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1978 in video games

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1978 saw the release of new video games such as Space Invaders. The year is considered the beginning of the golden age of arcade video games. The year's highest-grossing video game was Taito's arcade game Space Invaders, while the best-selling home system was the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS).

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Highest-grossing arcade games

Space Invaders was the top-grossing video game worldwide in 1978.[1] The following table lists the top-grossing arcade games of 1978 in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide.

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Japan

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1978, according to the third annual Game Machine chart, which lists both arcade video games and electro-mechanical games (EM games) on the same arcade game chart. Taito's Space Invaders was the first video game to become highest-grossing overall arcade game on the annual Game Machine charts, after the two previous charts were topped by an EM game, F-1 by Namco.[3][4]

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The following titles were the highest-grossing games on each Game Machine arcade chart. Nintendo's EVR Race was the highest-grossing medal game for the third year in a row.[3][4]

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United States

In the United States, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade video games of 1978, in terms of coin drop earnings according to the annual Play Meter and RePlay charts.

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  1. Space Invaders sold 85,000 cabinets in the United Kingdom between 1978 and 1979.[1]
  2. ブロック 各被, Burokku Kakuhi
  3. フリッパー, Furippā
  4. 各磁 クレーン
  5. パイパイ 45, Paipai 45
  6. バンクロバーズ, Banku Robāzu
  7. 湘阿織機, Kansai Seiki
  8. キャッスルテイク, Kyassuru Teiku
  9. 鬼泣かせ

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