Ep. 5 : 5 Of The Most Influential Arcade Games (1975-1976)

5 of the most influential arcade game between 1975 and 1976 and if you remember them, I understand why your back is sore … seat back for few minutes.

Welcome back to the brainstorm emporium gaming and let's start with number 5 Gun Fight, known as Western Gun in Japan and Europe, is a 1975 multidirectional shooter arcade game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, he's not German, I already checked.
Released by Taito in Japan and Europe and by Midway in North America.

Based around two Old West cowboys armed with revolvers and squaring off in a duel, it was the first video game to depict human-to-human combat. I used to play this game standing on a step ladder....

The game was a global commercial success. In Japan, Western Gun was among the top ten highest-grossing arcade video games of 1976. In the United States, Gun Fight sold 8,600 arcade cabinets and was the third highest-grossing arcade game of 1975

It is the first ever violent video game that depicts violence like realistic death... legend says that later on pyramid head bought that land and renamed it Silent Hill ….

Number 4, The Amazing Maze Game. The Amazing Maze Game is an arcade game developed by Midway, released in 1976. The object of the game is for the player to find their way out of a challenging maze before their opponent. Users can play as single player and compete against the computer or play against a friend in two player mode. I had the feeling that this game was a bit boring and not worth my token. I don't remember to have played this game in any arcade parlor I've been frequenting in the far past and I never witnessed anyone playing it. Also the sound was something horrible and was playing only when somebody was playing the game. Hard to manouver the dot through the maze if played with a keyboard

Number 3 Blockade. Blockade is a monochrome arcade video gamedeveloped by Gremlin and released in November 1976. It was the first of what would become known as "snake games". It was designed by Lane Hauck, Ago Kiss, and Bob Pecarero. In Japan, it was distributed by Taito in 1977.
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Cops 'N Robbers was produced by Atari in 1976.

Cops and robbers fire at each other in a high speed chase on city streets. Choose to be the cops and try to stop the robbers or choose to be the robbers and try to overcome the cops and escape from them. Personally speaking, I never seen this game in any arcade.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Cops 'N Robbers was produced include Atarians, Breakout, Night Driver, Indy 4, LeMans, Anti-Aircraft II -- aka Anti-Aircraft, Crash 'N Score, Hi-Way, Goal IV, and Jet Fighter.

In 1976 games sound in general were very bad.

Number 1 from our list : Datsun 280 ZZZAP, also known as Midnight Racer or 280 ZZZAP, is a 1976 arcade racing video game released by Midway Manufacturing, designed by Jamie Fenton. Based on Nissan's Datsun 280Z, it is one of the earliest games with authorized branding.[3] An unbranded version was released as Midnight Racer,[3] originally in November 1976.[1] The branded version Datsun 280 ZZZAP was then released in Japan by Taito in February 1977, and then in North America by Midway in March 1977.

I really hope you enjoyed this video, just to give you an idea about how bad was at the beginning of videogaming if you are that young. For those like me these games are a rainbow of memories of our childhood full of serenity. So thanks for watching, Please like, subscribe and leave a comment down below, until the next time...stay well....