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According to a random Wikipedia article I found, in 1983 the three top-grossing arcade games were Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, and Dragon's Lair. https://en.m.wi
by chowells 4y ago
According to a random Wikipedia article I found, in 1983 the three top-grossing arcade games were Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position, and Dragon's Lair. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_video_games https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_video_games
Compare the graphics of those three games. Dragon's Lair was groundbreaking, even if the gameplay was quite limited to account for technological and budgetary limitations.
- leereeves 4y agoThat's not quite the same thing as popularity. Dragon's Lair was very expensive per minute of gameplay, so it didn't have to be popular to make a lot of money.
- chowells 4y agoThis is true, but not related to my point. Dragon's Lair was in arcades in 1983. It looked like nothing else when it landed, and very little else for a long time. That's why it stands out in the history of games.
- tunesmith 4y agoIt always seemed to be the most popular game in the arcades I visited. Right in the center, sometimes with a monitor mounted above it so others could watch, ringed with people that were stacking quarters end-to-end on the side to claim the next play session. Seemed like it was that way until Gauntlet came along.