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Fueled by the previous year's release of the colorful and appealing Pac-Man, the audience for arcade games in 1981 became much wider. Pac-Man influenced maze games began appearing in arcades and on home systems. Pac-Man was again the year's highest-grossing video game for the second year in a row. Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong, which defined the platformer genre. Other arcade hits released in 1981 include Defender, Scramble, Frogger, and Galaga. The year's best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch, for the second year in a row.

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  • Fueled by the previous year's release of the colorful and appealing Pac-Man, the audience for arcade games in 1981 became much wider. Pac-Man influenced maze games began appearing in arcades and on home systems. Pac-Man was again the year's highest-grossing video game for the second year in a row. Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong, which defined the platformer genre. Other arcade hits released in 1981 include Defender, Scramble, Frogger, and Galaga. The year's best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch, for the second year in a row. (en)
  • Cet article présente les faits marquants de l'année 1981 concernant le jeu vidéo. (fr)
  • Ten artykuł opisuje ważne wydarzenia w 1981 roku w grach komputerowych. Zobacz też: Historia gier komputerowych. (pl)
  • Eventi rilevanti avvenuti nell'industria dei videogiochi nel 1981. Per un elenco delle voci su giochi usciti nell'anno vedi Categoria:Videogiochi del 1981. (it)
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  • Fueled by the previous year's release of the colorful and appealing Pac-Man, the audience for arcade games in 1981 became much wider. Pac-Man influenced maze games began appearing in arcades and on home systems. Pac-Man was again the year's highest-grossing video game for the second year in a row. Nintendo released the arcade game Donkey Kong, which defined the platformer genre. Other arcade hits released in 1981 include Defender, Scramble, Frogger, and Galaga. The year's best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch, for the second year in a row. (en)
  • Cet article présente les faits marquants de l'année 1981 concernant le jeu vidéo. (fr)
  • Ten artykuł opisuje ważne wydarzenia w 1981 roku w grach komputerowych. Zobacz też: Historia gier komputerowych. (pl)
  • Eventi rilevanti avvenuti nell'industria dei videogiochi nel 1981. Per un elenco delle voci su giochi usciti nell'anno vedi Categoria:Videogiochi del 1981. (it)
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  • 1981 in video games (en)
  • 1981 en jeu vidéo (fr)
  • Videogiochi nel 1981 (it)
  • 1981 w grach komputerowych (pl)
  • 1981 год в компьютерных играх (ru)
  • Datorspelsåret 1981 (sv)
  • 1981年電子遊戲界 (zh)
  • 1981 у відеоіграх (uk)
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