Video Games of the 70’s and 80’s – what a blast!
It has been a while since we took a long walk down memory lane so this week let’s take that walk. Follow me down the path to…
Favorite video games from the 70’s and 80’s
Some that I can remember in no particular order:
- Pong
- Space Invaders
- Missile Command
- Moon Patrol
- Battelzone
- Tron
- Defender
- Asteroids
- Tempest
- Pac Man
- Ms. Pac Man
- Centipede
- Frogger
- Joust
- Donkey Kong (I, II, III and Jr)
- Mario Bros
- Super Mario Bros
- Galaga
- Dragons’ Lair (using laser disc)
In addition to the arcade and home video gaming systems I should also mention the primitive hand held football and baseball games that were a very popular time waster. In the same category, I also remember air hockey, foosball and the foosball-like hockey game pitting the USA vs. the USSR. Before video games became popular I remember playing pin ball machines before they developed electronic scoring. I can’t remember any particular names but I spent a lot of loose change on those too!
It might have been a waste of time, but playing those games burned off a little boredom and maybe helped studying – once you actually got down to it.
Next week back to business after our video game break.
I loved Pong and Pac Man – still play Pac Man on my computer once in a while – thanks for the trip
Kathy Murauskas
April 13, 2010 at 8:42 am
How could you forget Dig “Doug”??
MGD
May 13, 2010 at 8:13 am