Simon Townsend's Wonder World!: Pinball and Video Arcades
1979
Simon Townsend's Wonder World!: Pinball and Video Arcades
1979
- NFSA ID7BVQ2JES
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresYouth, Children
- Year1979
In this episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, reporter Adam Bowen talks about pinball machines and video games with kids at an amusement parlour and the arcade's owner.
Video games really took off in the late 1970s and dominated amusement parlours with the arrival of Space Invaders in 1978, the first blockbuster arcade video game.
Space Invaders was responsible for kicking off a golden age of arcade games and is considered one of the most influential video games of all time.
Explore more of After Dark – a Deep Dive into Australian nightlife that draws on decades of material from the NFSA collection.
In this episode of Simon Townsend's Wonder World!, reporter Adam Bowen talks about pinball machines and video games with kids at an amusement parlour and the arcade's owner.
Video games really took off in the late 1970s and dominated amusement parlours with the arrival of Space Invaders in 1978, the first blockbuster arcade video game.
Space Invaders was responsible for kicking off a golden age of arcade games and is considered one of the most influential video games of all time.
Explore more of After Dark – a Deep Dive into Australian nightlife that draws on decades of material from the NFSA collection.
- NFSA ID7BVQ2JES
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresYouth, Children
- Year1979
- BroadcasterNetwork Ten
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