

From this era arose many of the most prominent developers and publishers of today’s gaming industry, but for every modest upstart company that made it, there were about a dozen that didn’t.

Publishers sought fresh, new talent and gamers sought fresh, new experiences, and the arcades were a veritable paradise for an entirely new set of genres. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.The era just after the chaos the industry barely survived in the mid-80s was a spawning ground for upstart companies who’d have never had a chance in a world controlled by Atari. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.

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