Arcades catering for video games began to gain momentum in the end of 70-ies with such video games as 1978’s Gee Bee and Galaxian of 1979. And it became widespread in 1980 with the release of such video arcade games as King and Balloon, Tank Battalion, Pac-Man, and others.
The central processing unit in games of those times allowed for more complexity in comparison with the earlier discrete circuitry games, such as Pong that was created by Atari in 1972.
At that time several games were released that came with some new controls. For example, Football from Atari, released in 1978, came with the trackball, Hogan's Alley used tethered light guns, Paperboy included a bicycle handlebar, and racing wheel was included in Night Driver.
Other specialty controls, such as crossbow-shaped light gun in Crossbow and pedals in racing games, also were introduced to the arcade market during this period of time.
But, despite of the appearance of new arcade game controls, most manufacturers continued to prefer the buttons and joysticks.
The central processing unit in games of those times allowed for more complexity in comparison with the earlier discrete circuitry games, such as Pong that was created by Atari in 1972.
At that time several games were released that came with some new controls. For example, Football from Atari, released in 1978, came with the trackball, Hogan's Alley used tethered light guns, Paperboy included a bicycle handlebar, and racing wheel was included in Night Driver.
Other specialty controls, such as crossbow-shaped light gun in Crossbow and pedals in racing games, also were introduced to the arcade market during this period of time.
But, despite of the appearance of new arcade game controls, most manufacturers continued to prefer the buttons and joysticks.
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