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the more interesting accessories. Our goal is inspiring anyone passionate or
curious about retro gaming to delve farther into 8-bit games and 1980's arcade
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I still own the Atari 2600 I bought when I was 12 and have collected several
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RCA, Sega, SNK Playmore, Sony, and a few miscellaneous ones. My buddy & I built
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Between the photo-realistic gaming of today and the blocky 8 bit world of the
late 70's and 80's lies paradise - 8 bit Gaming! Here at 8-Bit Central, we'll be
playing Galaga while others are busy shouting at their opponents on a cheap
headset. :)

Growing up with Atari gives me great memories of those simplistic 8 bit games
and the many game consoles they appeared on. I still love those 8 bit games and
get stoked whenever I find them retrofitted and/or rebooted for modern consoles.
I'll never be able to get enough of Space Invaders or Wizard of Wor on my PS2 or
Super Mario All Stars, Rampage and Burger Time on my Wii. Timeless classics will
always resonate with retro gamers regardless of the latest tech evolutions.

Video gaming has made enormous strides, as technology improves and consumer
expectations surge. Few arcade fanatics playing Missile Command back in 1980
imagined being able to play it at home on an Atari 2600 VCS the following year.
These days, kids with a PS4 probably can't imagine playing something as
primitive as Missile Command. Maybe one day they'll realize what they're
missing! It's a great history Lesson!!


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Printed: February 16, 2022

Retro Video Game
Console Timeline How Old Is Your Favorite
Video Game Console?* DATE CONSOLE AGE first generation 5-1972 Odyssey 49.8 years
11-1975 Pong (TG) 46.2 years ?-1976 Telstar 46.1 years second generation 8-1976
Fairchild Ch. F 45.5 years 1-1977 Studio II 45.1 years ?-1977 Astrocade 44.9
years 10-1977 Atari 2600 44.3 years ?-1978 Odyssey2 44.1 years ?-1978 Merlin
44.1 years 11-1979 Atari 800 42.2 years 12-1979 Intellivision 41.2 years 4-1982
ZX Spectrum 39.8 years 8-1982 Commodore 64 39.5 years 8-1982 Colecovision 39.5
years ?-1982 Arcadia 2001 39.3 years 11-1982 Atari 5200 39.2 years 11-1982
Vectrex 39.2 years 6-1983 Atari 600XL 38.7 years 10-1983 Atari 800XL 38.3 years
11-1983 Intellivision II 38.2 years third generation 10-1985 NES 36.3 years
1-1986 Atari 7800 36.1 years 6-1986 Master System 35.7 years ?-1987 Atari XEGS
35.1 years fourth generation 4-1989 Game Boy 32.8 years 6-1989 Atari Portfolio
32.7 years 8-1989 Genesis 32.5 years 9-1989 TurboGrafx-16 32.4 years 9-1989
Atari Lynx 32.4 years 8-1990 TurboGrafx-CD 31.5 years 10-1990 Game Gear 31.3
years ?-1991 Neo Geo AES 31 years 8-1991 SNES 30.4 years ?-1991 TurboExpress
30.3 years fifth generation 9-1993 CD 32 28.4 years 10-1993 NES 101 TL 28.3
years 10-1993 3DO 28.3 years 11-1993 Atari Jaguar 28.2 years 5-1995 Sega Saturn
26.7 years 8-1995 Virtual Boy 26.5 years 9-1995 Pipin 26.4 years 9-1995
PlayStation 26.4 years 9-1996 N64 25.3 years sixth generation 11-1998 GB Color
23.2 years 3-1999 Nuon 22.9 years 8-1999 NG Pocket Color 22.5 years 9-1999
Dreamcast 22.4 years 7-2000 PS One 21.6 years 10-2000 Sony PS2 21.3 years — 20
Year mark — 6-2001 GB Advance 20.6 years 11-2001 Xbox 20.2 years 11-2001
GameCube 20.2 years seventh generation 11-2004 Nintendo DS 17.2 years 3-2005
Sony PSP 16.9 years 12-2005 Xbox 360 16.2 years 6-2006 DS Lite 15.7 years
11-2006 PS3 15.2 years 11-2006 Wii 15.2 years 8-2010 Caanoo 11.5 years eighth
generation 3-2011 Nintendo 3DS 10.9 years 10-2011 Wii Family Ed. 10.3 years
2-2012 Vita 9.9 years 11-2012 Wii U 9.2 years 12-2012 NeoGeo X 9.1 years 6-2013
Ouya 8.6 years 10-2013 2DS 8.3 years 11-2013 PS4 8.2 years 11-2013 Wii Mini 8.2
years 11-2013 Xbox One 8.2 years 10-2014 PlayStation TV 7.3 years 1-2015
Analogue Nt 7.1 years 10-2016 PlayStation VR 5.3 years 11-2016 PS4 Pro 5.2 years
11-2016 NES CE 5.2 years 1-2017 Analogue Nt Mini 5 years ninth generation 3-2017
Switch 4.9 years 7-2017 2DS XL 4.5 years 9-2017 SNES CE 4.3 years 2-2018
Analogue Super Nt 4 years 3-2019 Analogue Mega SG 2.9 years 9-2019 Switch Lite
2.4 years 5-2020 Evercade 1.7 years 11-2020 Xbox Series X/S 1.2 years 11-2020
PS5 1.2 years 12-2020 New Atari VCS 1.1 years *Based on North American release
dates. This list is a work-in-progress and is not meant to be comprehensive.
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Retro Arcade Game
Timeline Align your milestones with
iconic arcade games DATE Arcade Title AGE 1970's 11-1971 Computer Space 50.2
years 9-1972 Pong 49.4 years 4-1976 Breakout 45.8 years 3-1977 Boot Hill 44.9
years 10-1978 Space Invaders 43.3 years 8-1979 Lunar Lander 43.3 years 11-1979
Asteroids 42.2 years 12-1979 Galaxian 42.2 years 1980's 6-1980 Missile Command
41.7 years 9-1980 Star Castle 41.4 years 10-1980 Pac-Man 41.3 years 10-1980
Berzerk 41.3 years 12-1980 Phoenix 41.2 years 1-1981 Wizard Of Wor 41.1 years
2-1981 Scramble 41 years 2-1981 Defender 41 years 6-1981 Centipede 40.7 years
6-1981 Frogger 40.7 years 7-1981 Donkey Kong 40.6 years 10-1981 Vanguard 40.3
years 10-1981 Tempest 40.3 years 12-1981 Galaga 40.2 years 1-1982 Zaxxon 40.1
years 3-1982 Robotron 2084 39.9 years 4-1982 Dig Dug 39.8 years 6-1982 Moon
Patrol 39.7 years 9-1982 Joust 39.4 years 10-1982 Q*bert 39.3 years 6-1983
Dragon's Lair 38.7 years 11-1983 Spy Hunter 38.2 years 6-1984 Birdie King 3 37.7
years 5-1985 Gradius 36.8 years 10-1985 Space Harrier 36.3 years 9-1986 Out Run
35.4 years 12-1986 720° 35.2 years 2-1987 Contra 35 years 7-1987 Double Dragon
34.6 years 8-1987 Street Fighter 34.5 years 11-1987 Operation Wolf 34.2 years
12-1988 NARC 33.2 years 9-1989 S.T.U.N. Runner 32.4 years 1990's 3-1990 Aliens
31.9 years 2-1991 Street Fighter II 31 years 8-1991 Steel Talons 30.5 years
7-1992 Mortal Kombat 29.6 years 5-1993 Out Runners 28.8 years 12-1993 Virtua
Fighter 28.2 years 3-1994 Daytona USA 27.9 years 10-1994 Killer Instinct 27.3
years 11-1994 Crusin' USA 27.2 years 12-1994 Tekken 27.1 years 6-1995 Alpine
Racer 26.6 years 10-1995 Area 51 26.3 years 4-1996 Metal Slug 25.8 years 3-1998
California Speed 23.9 years 9-1998 Dance Dance Revolution 23.4 years 2-1999
Crazy Taxi 23 years 2000's 5-2000 Metal Slug 3 21.8 years 11-2000 Ridge Racer 5
21.2 years 12-2000 Smashing Drive 21.2 years — 20 Year mark — 7-2001 Tekken 4
20.6 years 3-2002 Initial D Arcade Stage 19.9 years 7-2002 Soul Calibur II 19.6
years 12-2003 Out Run 2 18.2 years 4-2003 Virtua Cop 3 18.8 years 3-2004 Ollie
King 17.9 years 4-2005 Lethal Enforcer 3 16.8 years 2-2006 Metal Slug 6 16 years
6-2006 Time Crisis 4 15.7 years 7-2006 Virtua Fighter 5 15.6 years 11-2007
Tekken 6 14.2 years 9-2008 Rambo 13.4 years 5-2009 H2Overdrive 15.8 years Based
on North American release dates.
This list only shows a selection of iconic arcade games representing each year
and is in no way comprehensive.
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