<s>
1982	O
was	O
the	O
peak	O
year	O
for	O
the	O
golden	O
age	O
of	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
second	B-Application
generation	I-Application
of	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
that	O
would	O
spawn	O
franchises	O
,	O
or	O
at	O
least	O
sequels	O
,	O
including	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
,	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
,	O
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
Do	O
!,	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
,	O
Q*bert	B-Application
,	O
Time	B-Application
Pilot	I-Application
and	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
year	O
's	O
highest-grossing	O
video	O
game	O
was	O
Namco	O
's	O
arcade	O
game	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
year	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best-selling	O
home	O
system	O
was	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
(	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
game	O
consoles	O
added	O
to	O
a	O
crowded	O
market	O
,	O
notably	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
market	O
is	O
worth	O
$4.3	O
billion	O
,	O
equivalent	O
to	O
$	O
adjusted	O
for	O
inflation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
1982	O
was	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
accumulated	O
a	O
total	O
revenue	O
of	O
worldwide	O
(	O
adjusted	O
for	O
inflation	O
)	O
by	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
titles	O
were	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
of	O
1982	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
annual	O
Game	O
Machine	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rank	O
Title	O
Genre	O
Manufacturer	O
1	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
Racing	O
Namco	O
2	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
Maze	B-Application
3	O
Galaga	B-Application
Shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
4	O
Pengo	B-Application
Maze	B-Application
Sega	O
5	O
Time	B-Application
Pilot	I-Application
Shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
Konami	O
6	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Platform	O
Nintendo	O
7	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
Shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
Taito	O
8	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Platform	O
Nintendo	O
9	O
Burnin	B-Application
 '	I-Application
Rubber	I-Application
(	O
Bump	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Jump	I-Application
)	O
Vehicular	O
combat	O
Data	O
East	O
10	O
Mr.	B-Application
Do	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Rank	O
Title	O
Platform(s )	O
Developer	O
Publisher(s )	O
Release	O
Year	O
Sales	O
Revenue	O
Inflation	O
1	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
VCS	B-Application
,	O
Coleco	O
,	O
Nelsonic	O
Namco	O
Atari	O
,	O
Coleco	O
,	O
Nelsonic	O
1982	O
9,271,844	O
$	O
200,000,000	O
+	O
$+	O
2	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
ColecoVision	B-Device
,	O
VCS	B-Application
Nintendo	O
Coleco	O
1982	O
4,550,000	O
$	O
100,000,000	O
+	O
$+	O
3	O
Frogger	B-Application
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Konami	O
Parker	O
Brothers	O
1982	O
4,000,000	O
$	O
80,000,000	O
$	O
4	O
Defender	B-Application
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Williams	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
1982	O
3,006,790	O
colspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
Via	O
5	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
the	O
Extra-Terrestrial	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Universal	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
1982	O
2,637,985	O
colspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
6	O
Berzerk	B-Application
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
1982	O
1,798,773	O
colspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
7	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Taito	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
1980	O
1,373,033	O
colspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
8	O
Asteroids	B-Application
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
1981	O
1,331,956	O
colspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
9	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Pac-Man	B-Application
wins	O
the	O
best	O
arcade	O
game	O
award	O
,	O
Asteroids	B-Application
(	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
)	O
wins	O
the	O
best	O
console	B-Application
game	I-Application
award	O
,	O
and	O
Star	B-Application
Raiders	I-Application
(	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
)	O
wins	O
the	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pac-Man	B-Application
wins	O
the	O
Video	O
Software	O
Dealers	O
Association	O
's	O
VSDA	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Videogame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
–	O
Sega	O
releases	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
,	O
which	O
introduces	O
isometric	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
and	O
looks	O
far	O
more	O
3D	O
than	O
any	O
other	O
raster	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
13	O
–	O
Midway	O
releases	O
Ms.	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
(	O
despite	O
it	O
being	O
copyrighted	O
as	O
1981	O
)	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
(	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
suggests	O
)	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
created	O
without	O
Namco	O
's	O
authorization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
release	O
Baby	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
and	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
without	O
Namco	O
's	O
authorization	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
;	O
the	O
former	O
is	O
a	O
pinball/video	O
game	O
hybrid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
19	O
–	O
Namco	O
releases	O
Dig	B-Application
Dug	I-Application
,	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Atari	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
–	O
Nintendo	O
releases	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
,	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
–	O
Taito	O
releases	O
parallax	O
scroller	O
Jungle	B-Application
Hunt	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
24	O
–	O
Namco	O
releases	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
with	O
stereophonic	O
and	O
quadraphonic	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
–	O
Sega	O
releases	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
Pengo	B-Application
,	O
starring	O
a	O
cute	O
penguin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
–	O
Namco	O
releases	O
Super	B-Application
Pac-Man	I-Application
,	O
the	O
third	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
–	O
Universal	O
releases	O
Mr.	B-Application
Do	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
October	O
–	O
Gottlieb	O
releases	O
Q*bert	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
–	O
Konami	O
releases	O
Time	B-Application
Pilot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bally/Midway	O
releases	O
the	O
Tron	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
before	O
the	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
releases	O
Gravitar	B-Application
which	O
,	O
though	O
extraordinarily	O
difficult	O
,	O
inspires	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
gravity-based	O
home	O
computer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Williams	O
Electronics	O
releases	O
Joust	B-Application
,	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	B-Application
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
with	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
,	O
Irem	O
's	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
East	O
releases	O
BurgerTime	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taito	O
releases	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
,	O
which	O
creates	O
the	O
blueprint	O
for	O
mid-80s	O
,	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
,	O
commando	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kangaroo	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Donkey	O
Kong-inspired	O
games	O
to	O
become	O
popular	O
in	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gottlieb	O
releases	O
Reactor	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
–	O
Atari	O
releases	O
Haunted	B-Application
House	I-Application
for	O
the	O
2600	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
later	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
survival	O
horror	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
–	O
Atari	O
's	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
hits	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
–	O
Atari	O
releases	O
Yars	B-Application
 '	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
–	O
Overlooked	O
arcade	O
games	O
are	O
revitalized	O
as	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
launch	O
titles	O
,	O
including	O
Cosmic	B-Application
Avenger	I-Application
,	O
Mouse	B-Application
Trap	I-Application
,	O
Lady	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Venture	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
–	O
Atari	O
releases	O
Swordquest	B-Application
:	I-Application
Earthworld	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
in	O
a	O
planned	O
four-game	O
contest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
–	O
Atari	O
releases	O
E.T.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Activision	O
releases	O
River	B-Application
Raid	I-Application
,	O
Megamania	B-Application
,	O
Barnstorming	B-Application
,	O
Chopper	B-Application
Command	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Starmaster	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
River	B-Application
Raid	I-Application
becomes	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
all-time	O
bestselling	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starpath	O
releases	O
Dragonstomper	B-Application
(	O
the	O
only	O
RPG	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
Escape	B-Application
From	I-Application
the	I-Application
Mindmaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parker	O
Brothers	O
releases	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imagic	O
releases	O
Demon	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
,	O
Atlantis	B-Application
,	O
Cosmic	B-Application
Ark	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Dragonfire	B-Application
for	O
the	O
2600	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atlantis	B-Application
sells	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
copies	O
while	O
Demon	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
doubles	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
24	O
–	O
Ultima	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Enchantress	I-Application
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Big	B-Device
Five	I-Device
Software	I-Device
releases	O
the	O
widely	O
ported	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
,	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
with	O
ten	O
screens	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
four	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broderbund	O
releases	O
Choplifter	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edu-Ware	O
releases	O
Prisoner	O
2	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koei	O
releases	O
The	O
Dragon	O
and	O
Princess	O
,	O
the	O
earliest	O
known	O
Japanese	O
RPG	O
,	O
for	O
NEC	O
's	O
PC-8001	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
tactical	B-Application
turn-based	I-Application
combat	I-Application
in	O
the	O
RPG	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koei	O
releases	O
Night	B-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
erotic	O
computer	O
game	O
(	O
Eroge	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
released	O
the	O
erotic	O
title	O
,	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
role-playing	O
adventure	O
game	O
with	O
color	O
graphics	O
,	O
owing	O
to	O
the	O
eight-color	O
palette	O
of	O
the	O
PC-8001	B-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
Mission	O
:	O
Impossible	O
franchise	O
,	O
it	O
replaces	O
the	O
traditional	O
fantasy	B-Application
setting	O
with	O
a	O
modern	O
espionage	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sir-Tech	O
releases	O
Wizardry	B-Device
II	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Knight	I-Device
of	I-Device
Diamonds	I-Device
,	O
the	O
second	B-Application
scenario	O
in	O
the	O
Wizardry	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
releases	O
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synapse	O
releases	O
Necromancer	B-Application
and	O
Shamus	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hiroyuki	O
Imabayashi	O
's	O
Sokoban	B-Device
is	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-8801	I-Device
and	O
becomes	O
an	O
oft-cloned	O
puzzle	O
game	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Datamost	O
releases	O
the	O
action/adventure	O
game	O
Aztec	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
from	O
Broderbund	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
general-purpose	O
game	O
creation	O
kits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
–	O
Sega	O
releases	O
the	O
Sega	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
,	O
an	O
arcade	O
system	O
board	O
that	O
introduces	O
isometric	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
–	O
Namco	O
releases	O
the	O
Namco	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
system	O
board	O
to	O
use	O
16-bit	B-Device
microprocessors	B-Architecture
,	O
with	O
two	O
Zilog	B-Device
Z8002	I-Device
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
–	O
Emerson	O
releases	O
the	O
Arcadia	B-Application
2001	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
–	O
Coleco	O
launches	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
console	B-Device
with	O
versions	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
Sega	O
's	O
isometric	O
Zaxxon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
–	O
General	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
releases	O
the	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
with	O
built-in	O
vector	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
–	O
Atari	O
renames	O
the	O
venerable	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
releases	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
lightly	O
modified	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computer	I-Device
with	O
analog	O
joysticks	O
and	O
no	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entex	O
releases	O
the	O
Adventure	B-Application
Vision	I-Application
tabletop	O
console	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
–	O
Timex	O
Sinclair	O
releases	O
a	O
modified	O
ZX81	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
as	O
the	O
TS1000	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
releases	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-98	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
Japanese	O
market	O
leader	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	O
computers	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
APC	B-Operating_System
overseas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sharp	O
releases	O
the	O
X1	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sinclair	O
Research	O
releases	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
home	O
computer	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
become	O
Britain	O
's	O
best-selling	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	O
Data	O
,	O
initially	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Mettoy	O
,	O
releases	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
home	O
microcomputer	O
.	O
</s>
