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1971: Debut of the Galaxy Game at Stanford University
1972: Launch of Pong, the first commercially successful video game by Atari
1976: Atari releases Night Driver, the first first-person racing game
1978: Beginning of the Golden Age of Arcade Games with Taito's Space Invaders
1979: Namco releases Galaxian
1980: Namco releases Pac-Man, biggest-selling game of all time
1981: Nintendo releases Donkey Kong, one of the first platform games
1982: Namco releases the popular Pole Position
1983: Dragon's Lair, first video game to use video instead of computer-generated graphics
1984: 16-bit processors introduced in arcade machines
1985: Vs. Super Mario Bros. introduced, first arcade version of Super Mario Bros.
1988: Namco releases Splatterhouse with the first parental advisory disclaimer
1991: Arcade competitive play revolutionized with the Capcom release of Street Fighter II,
1992: Mortal Kombat features blood and fatality
1993: First 3D fighting game, Sega's Virtua Fighter
1999: Rush 2049 is the last arcade game to bear the Atari Games logo

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