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The first Rogue-like game was created. The game was called "Rogue", which gave the name to the whole genre of games. Created by Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman and Ken Arnol. The game was full-screen graphics with a top view, the player moved through the maze and destroyed monsters.
On May 22, a slot machine with the PacMan game was created. The creator is the Namco company. One of the first color games (16 different colors). 350,000 PacMan machines were sold. At the time of Pacman's creation, video games revolved around two already bored topics: sports games and space shooters. Pacman has introduced a completely new arcade genre into games, filled with speed and drive. PacMan remains the most recognizable character in video games to this day. This game has become synonymous with video games.
Created the first graphic quest "Mystery House" for computers "Apple II". The creator is Roberta Williams. Despite the existing graphics in the game, the commands still had to be entered in text. (A little later, Roberta Williams and her husband Ken founded Sierra On-Line).
The Japanese company Nintendo makes small pocket consoles with batteries and LCD screens called Game & Watch. (A little later, in the USSR, they create their own copies of these consoles under the name "Electronics IM". The most famous of these games is "Well, wait a minute!", Where a wolf collects chicken eggs).
The "BattleZone" slot machine has been created. The player controls a tank with a first-person view from the cockpit. The game uses vector graphics (only lines, no polygons and textures).
Mass distribution of home computers.
Third generation of game consoles
1981 year
IBM starts selling its first personal computer.
1982 year
The Internet (global network) has been created. More precisely, a single network data transfer protocol - TCP / IP - has been created. This standardization made it possible to combine disparate local networks into a single world network - the Internet. (The very idea of a single TCP / IP protocol appeared back in 1974).
Merida
Badajoz
Cáceres
Mediterranean resorts of Spain
Extremadura
Ciudad Real
Toledo
Cuenca
Guadalajara
Castile-La Mancha
Escorial
Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Madrid
Community of Madrid
Madrid city
Sigüenza
Albacete
Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum 8-bit computers are on sale. The image of a rainbow on the case of both computers meant the ability to draw a color image. Tape audio cassettes were used as external storage media. Because of the unprecedentedly low price, home computers are replacing game consoles. The second generation game consoles are dying in the United States.