The Video Game Years
1979
TV-PG
S1 • E3 Jul 5, 2021 40m1979 was a year of rapid innovation that pushed video games into a new era. This episode highlights the arrival of Galaxian, the launch of the Microvision handheld, the debut of Intellivision, and the arcade phenomenon Asteroids. Through commentary and historical context, it explores how these breakthroughs expanded the industry’s reach and set the stage for the explosive growth of the early 1980s.
