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1983 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Mario Bros. and Pole Position II , along with new titles such as Astron Belt , Champion Baseball , Dragon's Lair , Elevator Action , Spy Hunter and Track & Field . Major events include the video game crash of 1983 in North America, and the third generation of video game consoles beginning with the launch of Nintendo's Family Computer (Famicom) and Sega's SG-1000 in Japan. The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pole Position , while the year's best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch for the third time since 1980.

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Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games

Pole Position , a racing game by Namco, was the most successful arcade game of 1983. [4]

Japan

In Japan, Game Machine magazine began publishing half-monthly charts of top-grossing arcade games from June 1, 1983. [5] The following titles were the top-grossing arcade video games on the Game Machine charts from June to December 1983.

Month Table arcade cabinet Upright/cockpit cabinet Ref
First halfSecond halfFirst halfSecond half
May Champion Baseball Astron Belt [6]
June [7] [5]
July [8] [9]
August Champion Baseball Elevator Action [10] [11]
September Elevator Action Ultra Quiz Astron Belt [12] [13]
October Pole Position Star Wars [14] [15]
November Xevious Joshi Volleyball Laser Grand Prix Pole Position II [16] [17]
December Exerion Hyper Olympic TX-1 [18] [19]

United States

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1983, according to RePlay magazine, the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA), and Cash Box magazine.

RankRePlayAMOA [20] Cash Box [21] Play Meter
1 Pole Position [22] Pole Position [23] Ms. Pac-Man ,
Pole Position 		Dragon's Lair [24]
2 Dragon's Lair ,
Mr. Do! [25] 		Bump 'n' Jump ,
Galaga ,
Ms. Pac-Man ,
Mr. Do! ,
Bag Man ,
Nibbler ,
Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom ,
Jungle King (Jungle Hunt)
Donkey Kong ,
Joust ,
Time Pilot ,
Q*bert 		Un­known
3 Dragon's Lair
4Un­known Millipede
5Un­known—
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the best-selling home video games of 1983.

RankTitlePlatformPublisherLicensorRelease YearGenreSalesRef
1 Ms. Pac-Man Atari 2600 Atari, Inc. Midway 1983 Maze 1,963,078 [26]
2 Donkey Kong ColecoVision Coleco Nintendo 1982 Platformer 1,500,000 [27]
3 Centipede Atari 2600Atari, Inc.— 1983 Shoot 'em up 1,475,240 [26]
4 Pitfall! Atari 2600 Activision — 1982 Platformer1,000,000+ [28] [29]
5 Pac-Man Atari 2600Atari, Inc. Namco 1982 Maze 684,569 [26]
6 Night Driver Atari 2600Atari, Inc.— 1980 Racing 580,959
7 Space Invaders Atari 2600Atari, Inc. Taito 1980 Shoot 'em up435,353
8 Warlords Atari 2600Atari, Inc.— 1981 Action 372,672
9 Breakout Atari 2600Atari, Inc.— 1978 Block breaker 312,672
10 Centipede Atari 2600Atari, Inc.— 1983 Shoot 'em up100,499

Best-selling home systems

RankSystem(s)ManufacturerTypeGenerationSales
JapanWorldwide
1 Game & Watch Nintendo Handheld ——5,300,000 [30]
2 Atari 2600 (Atari VCS) Atari, Inc. Console Second —3,000,000 [31]
3 Commodore 64 (C64) Commodore Computer 8-bit —2,000,000 [32]
4 ColecoVision Coleco ConsoleSecond—1,500,000 [27]
5 Family Computer (Famicom / NES) Nintendo Console Third 1,000,000+ [33] [34] 1,000,000+
6 IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) IBM Computer8-bit / 16-bit —850,000 [35]
7 Intellivision Mattel ConsoleSecond—750,000 [36]
8 Atari 400 / Atari 800 Atari, Inc.Computer8-bit—500,000 [32]
9 Apple II Apple Inc. Computer8-bit—420,000 [32]
10 NEC PC-88 / PC-98 NEC Computer8-bit / 16-bit360,000 [37] [38] 360,000+

Major awards

Award4th Arcade Awards (US) [39] Video Games Player Golden Joystick Awards (US) [40] Golden Joystick Awards (UK) [41]
Arcade Console Computer Standalone Arcade Console Computer Computer
Game of the Year Pole Position Lady Bug Lode Runner Q*bert Robotron: 2084 Pitfall! Shamus Jetpac
Ms. Pac-Man
Best Arcade Adaptation— Kangaroo Frogger —— Donkey Kong Frogger —
Best Movie Adaptation————— Empire Strikes Back ——
Most Innovative Game Q*bert — Archon — Astron Belt Microsurgeon Baseball—
Best Original Game——————— Ah Diddums
Best Graphics———— Pole Position Zaxxon Wayout —
Best Special Effects———— SubRoc-3D ———
Audio/Visual Effects Dragon's Lair Donkey Kong Jr. ——————
Arcade-Style Game——————— Manic Miner
Best Action Game— River Raid Centipede — Centipede Centipede Crossfire —
Best Ladder Game———— Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Miner 2049er —
Best Maze Game————— Ms. Pac-Man Pac-Man —
Science Fiction/Fantasy Xevious Vanguard ——————
Best Space Game———— Buck Rogers Demon Attack Defender —
Best Adventure Game— Advanced D&D Witness —— Dragonstomper Zork —
Best Sports Game———Soccer—
Strategy/War Game——— Legionnaire The Hobbit
Best Mini-Arcade Game— 3-D Sky Attack ——
Best Software House—— Ultimate Play the Game

Events

Business

Notable releases

Games

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Hardware

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Family Computer

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