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Written By:  on August 17, 2009 No Comment
History of the game: Q*bert

Here is the history 1982 classic ‘Q*bert’, which was a smash hit across arcades in the 80’s. The game was developed by Gottlieb, and features two-dimensional graphics, with the single control being a joystick.  Two Gottlieb employees were responsible for the concept and design of the game, they were Warren Davis and Jeff Lee. The actual [...]

Written By:  on July 4, 2009 63 Comments
History of the Game: BurgerTime

Who doesn’t love this classic?  BurgerTime is a strategy game that was licensed in 1982 by Data East, and distributed by Midway.  Originally the game was titled Hamburger, but later changed to BugerTime before released in the US.  Both Data East and Midway versions made it to the arcades, and each company had different artwork [...]

Written By:  on June 28, 2009 41 Comments
History of the Game: Marble Madness

Marble Madness is a very cool game, and a very popular classic.  The game was published in 1984 by Atari games, and sold thousands of cabinets before it was later released for household consoles.  The game itself was developed by Mark Cerny, who took inspiration from mini golf and racing games.  You can see the [...]

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