Everyone in the '80s played arcade classics like Pac-Man and Frogger.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Considering the rise of home consoles that we saw within ...

Between the arcade scene hitting its heyday and home consoles becoming increasingly prominent, the gaming industry cemented its placement in worldwide entertainment in the '80s. Rebounding after the ...

Mike Singleton's fantasy epic was a kind of Skyrim of the '80s. Heavily influenced by The Lord of the Rings, it was a hybrid of a role-playing game, a strategy game, and the "graphic adventures" of ...

While the 1980s was an immensely formative period for the video game industry, many titles that launched then just don't hold up decades later. And, given evolving audience sensibilities, several ...

Beginning in 1983, the video game industry experienced a two-year recession that saw sky-high video game revenue fall by an astonishing 97 percent. It was thought at the time that it could be the end ...