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Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney invented the first coin-operated arcade video game Computer Space in 1971. They commercialized the mainframe game Spacewar! into a machine that used a joystick to control a spaceship.
The golden age of arcade video games began in 1978 with the release of Space Invaders. This era lasted from the late 1970s to the early 1980s and featured rapid technological evolution and iconic characters like Pac-Man.
The arcade industry declined in the Western world because home video game consoles such as the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox increased in graphics and gameplay capability while decreasing in cost. This shift caused the console market to surpass the arcade market for the first time around 1997 or 1998.
Arcade video games are found in restaurants, bowling alleys, college campuses, video rental shops, dormitories, laundromats, movie theaters, supermarkets, shopping malls, and airports. Japan, China, and South Korea continue to maintain a robust arcade industry in contemporary times.
Modern arcade cabinets use flat panel displays instead of cathode-ray tubes and often run on modified video game console hardware or gaming PC components. They utilize Internet services such as ALL.Net and NESiCAxLive to download updates or enable online multiplayer gameplay.