period TWO

Period Two

Period: Jan 1, 1975 to Jan 1, 1984

Atari 2600 *console* RELEASED

Sep 11, 1977

Atari 2600 wiki Atari 2600 commercial circa 1981
The Atari 2600 was a plug and play hardware device that used ROM cartridges containing game code.

'Space Invaders' *arcade game* RELEASED by Taito

Jun 1, 1978

Space Invaders wiki Space Invaders arcade demo

Activision *third party developer* Founded

Oct 1, 1979

Activision wiki Activision 'Pitfall' commercial circa 1982

'Asteroids' *arcade game* RELEASED by Atari

Nov 12, 1979

Asteroids wiki Asteroids arcade demo

Mattel Intellivision *console* RELEASED

Jan 1, 1980

Intellivision wiki Intellivision commercial circa 1981

'Pac Man' *arcade game* RELEASED by Namco

May 22, 1980

Pac Man wiki Pac Man arcade demo

ColecoVision *console* RELEASED

Aug 1, 1982

ColecoVision wiki ColecoVision commercial circa 1982

Commodore 64 *gaming computer* RELEASED

Aug 1, 1982

Commodore 64 wiki Commodore 64 commercial circa 1983