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Coin-Op World Records

 
1981


The Average coin-operated machines gross an average between $140 and $150 
per week and played by more than 30 million Americans. Gamers will spend
an estimated 75,000 man-years playing all those machines.


The top six suppliers of video arcade coin-ops are: Midway Manufacturing
Corp., Atari, Inc, Williams Electronics, Stern Electronics, Inc., Sega
Enterprises and Centuri Inc.

Atari Video Game List

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DateGameComments
1972Pongfirst mass-marketed video-game
1973Space Race 
1975Sprint 
1975Tank 
1976Break-Out 
1976Lemans 
1976Night Driver 
1976Sprint II 
1977Starship 
1978Atari Baseball 
1978Atari Basketball 
1978Atari Football 
1978Video Pinball 
1979Asteroidsvector graphics
1979Lunar Landervector graphics
1979Monte Carlo 
1980Asteroids Deluxevector graphics
1980Battlezonevector graphics
1980Missle Command 
1980Red Baronvector graphics
1980Tempestvector graphics
1981Centipede 
1981Space Duelanother Asteroids spin-off
1982Gravitar vector graphics
1982Kangaroo 
1982Pole Positionlicensed from Namco
1982Tunnel Hunt 
1982Xeviouslicensed from Namco
1983Arabian 
1983Dig Duglicensed from Namco
1983Firefoxlazer game
1983Food Fight 
1983Quantum 
1983Star Warsvector graphics
1983TX-1 
1984Crystal Castles 
1984Last Starfighter 
1984Liberator 
1984Major Havocconversion kit for Tempest
1984Marble Madness 
1984Millipedesequel to Centipede
1984Pole Position IIsequel to Pole Position
1984Return of the Jedisequel to Star Wars
1985Gauntlet 
1985Paperboy 
1985Road Runnerbased on cartoon
1986720 
1986Gauntlet II 
1986Super Sprint 
1987Road Blasters 
1987Pac-Manialicensed from Namco
1987Xybots 
1988Assaultlicensed from Namco
1988Blasteroids3-D asteroids
1988Cyberball 2072 
1988Galaga 88 
1988Toobin 
1988Vindicators 
1989Badlands 
1989Fourtrax 
1989Hard Drivin 
1989Klax 
1989Rolling Thunderlicensed from Namco
1989S.T.U.N. Runner 
1989Tetris 
1990Race Drivin 
1990Vindicators II 
1991Batman 
1991Hydra 
1991Pit Fighter 
1991Rampart 
1991Steel Talons 
1992Relief Pitcher 
1992Space Lords 


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