Hacker News with Generative AI: Arcade Games

About Asteroids, Atari's biggest arcade hit (goto10retro.com)
After the breakout success of Space Invaders in 1978, Atari was no longer the hot game maker. Sure, their games were popular, but they needed something that that could be the next “big thing”.
Arcade Games, Retro Gaming, Video Games, Atari
66 points by rbanffy 8 days ago | 54 comments
Restoring the Galaxian3 Theatre 6, 1992 six player arcade machine (philwip.com)
During the late 1980s, Namco set out to create the world’s largest arcade game. The result was Galaxian3: Project Dragoon; a 28 player behemoth that debuted in April 1990 at the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan.
Arcade Games, History, Gaming, Japan
248 points by countrymile 35 days ago | 52 comments
Space Invaders (computerarcheology.com)
Released in 1978 by Taito, it ushered in the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Most video games before SI used dedicated circuit boards without a CPU. SI uses an 8080 CPU (the primitive forerunner of the Z80). The CPU board carried forward into several other games.
Video Games, History, Arcade Games
98 points by Tomte 73 days ago | 39 comments
Free Starship Booster catching arcade game (mechazilla.io)
On October 13th, SpaceX will make this booster catch real!
SpaceX, Space Exploration, Arcade Games, Technology
78 points by FrojoS 223 days ago | 22 comments
Sega Jet Rocket: The '70s arcade game with no computer or screen (newatlas.com)
Retro Gaming, Arcade Games, History, Technology
136 points by geox 293 days ago | 29 comments
Donkey Kong Arcade Illusion (twitter.com)
Arcade Games, Video Games, Illusion
9 points by bumbledraven 297 days ago | 2 comments