“As Dance Dance Revolution’s name implies, it truly provided a revolution for the music game scene,” says Lindsey Kurano, video game curator. More than 100 versions of the game have been produced since 1998, and Dance Dance Revolution helped to pave the way for other iconic music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The fast-paced game spread quickly to arcades across the world, and Konami spun out a home version of the game on the Sony Playstation the following year. Pac-Man represented a turn in the cultural conversation about women’s place in the arcade as well as in society at large.”Ībout Dance Dance Revolution: Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) took Japanese arcades by storm in 1998, challenging players to use their balance and dexterity to step to the beat of popular music. By offering the first widely recognized female video game character, Ms. There was nothing inherently gendered about early video games, but the coin-op industry certainly advertised them that way. Pac-Man promoted and signaled the broadening of game play across the genders. Says Julia Novakovic, senior archivist, “ Ms.
Pac-Man sold 125,000 cabinets within five years of its release, making it one of the five best-selling arcade games of all time, behind previous inductees Pac-Man, Space Invader s, and Street Fighter II. It also reimagined the title character as female to acknowledge the girls and women who loved playing the first game. The sequel featured more sophisticated mazes, smarter opponents, and new challenges. Pacman : Capitalizing on the success of the iconic Pac-Man arcade game, Midway launched Ms.
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