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1980 saw the release of a number of games with influential concepts, including Pac-Man, Battlezone, Crazy Climber, Mystery House, Missile Command, Phoenix, Rally-X, Space Panic, Stratovox, Zork, Adventure, and Olympic Decathlon. The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac-Man, while the best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch. The Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) also grew in popularity with a port of Space Invaders and support from new third-party developer Activision.

Financial performanceEdit

Highest-grossing arcade gamesEdit

The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games worldwide in 1980.

Rank Title Gross revenue Inflation Cabinet sales Developer Distributor(s) Genre Template:Abbr
1 Pac-Man $1,000,000,000 Template:US$ 100,000 Namco Namco / Midway Maze <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Loguidice">Template:Cite book</ref>
2 Asteroids $700,000,000 Template:US$ 70,000 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Shoot 'em up <ref name="Kubey">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Galaxian Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Namco Namco / Midway Shoot 'em up <ref name="GM159"/><ref name="Sullivan"/>
Space Invaders Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Template:Unknown Taito Taito / Midway Shoot 'em up <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Japan and United StatesEdit

In Japan and the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1980.

Rank Japan (Game Machine)<ref name="GM159">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> United States
Title #1 #2 #3 Points Cash Box<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> Play Meter<ref name="Sullivan">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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1 Pac-Man 62 46 17 {{#expr:(62*3)+(46*2)+17}} Asteroids < 60,000<ref name="Kubey"/>
2 Galaxian 44 25 18 {{#expr:(44*3)+(25*2)+18}} Galaxian citation CitationClass=web

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3 Crazy Climber 14 19 30 {{#expr:(14*3)+(19*2)+30}} Template:N/A Space Invaders < {{#expr:72,000−60,000}}<ref name=":3">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Peterson-175">Template:Citation</ref>
4 Moon Cresta 3 24 15 {{#expr:(3*3)+(24*2)+15}} Template:N/A Template:Unknown Missile Command Template:Unknown
5 Monaco GP 11 4 11 {{#expr:(11*3)+(4*2)+11}} Template:N/A Template:Unknown Rip Off Template:Unknown
6 Rally-X 1 6 3 {{#expr:(1*3)+(6*2)+3}} rowspan="7" Template:N/A rowspan="7" Template:Unknown rowspan="7" Template:Unknown rowspan="7" Template:Unknown
7 Heiankyo Alien (Digger) 1 4 4 {{#expr:(1*3)+(4*2)+4}}
8 Pitch In 0 1 5 {{#expr:(0*3)+(1*2)+5}}
9 Super Speed Race 0 2 2 {{#expr:(0*3)+(2*2)+2}}
10 Sasuke vs. Commander 0 0 5 {{#expr:(0*3)+(0*2)+5}}
Space Invaders 0 1 3 {{#expr:(0*3)+(1*2)+3}}
Missile Command 0 2 1 {{#expr:(0*3)+(2*2)+1}}

Best-selling home video gamesEdit

The following titles were the best-selling home video games in 1980.

Rank Title Platform Developer Publisher Release Year Genre Sales Template:Abbr
1 Space Invaders Atari VCS Taito Atari, Inc. 1980 Shoot 'em up 1,318,655 <ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Atari">Template:Cite book Via Template:Cite episode</ref>
2 Breakout Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1978 Action 256,265 <ref name="Atari" />
3 Football Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1979 Sports (American football) 248,502
4 Bowling Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1979 Sports 245,670
5 Night Driver Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1980 Racing 161,352
6 Air-Sea Battle Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1977 Shooter 160,093
7 Circus Atari Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1980 Action 148,756
8 Street Racer Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1977 Racing 89,269
9 Video Olympics Atari VCS Atari, Inc. 1977 Sports 36,028

Best-selling home systemsEdit

Rank System(s) Manufacturer Type Generation Sales Template:Abbr
1 Game & Watch Nintendo Handheld Template:N/A 2,000,000+ citation CitationClass=web

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2 Atari Video Computer System (VCS) Atari, Inc. Console Second 1,250,000 <ref name="Greenberg">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
3 TRS-80 Tandy Corporation Computer 8-bit 290,000 citation CitationClass=web

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4 Intellivision Mattel Console Second 200,000 <ref name="Greenberg" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
5 Atari 400 / Atari 800 Atari, Inc. Computer 8-bit 200,000 <ref name=":222" />
6 Commodore PET Commodore International Computer 8-bit 90,000 <ref name=":222" />
7 Apple II Apple Inc. Computer 8-bit 79,500 <ref name=":4" />
8 HP 9800 / HP Series 80 Hewlett-Packard Computer 8-bit 11,300 <ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref>
9 North Star Horizon North Star Computers Computer 8-bit 8,200 <ref name=":4" />
10 TI-99/4 Texas Instruments Computer 16-bit 8,100 <ref name=":4" />

EventsEdit

AwardsEdit

BusinessEdit

Notable releasesEdit

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Game & Watch

GamesEdit

Arcade

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  • Midway's Wizard of Wor is released, allowing two players to fight simultaneously in monster-filled mazes.
  • The multi-stage Phoenix sports one of the first video-game bosses: a purple alien in a mothership.
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HardwareEdit

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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