Har zuwa 1978 wasanni bidiyo sun kasance a cikin salad kwanakin. Tun lokacin da aka fara amfani da wasannin fina-finai na farko da aka kaddamar a shekarar 1971, ana cigaba da karuwa a yayin da ake amfani da wasanni na injiniya tare da irin nauyin Pong . A ƙarshen 'yan wasan wasan bidiyo na vidiyo sun fashe cikin hauka na al'adun gargajiya, yawanci godiya ga lambar da take karbar jerin sunayenmu, Space Invaders . Wannan kuma shi ne shekarar da ta gabatar da duniya zuwa wasan farko na wasan kwallon kafa, wasan farko da ke motsawa da kuma wasan farko na POV. Wadannan sunaye ne mafi mashahuri, masu ladabi da kuma lalatawa daga cikin shekaru masu girma a cikin arcade.
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Space Invaders - Taito (Japan) Bally Midway (Amurka)
Wasan mafi muhimmanci na '78 shi ne linchpin da ya jefa kullun bidiyo daga nasara a cikin al'adun gargajiyar jama'a kamar yadda masu tsattsauran ra'ayin ra'ayi ke kewaye da shinge don samun damar yin harbi a wasu jirgi na jiragen ruwa. Na farko tsari ya zama baki da fari tare da launin launi a kan allon, yayin da wasu lokuta model ya nuna cikakken launi graphics da kuma bambancin game da hanyoyi hanyoyi. Wasan ya shahara sosai wanda aka sanya shi ya haifar da raunin kuɗi a Japan. Kusan nan da nan wasu masu wallafa sun fara cire shi tare da fiye da goma sha biyu da aka buga a wannan shekara, duk tare da m graphics, wasan kwaikwayo da sunayen masu kama da su kamar Super Invaders , Super Space Stranger da Ƙungiyar Alien Part II .
Sakamakon haka zuwa shekarar 1976 classic Breakout yayi fasalin wannan wasa kamar ainihin amma tare da tsari daban-daban daban uku da launi. Yan wasan suna kula da takalma a tushe na allon don kwashe jirgi a kan jerin shinge, watsar da tubali da kowane buga. Don doke wasan duk tubalin dole ne a barranta. Ganarorin sun ƙunshi wani ƙira don motsa ƙwanƙwasawa, maɓallin don kaddamar da ball kuma wata maɓalli don canzawa tsakanin tsarin wasanni. Hanyoyi daban-daban sun hada da Biyu - tare da kwallaye guda biyu don juyawa, Kwallon - 'yan wasan dole su kyale bakuna guda biyu da aka kama a saman ganuwar, da kuma Ci gaba inda bango ya sauka a kan mai kunnawa. Ƙungiya ta ci gaba da kasancewa mafi tsalle-tsalle game da duk lokaci, mafi yawan kwanan nan tare da wayar hannu Block Breaker .