Newest Arcade Games - Page 134
Quadrapong
1974
Quadrapong
1974
Quadrapong is a four-player version of Pong by Atari Inc. subsidiary Kee Games, and designed by Steve Bristow. Quadrapong was the first cocktail cabinet arcade video game. The cabinet consists of a woodgrain 35" x 37" cocktail cabinet. Two control paddles are mounted on each side of the cabinet, with a horizontally mounted Zenith television diagonally set in the cabinet. Two, three, or four players move their paddles to defend their goal area, consisting of openings in the players' walls. Each player starts with four points, and loses one point each time the ball penetrates their goal. If all four points are lost the player's paddle is removed and the goal "closes", creating a solid wall and removing the player from the game. The game continues until only one player is left.Qwak!
1974
Qwak!
1974
Qwak! is a duck hunting light gun shooter arcade video game developed by Atari and released in 1974. In the game, ducks fly one at a time across the screen, and the player shoots at them using a light gun attached to the game cabinet. The player gets three shots per duck; ducks change direction away from missed shots and fall to the bottom of the screen when hit. A screen overlay adds images of reeds and a tree branch, and an image of a duck is added to a row at the top of the screen whenever a duck is hit. Games continue until a time limit, set by the machine operator, is reached. Qwak! is most likely the inspiration for the 1984 Nintendo Entertainment System light gun game Duck Hunt.Spike
1974
Spike
1974
Spike is Kee Games' version of Rebound, with an added "Spike" button. Like Rebound it is a ball-and-paddle game reminiscent of volleyball. The "spike" button controls a vertical paddle close to the dividing line (the "net") which symbolizes a player jumping up and blocking the shot.Rebound
1974
Super Pong
1974
Hockey TV
1973
Davis Cup
1973
Davis Cup
1973
Taito's fifth game and the second developed in house. The game is another ball-and-paddle variation, like three of Taito's previous four releases, but with the added functionality of four players being able to play doubles. This was an important innovation during the 1973-1974 Pong craze first introduced in Allied Leisure's Tennis Tourney.Leader
1973
Asteroid
1973
Asteroid
1973
Asteroid was originally developed by Atari for Midway in fulfillment of a contract to supply one video game and one pinball machine. Atari had initially offered Pong during its development to fulfill the contract, but had been rejected. After finishing Asteroid Atari developed a near identical version of the game and released it themselves under the title "Space Race".Pong-Tron II
1973
Super Soccer
1973
Soccer
1973
Soccer
1973
Soccer is Taito's third ever video game release and the first developed internally. The game was designed by the highly influential Tomohiro Nishikado, who would later go on to create Space Invaders. Soccer is a ball-and-paddle game like Pong, but with a green background to simulate a playfield, allowing each player to control both a forward and a goalkeeper. The players can adjust the size of the players, who are represented as paddles on screen. It also has a goal on each side. Soccer is likely to be Japan's first original domestically produced video game, in comparison to Japanese Pong clones released earlier, including Sega's Pong Tron and Taito's Elepong. Since it was exported to Europe in 1973 it may also be the first Japanese video game to be released on the European continent.Astro Race
1973
Astro Race
1973
Taito's second ever video game. It is based on Atari's Space Race and, like Elepong, uses imported PC Boards in a Taito-constructed cabinet.Pro Hockey
1973
Hockey
1973
Hockey
1973
Hockey was a PONG-clone by RamTeK featuring a somewhat different gameplay by introducing "forward" paddles which were moved simultaneously with the "goalie" paddles. Just like PONG ot got ported to various 1st generation consoles and was also one of the two build-in games for the Fairchild Channel F - the world's first 2nd generation console.Gotcha
1973
Gotcha
1973
Gotcha is a two-player maze game where the objective is to catch the other player. A maze is displayed on the screen. The first player controls the Pursuer which is represented by a square and the second player controls the Pursued which is represented by a plus sign. As the Pursuer moves closer and closer to the Pursued, an electronic beep sound increases in frequency to a feverish pitch until the Pursuer catches the Pursued. Each time, the Pursuer catches the Pursued, a point is scored and the chase starts over again.Pong Doubles
1973
Winner IV
1973
Pong-Tron
1973
