Arcade Limitations

The very first arcade machines were created in the early 1970s. There creation became possible soon after the previous transistors used in computer systems became obsolete and new ones were made that allowed computers to be placed in cabinets as a standalone console as there was now more room which allows them to carry the most advanced gaming technology of the time.

Galaxy Game arcade systems.

Monopolising these arcade systems in such a fashion (insert coin to play) because an amazing success and many people a day would want to play them and multiple times too and people became aware of their financial value and they began to reproduce in many different areas. Set the pace for even today video game systems, if arcade machines like this hadn't come along then gaming might still have just be considered a novelty and never taking off as seriously and astoundingly as it did.

The first arcade system to truly gain widespread popularity and fame was the arcade machine for the game, Pong. This arcade system was constructed in the following year (1972) by Allan Alcorn for the company Atari as a training exercise that han't been anticipated to show as grands results as it did. The machine's quality and craft impressed the cofounder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell so much so that he made a deal to start putting it into business and produced many duplicates to be sold commercially as the first successful video game consoles.

Pong was a game where the player would have to stop  the ball represented by pixels squares from entering their side or goal. This game was multiplayer and was loved for the fact that friends could play against one another.

Throughout the years Atari still remained the dominant hand in arcade gaming, innovating with different game designs like, Night Driver (one of the very first first person driving/ racing games ever), as well as Break Out which was similar to pong except the player would use the paddle and ball to smash blocks instead of score points against an opponent; after that came Asteroids which became Atari's best selling game of all to even to this day.

With advances in technology however the arcade machines slowly began to lose their value and home consoles were becoming much more powerful, although not more powerful the arcade machines themselves but powerful enough for consumers to want to take them home and enjoy for as long as they want. Another major upset with arcade machines was that you had to pay each time you wanted to play whereas home consoles (initially more expensive) were a better investment as the amount of time you could play on it and where you wanted to eventually paid itself off.

Atari were not ignorant to this fact however and began developing and manufacturing its own home console for consumers to play, for awhile still rising against the competition.

Atari's first home console.