1982 жылғы аркадалық ойындардың алтын ғасыры мен жаңа буын консольдері

1982 was the peak year for the golden age of arcade video games as well as the second generation of video game consoles. Many games were released that would spawn franchises, or at least sequels, including Dig Dug, Pole Position, Mr. Do!, Zaxxon, Q*bert, Time Pilot and Pitfall! The year's highest grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac Man, for the third year in a row, while the year's best selling home system was the Atari 2600 (Atari VCS). Additional video game consoles added to a crowded market, notably the ColecoVision and Atari 5200. Troubles at Atari late in the year triggered the video game crash of 1983.

The US arcade video game market is worth $4.3 billion, equivalent to $ adjusted for inflation. The US home video game market is worth $3.8 billion, equivalent to $ adjusted for inflation. The Japanese home video game market is approaching ¥300 billion, equivalent to $ adjusted for inflation.

The highest grossing arcade game of 1982 was Pac Man, which had accumulated a total revenue of $6 billion worldwide ( adjusted for inflation) by 1982.

In Japan, the following titles were the highest grossing arcade video games of 1982, according to the annual Game Machine chart. Rank Title Genre Manufacturer 1 Pole Position Racing Namco 2 Dig Dug Maze 3 Galaga Shoot 'em up 4 Pengo Maze Sega 5 Time Pilot Shoot 'em up Konami 6 Donkey Kong Platform Nintendo 7 Front Line Shoot 'em up Taito 8 Donkey Kong Jr. Platform Nintendo 9 Burnin' Rubber (Bump 'n' Jump) Vehicular combat Data East 10 Mr. Do! Maze Universal

In the United States, the following titles were the highest grossing arcade games of 1982, according to RePlay and Cash Box magazines and the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA). Rank RePlay Cash Box AMOA Play Meter 1 Donkey Kong Ms. Pac Man 2 Pac Man Pac Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Defender, Zaxxon rowspan="5" 3 Donkey Kong, Centipede 4 5 6

The following table lists the top grossing titles of each month in 1982, according to the RePlay and Play Meter charts. MonthRePlay Play MeterRef (Reference(s)) Upright cabinet Cocktail cabinet January Pac Man February Pac Man March Pac Man / Ms. Pac Man April Ms. Pac Man Donkey Kong May Turbo July Ms. Pac Man Ms. Pac Man August Pac Man / Ms. Pac Man September October Jungle King November Ms. Pac Man December Ms. Pac Man 1982 Donkey Kong Ms. Pac Man Coleco's Mini Arcade version sold 1.5 million units. 2 Donkey Kong ColecoVision, VCS Nintendo Coleco 1982 4,550,000 $100,000,000+ $+ 3 Frogger Atari VCS Konami Parker Brothers 1982 4,000,000 $80,000,000 $ 4 Defender Atari VCS Williams Atari, Inc. 1982 3,006,790 colspan="2" 5 E. T. the Extra Terrestrial Atari VCS Universal Atari, Inc. 1982 2,637,985 colspan="2" 10 Night Driver Atari VCS Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. 1980 457,058 colspan="2" 2Game & WatchNintendoHandheld4,600,000+3Coleco Mini ArcadeColecoDedicated3,000,0004IntellivisionMattelConsoleSecond1,100,0005Timex Sinclair 1000Timex SinclairComputer8 bit750,0006Atari 400 / Atari 800Atari, Inc. Computer8 bit600,000Commodore 64 / VIC 20Commodore InternationalComputer8 bit600,000

December 27 – Starcade, a video game television game show, debuts on TBS in the United States.

Electronic Games holds the third Arcade Awards, for games released during 1980–1981. Pac Man wins the best arcade game award, Asteroids (Atari VCS) wins the best console game award, and Star Raiders (Atari 8 bit computers) wins the best computer game award. Pac Man wins the Video Software Dealers Association's VSDA Award for Best Videogame.

January – Sega releases Zaxxon, which introduces isometric graphics and looks far more 3D than any other raster game at the time. January 13 – Midway releases Ms. Pac Man (despite it being copyrighted as 1981); it is (as the name suggests) the sequel to Pac Man, but was created without Namco's authorization. They also release Baby Pac Man and Pac Man Plus without Namco's authorization later in the year; the former is a pinball/video game hybrid. April 19 – Namco releases Dig Dug, manufactured by Atari in North America. August – Nintendo releases Donkey Kong Jr., the sequel to Donkey Kong. August – Taito releases parallax scroller Jungle Hunt. September 24 – Namco releases Pole Position, one of the first games with stereophonic and quadraphonic sound. Featuring a pseudo 3D, third person, rear view perspective, it becomes the most popular racing game of its time. September – Sega releases maze game Pengo, starring a cute penguin. October – Namco releases Super Pac Man, the third title in the Pac Man series. October – Universal releases Mr. Do! solely as a conversion kit, the first game in the series. October – Gottlieb releases Q*bert. November – Konami releases Time Pilot. Bally/Midway releases the Tron arcade game before the movie. Atari releases Gravitar which, though extraordinarily difficult, inspires a number of gravity based home computer games. Williams Electronics releases Joust, Robotron: 2084, and the second game of the year with parallax scrolling, Irem's Moon Patrol. Robotron popularizes the twin stick control scheme for fast action games. Data East releases BurgerTime. Taito releases Front Line, which creates the blueprint for mid 80s, vertically scrolling, commando games. Electro Sport releases Quarter Horse, the first Laserdisc video game. Kangaroo is one of the first Donkey Kong inspired games to become popular in arcades. Gottlieb releases Reactor.

February – Atari releases Haunted House for the 2600, which is later considered one of the first survival horror games. March – Atari's Atari 2600 version of Pac Man hits stores. April – Activision releases Pitfall!, which goes on to sell 4 million copies. May – Atari releases Yars' Revenge. August – Overlooked arcade games are revitalized as ColecoVision launch titles, including Cosmic Avenger, Mouse Trap, Lady Bug, and Venture. October – Atari releases Swordquest: Earthworld, the first title in a planned four game contest. December – Atari releases E. T. the Extra Terrestrial. Written in five and a half weeks, it's one of the games that sparks the video game crash of 1983. Activision releases River Raid, Megamania, Barnstorming, Chopper Command, and Starmaster for the Atari 2600. River Raid becomes one of the all time bestselling games for the system. Starpath releases Dragonstomper (the only RPG for the Atari 2600) and Escape From the Mindmaster. Parker Brothers releases Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600, which is the first Star Wars video game. Imagic releases Demon Attack, Atlantis, Cosmic Ark, and Dragonfire for the 2600. Atlantis sells over a million copies while Demon Attack doubles that. It is an early example of tactical turn based combat in the RPG genre. Koei releases Night Life, the first erotic computer game (Eroge). The company also released the erotic title, Seduction of the Condominium Wife (団地妻の誘惑), which was an early role playing adventure game with color graphics, owing to the eight color palette of the PC 8001 computer. It became a hit, helping Koei become a major software company. Pony Canyon releases Spy Daisakusen, another early Japanese RPG. Based on the Mission: Impossible franchise, it replaces the traditional fantasy setting with a modern espionage setting. Sir Tech releases Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds, the second scenario in the Wizardry series. Sierra On Line releases Time Zone for the Apple II. Written and directed by Roberta Williams, the graphical adventure game shipped with 6 double sided floppy disks and cost US$99. Synapse releases Necromancer and Shamus for the Atari 8 bit computers. Hiroyuki Imabayashi's Sokoban is released for the NEC PC 8801 and becomes an oft cloned puzzle game concept. Datamost releases the action/adventure game Aztec for the Apple II. The Arcade Machine from Broderbund is one of the first general purpose game creation kits.

January – Sega releases the Sega Zaxxon, an arcade system board that introduces isometric graphics. September – Namco releases the Namco Pole Position, the first arcade system board to use 16 bit microprocessors, with two Zilog Z8002 processors. It is capable of pseudo 3D, sprite scaling, and displays up to 3840 colors.

July – Timex Sinclair releases a modified ZX81 in the US as the TS1000. It's the first sub $100 home computer. Commodore Business Machines releases the Commodore 64 home computer, which would become one of the best selling computers of all time. NEC releases the NEC PC 98, which would become the Japanese market leader and one of the best selling computers of all time. It is released as the APC overseas. Sharp releases the X1. Sinclair Research releases the ZX Spectrum home computer, which would become Britain's best selling computer. Dragon Data, initially a subsidiary of Mettoy, releases the Dragon 32 home microcomputer.