From the time Space Invaders appeared in 1978, until game consoles took over in the mid-1990s, arcades were the center of the video gaming world. The classics that were produced in the "golden age of arcade games" are still very much alive today. You can play versions of them for free on many Internet sites or find a version that was produced for a new game console such as Microsoft's Xbox 360 or Nintendo's Wii.
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Note, some of the games listed were introduced in the late '70s but were still very popular throughout the next decade.
A Space Invaders World Championship was held in 1981.
