On June 16, 1978, the first edition of Space Invaders was released in arcade halls in Japan. The game would go on to become ...

"Space Invaders" was a massive hit when it arrived in arcades in the late 1970s, leading to a torrent of copycat games.

The '80s was the last full decade where the arcade scene prominently drove the video game industry forward. Many '90s arcade games almost vanished overnight compared to the enduring success of titles ...