Hi Guys I am back with my blog .Today I am going to talk about the main part about gaming from where the digital video games get their importance.I think you got the idea about what i am taking its ARCADE GAMES. These games are very common to all and everyone play games in their day to day life. So, lets talk about in brief.
- Arcade games
Arcade games is a coin operated entertainment machine usually installed in public business such as restaurants , bars , etc . For example -Pac-man, Pong , Street Fighter , Super Mario Bros , Mortal kombat , Metal Slug , etc.
Most arcade games are video games- Pinball machines . electro-mechanical games ,redemption games and merchandisers.
The first arcade video game was Computer Space which was a third party game but back in 1971 it was the first video game arcade machine before the establishment of Atari. Computer space was first commercial collaboration — a full year before Pong.
The golden age of arcade games were lasted from the late 1970s to mid 1980 but till late 1990s arcade games were very popular , while after this entertainment business of arcade games is started declining in popularity then home base video games consoles made the transition from 2D graphics to 3D graphics.
- Pinball Machines-This is a coin-operated machines which work on point system player control one or more steel balls on a play field inside a glass- cover cabinet.The main objective of this game to score as many points as possible.
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- Electro-mechanical games
Before computers became small, cheap, and reliable enough for this purpose, people still had the desire to stand in front of big-sized cabinets, stare into a glass panel, and pretend to do things they normally didn’t do, like kill aliens, drive like a madman, . To make the experience good electro-mechanical games introduced.In 1996 SEGA introduced electro-mechanical game called Periscope. Early submarine shooter and light gun shooter which used lights and plastic waves to simulate sinking ships from a submarine.
It was worldwide popular game and got great success in Japan , Europe & North America.It was a first game to cost a quarter per play success .Later first person shooter video games was released by SEGA and the first fps game was Duck Hunt in 1969 which was a popular game .
In 1970 electro-mechanical games machine was replaced by electronic video game following the release of Pong in 1972
- Redemption Games
These games requires skill that reward the player proportionally to their score in the game. The reward mainly comes in tickets , with more tickets winner awarded for high score.Tickets can be redeem at centre location for prizes .Most least expensive prizes are candy ,small plastic, rubber toys , etc. only requires a small no. of tickets to acquire while the most high expensive prizes are skateboard , low end electronics , etc . requires several thousands tickets for a given prize which will exceed the value of the prize .
Redemption games can be seen as modern successor to carnival games.
- Merchandisers
A merchandiser is an arcade gaming device, which features a machine that contains a display of merchandise , which can be won by playing & winning the game . These types games are also known as SWP ( skill with prizes ) games. These types of games need skills and chance or differing between devices and often able to be set by the operator. By this game problems also arise because of luck and chance payout percentages can to a large extent be set by the operator – such setting leads to machines being described as rigged. They are generally regulated separately from games of pure chance such as slot machines; see claw vending machine: legality for statues pertaining to claw machines.Claims of being largely or entirely skill-based can expose the operator to accusation of unfair practices; thus some lawyers advise operators to not advertise the machines as being skill-based.
Variation on ticket based redemption game is the merchandiser, which directly displays and dispenses merchandise, rather than dispensing tickets which are then redeemed for prizes.
- Reference Links
♦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9IpXQCV-I0- This link will aware with the history of arcade games
♦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWevidSFyjY- Tribute to early gaming industry of arcade games
♦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q9ljEXsW7w- top arcade games of 80s
Abhay- Game Designer 
