981 action video game created by Konami and released by Sega for arcade machines. It was made available in North America by Sega/Gremlin. The goal of the game is to guide five frogs to their homes by avoiding moving cars on a busy road, then crossing a river by jumping on floating logs, turtles, and alligators.
Millipedes, named from the Latin words mille (“thousand”) and pes (“foot”), are a group of arthropods. They are scientifically called the class Diplopoda, a name that comes from their feature of having two pairs of legs on most body segments. Each of these double-legged segments forms when two single segments join together.
Missile Command is a 1980 video game made by Atari, Inc. for arcade machines. In Japan, the game was released by Taito and Sega.
Galaxian is a 1979 video game created by Namco for arcade machines. Players control a spaceship called the Galaxip, which must defend Earth from groups of alien enemies. The game involves destroying alien formations as they move downward toward the player.
Galaga is a 1981 video game created by Namco for arcades in Japan and Europe. Midway Manufacturing released it in North America. It is the follow-up to the 1979 game Galaxian and the second game in the Galaxian series.
An asteroid is a small object that is larger than a meteoroid (at least 1 meter in size) and is not a planet or a comet. These objects orbit the Sun either in the inner part of the Solar System or share Jupiter’s orbit (called Trojan asteroids). Asteroids are made of rock, metal, or ice and do not have an atmosphere.
The Master System is an 8-bit home video game console made and designed by Sega. It was a modified version of the Sega Mark III, which was the third version of the SG-1000 series of consoles. The Mark III was first released in Japan on October 20, 1985.
The SG-1000 is a home video game console made by Sega. It was Sega’s first product in the home video game hardware industry. Created because of a decline in arcade games beginning in 1982, the SG-1000 was designed based on the advice of Hayao Nakayama, president of Sega’s Japanese division.