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  • Donkey Kong arcade game — Jump, smash and roll! - Gamestate

    Donkey Kong arcade game — Jump, smash and roll!

    In the early 1980s, video games were just starting to take shape. The arcade scene was booming, and games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders took the world by storm. But one game, in particular, stood out from the rest: Donkey...

  • Space Invaders: How one arcade game became a global phenomenon - Gamestate

    Space Invaders: How one arcade game became a global phenomenon

    In the late 1970s, a Japanese game designer named Tomohiro Nishikado created a game that would become one of the most iconic video games in history.  This arcade game, which involved players controlling a laser cannon at the bottom of...