Sport Station was produced by Midway Games in 2000. Midway Games released 53 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Other machines made by Midway Games during the time period Sport Station was produced include Offroad Thunder, Touch Master Infinity, Skins Game, Blitz 2000 NBA Showtime combo console, Cart Fury, NBA Showtime…
Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot ’em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan and licensed by the Midway division of Bally for overseas distribution. Space Invaders was the first fixed shooter and set the template for the shoot ’em up genre. The goal is to defeat wave…
Smash T.V. was produced by Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) in 1990. Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) released 85 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Other machines made by Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000) during the time period Smash T.V. was produced include FunHouse, Whirlwind, Sudden Withdrawal, High…
The Simpsons Bowling was produced by Konami/Fox Interactive in 2000.Konami/Fox Interactive released only 1 different machine in our database under this trade name. A 3-D bowling game featuring the characters from the popular cartoon series.
It was the first video game based on the Simpsons franchise to be released in North America. The game allows up to four players to control members of the Simpson family as they fight various enemies to rescue the kidnapped Maggie. The game was ported to the Commodore 64 and MS-DOS soon after its launch in the…
Players take control of a trio of gigantic monsters trying to survive against onslaughts of military forces. Each round is completed when a particular city is completely reduced to rubble. Warner Bros. currently owns all rights to the property via their purchase of Midway Games. Inspired by monster films, Rampage spawned five sequels and a film adaptation…
Q*Bert is an arcade game developed and published for the North American market by Gottlieb in 1982. It is a 2D action game with puzzle elements that use isometric graphics to create a pseudo-3D effect. The objective of each level in the game is to change every cube in a pyramid to a target color by making…
Punch-Out!! is an arcade boxing video game by Nintendo, developed in 1983 and released in February 1984. It was the first in a series of successful Punch-Out!! games. The arcade game introduced recurring video games characters such as Glass Joe, Piston Hurricane, Bald Bull, and Mr. Sandman. It was also the debut project at Nintendo for composer…
Power Drift is a kart racing game released in arcades by Sega in 1988. More technologically advanced than Sega’s earlier 2.5D racing games, like Hang-On (1985) and Out Run (1986), in Power Drift the entire world and track consist of sprites. The upgraded hardware of the Sega Y Board allows individual sprites and the background to be…
Pole Position is an arcade racing simulation video game that was released by Namco in 1982 and licensed to Atari, Inc. for US manufacture and distribution, running on the Namco Pole Position arcade system board. It is considered one of the most important titles from the golden age of arcade video games. Pole Position was an evolution…