As a fascinating aside, the creator of the first arcade game, Nolan Bushnell, was also the founder of Atari and, um, Chuck E.

A year before that, however, came "Computer Space", made by the founders of Atari, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a sort of primitive asteroids/space invaders hybrid. And before that ...

Their game, Computer Space, was released for the first time ... the simplistic space shooter game was hailed a success. The first arcade video game had been made. But how did we get from the ...

One of the first major video game successes in history is back and in a brand new, modern arcade cabinet that would fit in ...

From tiny cabinet replicas to all-in-one tabletop consoles, these mini arcade machines are affordable and practical alternatives to the real thing.