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In 1978, the golden age of arcade video games began with Taito's release of Space Invaders, the first blockbuster in the history of video games. This led to video games expanding into a mainstream industry, while at the same time displacing electro‑mechanical games (EM games) in arcades.[1] However, the home console market in the United States was still experiencing the effects of the 1977 crash, which it would eventually recover from in 1980.

Space Invaders sets the record for the highest-grossing video game of all time, a record it still holds to this day when its revenue is adjusted for inflation. The year's best-selling home system was Nintendo's Color TV-Game 15 console, despite being only available in Japan, while the best-selling handheld electronic game was the audio game Simon.

Financial performance[]

The following table lists the annual sales and revenue generated by the electronic games industry this year, including video games and electro‑mechanical games. See sections below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Industry Products Market Unit sales Annual revenue (est.) Ref
Nominal Inflation
Electronic games United States 9,150,000 $2,661,000,000 $12,800,000,000
Japan 10,030,000+ $2,076,000,000 $10,000,000,000
Arcade games Worldwide 177,000+ $4,140,000,000 $20,000,000,000
Arcade Arcade games United States 70,000+ $2,200,000,000 $10,600,000,000 [2]
Japan 100,000+ $1,900,000,000 $9,200,000,000 [3][4]
Arcade video games Europe 7,000+ $40,000,000 $190,000,000 [5][6]
Electro‑mechanical games $1,750,000,000 $8,400,000,000
Arcade Electro‑mechanical games United States — $1,430,000,000 $6,900,000,000 [2]
Japan — $320,000,000 $1,500,000,000 [7]
Video games Worldwide 7,507,000+ $2,572,000,000 $12,000,000,000
Arcade Arcade video games Japan 100,000+ $1,600,000,000 $7,700,000,000 [7][4]
United States 70,000 $490,000,000 $2,400,000,000 [8][9]
Europe 7,000+ $40,000,000+ $190,000,000+ [5][6]
Worldwide 177,000+ $2,130,000,000 $10,300,000,000
Console Video game consoles United States 2,700,000 $250,000,000 $1,200,000,000 [8]
Worldwide 4,630,000 $356,000,000 $1,700,000,000
Dedicated consoles Japan 1,930,000 $106,000,000 $510,000,000 [10][11]
United States 1,800,000 $120,000,000 $580,000,000 [8]
Worldwide 3,730,000 $226,000,000 $1,100,000,000
Cartridge consoles United States 900,000 $130,000,000 $630,000,000 [8]
Video game cartridges United States 2,700,000 $86,000,000 $13,000,000 [8][9]
Console games United States 5,400,000 $336,000,000 $1,600,000,000
Worldwide 7,330,000 $442,000,000 $2,100,000,000
Video games Japan 1,930,000+ $1,686,000,000 $8,100,000,000
United States 5,470,000 $826,000,000 $4,000,000,000
Handheld electronic games Worldwide 11,680,000 $195,000,000 $940,000,000
Handheld Handheld electronic games United States 3,680,000 $125,000,000 $600,000,000 [8]
Japan 8,000,000 $70,000,000 $340,000,000 [12]
Electronic games Worldwide 19,187,000+ $4,777,000,000 $23,000,000,000

Highest-grossing games[]

Space Invaders was the top-grossing video game worldwide in 1978.[13] The following table lists the highest-grossing electronic games worldwide in 1978, including video games, electro-mechanical games (EM games), audio games and handheld electronic (HE) games across arcades and homes. See sections below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Rank Title Company Worldwide revenue (est.) Genre Type Platform
Nominal Inflation
1 Space Invaders Taito $1,300,000,000 $6,300,000,000 Shmup Video Arcade
2 Super Speed Race V Taito $62,000,000 $300,000,000 Racing
3 EVR Race Nintendo $56,000,000 $270,000,000 Medal EM
4 Color TV-Game 15 Nintendo $39,000,000 $190,000,000 Sports Video Console
5 Western Gun Taito $30,000,000 $145,000,000 Shooter Video Arcade
Space Wars Cinematronics $30,000,000 $145,000,000
7 Color TV-Racing 112 Nintendo $29,000,000 $140,000,000 Racing Video Console
Scratch Universal $29,000,000 $140,000,000 Block Video Arcade
9 Speed Race DX Taito $26,000,000 $130,000,000 Racing Video Arcade
10 Sprint 2 Atari $24,000,000 $120,000,000
11 EVR Basketball Nintendo $20,000,000 $96,000,000 Medal EM
12 Sea Wolf Midway $19,000,000 $92,000,000 Shooter Video 8-bit
Simon Milton $19,000,000 $92,000,000 Audio Audio Handheld
14 Color TV-Game 6 Nintendo $18,000,000 $87,000,000 Sports Video Console
Cosmic Monsters Universal $18,000,000 $87,000,000 Shmup Video Arcade
F-1 Namco $18,000,000 $87,000,000 Racing EM
17 Faro II Sega $16,000,000 $77,000,000 Medal EM Arcade
Circus Exidy $16,000,000 $77,000,000 Block Video
19 Sea Wolf II Midway $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Shooter Video
20 Super Bug Atari $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Racing

Highest-grossing arcade games[]

The following table lists the highest-grossing arcade games worldwide in 1978, including both video games and electro-mechanical games. See sub-sections below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Rank Title Company Worldwide revenue (est.) Genre Type Generation
Nominal Inflation
1 Space Invaders Taito $1,300,000,000 $6,300,000,000 Shmup Video 8-bit
2 Super Speed Race V Taito $62,000,000 $300,000,000 Racing
3 EVR Race Nintendo $56,000,000 $270,000,000 Medal Electro-mechanical
4 Western Gun Taito $30,000,000 $145,000,000 Shooter Video Discrete
Space Wars Cinematronics $30,000,000 $145,000,000
6 Scratch Universal $29,000,000 $140,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
7 Speed Race DX Taito $26,000,000 $130,000,000 Racing Video Discrete
8 Sprint 2 Atari $24,000,000 $120,000,000 Racing Video 8-bit
9 EVR Basketball Nintendo $20,000,000 $96,000,000 Medal Electro-mechanical
10 Sea Wolf Midway $19,000,000 $92,000,000 Shooter Video 8-bit
11 Cosmic Monsters Universal $18,000,000 $87,000,000 Shmup Video 8-bit
F-1 Namco $18,000,000 $87,000,000 Racing Electro-mechanical
13 Faro II Sega $16,000,000 $77,000,000 Medal Electro-mechanical
Circus Exidy $16,000,000 $77,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
15 Sea Wolf II Midway $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Shooter Video 8-bit
16 Super Bug Atari $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Racing
17 Starship 1 Atari $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Shooter
18 Breakout Atari $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Block Video Discrete
19 Night Driver Atari $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Racing Video 8-bit
20 Sprint 1 Atari $15,000,000 $72,000,000

The following table lists the top-grossing arcade game of 1978 in various markets.

Top game Developer Distributor Market Unit sales Gross revenue (est.)
Nominal Inflation Ref
Space Invaders Taito Taito Japan 100,000[4] $1,200,000,000 $5,800,000,000 [4]
Midway USA 11,000[5] $100,000,000 $480,000,000 [14][15][16]
Europe 7,000[5] $40,000,000 $190,000,000 [6]
Space Invaders Taito Worldwide 118,000 $1,300,000,000 $6,300,000,000

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1978, according to the third annual Game Machine chart, which lists both arcade video games (VG) and electro-mechanical games (EM games). Taito's Space Invaders was the first video game to become highest-grossing overall arcade game on the annual Game Machine charts, after the two previous charts were topped by an EM game, F-1 by Namco.[17][18]

No. Title Company Rankings[17] Units (est.)[n 1][n 2] Revenue (est.)[n 3][n 4] Genre Type Gen
1 2 3 Points Units Points Gross
1 Space Invaders [4][19] Taito 48 7 4 59 100,000 162 $1,200,000,000 Shmup Video 8-bit
2 Block Out [20][19] IPM (Irem) — — — — 35,000 — $200,000,000 Block Video TTL
3 Super Speed Race V [21] Taito 1 18 8 27 10,000 47 $62,000,000 Racing
4 EVR Race [22][23] Nintendo 8 8 3 19 13,000+ 43 $56,000,000 Medal EM EM
5 Scratch Universal 3 4 5 12 10,000 22 $29,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
6 Speed Race DX [24] Taito 3 4 3 10 10,000+ 20 $26,000,000 Racing Video TTL
7 EVR Basketball [25] Nintendo 3 2 2 7 10,000 15 $20,000,000 Medal EM EM
8 F-1 [26] Namco 2 4 0 6 10,000+ 14 $18,000,000 Racing
9 Cosmic Monsters Universal 2 3 0 5 5,000 14 $18,000,000 Shmup Video 8-bit
10 Faro II Sega 1 3 3 7 7,000 12 $16,000,000 Medal EM EM
11 Shoot Away Namco 0 2 7 9 9,000 11 $14,000,000 FPS
12 King of Kings Universal 3 0 2 5 5,000 11 $14,000,000 Medal
13 Mogura Taiji [25] TOGO 1 2 2 5 9,000 9 $12,000,000 Mole
14 Acrobat Taito 1 2 2 5 5,000 9 $12,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
15 Kentucky Derby Universal 2 1 1 4 4,000 9 $12,000,000 Medal EM EM
16 Piccadilly Circus [21] Konami 1 1 3 5 10,000 8 $10,000,000
17 Sū Ate Game[n 5] Universal 2 1 0 3 3,000 8 $10,000,000
18 Gee Bee Namco 1 1 3 5 5,000 8 $10,000,000 Action Video 8-bit
19 Submarine Namco 0 3 2 5 5,000 8 $10,000,000 FPS EM EM
20 Super Breakout Namco 0 2 2 4 4,000 6 $8,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
21 Color Bingo Taito 0 3 0 3 3,000 6 $8,000,000 Medal EM
22 Harness Deluxe Fuji[n 6] 2 0 0 2 2,000 6 $8,000,000
23 Black Jack [25] Sega 0 2 1 3 10,000 5 $7,000,000
24 TV 21 Jatre 0 2 1 3 3,000 5 $7,000,000
25 TV Poker[n 7] Sigma[n 8] 1 1 0 2 2,000 5 $7,000,000
26 Pachipot 100[n 9] Apollo[n 10] 0 1 2 3 4,000 4 $5,000,000 Medal EM EM
27 Castle Take[n 11] Sankyo 0 1 2 3 3,000 4 $5,000,000 Block Video TTL
28 Super High Point[n 12] Pabco[n 13] 0 2 0 2 2,000 4 $5,000,000 Medal EM EM
29 Harness Race [25] Sega 1 0 0 1 9,000 3 $4,000,000
30 Super Star [25] Universal 1 0 0 1 3,000 3 $4,000,000
31 Sprint 2 Namco 0 1 1 2 2,000 3 $4,000,000 Racing Video 8-bit
Pai Pai 45[n 14] Daito[n 15] 0 1 1 2 2,000 3 $4,000,000 Pachinko EM EM
33 P.T. Nyankoro IPM 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
Bank Robbers[n 16] Kasco 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000 FPS EM EM
Animal Touch Shōwa[n 17] 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000 Medal
Grand Prix Four Sega 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000
Punto Banko Sega 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000
Hitmaker[n 18] Pabco[n 19] 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000
The Derby Sigma[n 20] 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000
VTR Race[n 21] Fuji[n 22] 1 0 0 1 1,000 3 $4,000,000
41 Blue Shark Taito 0 0 2 2 2,000 2 $3,000,000 Shooter Video 8-bit
Get A Way Universal 0 0 2 2 2,000 2 $3,000,000 Racing Video 16-bit
Clay Champ Namco 0 0 2 2 2,000 2 $3,000,000 FPS EM EM
44 Star Fire Taito 0 1 0 1 1,000 2 $3,000,000 Shooter Video 8-bit
Continental Mark V Universal 0 1 0 1 1,000 2 $3,000,000 Medal EM EM
Oni Nakase[n 23][27] Baba Kashio 0 1 0 1 1,000 2 $3,000,000 Shooter
47 Circus [25] Taito 0 0 1 1 5,000 1 $1,000,000 Block Video 8-bit
48 Big & Small [28] Universal 0 0 1 1 4,000 1 $1,000,000 Medal EM EM
49 Heli-Shooter Sega 0 0 1 1 2,000 1 $1,000,000 FPS
Million Dice [25] Bonanza[n 24] 0 0 1 1 2,000 1 $1,000,000 Medal
51 Double Block Sega 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000 Block Video TTL
G.T. Block Challenger Sun 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000
Osaru no Kagoya[n 25] Taito 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000 Misc EM EM
Touch Action[n 26][29] Komaya 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000 Action
Big Shot[n 27] Pabco[n 28] 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000 Medal
Black Emperor[n 29] Waipu[n 30] 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000
New Winter Book Universal 0 0 1 1 1,000 1 $1,000,000
Market [3][30] 116 116 116 348 500,000+ 696 $1,900,000,000
Video games 141+ 198,000+ 449 $1,600,000,000
EM games 116+ 119,000+ 247 $320,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games in 1978.

Rank Title[31] Company Cabinet sales[8] Gross revenue (est.) Genre
Annual Cume Nominal[1][31] Inflation Ref
1 Space Invaders Taito 11,000[5] 11,000 $100,000,000 $480,000,000 [14][15] Shmup
2 Space Wars Cinematronics 10,000[32] 10,000 $30,000,000 $140,000,000 [32] Shooter
3 Sprint 2 Atari — 8,200[33] $20,000,000 $96,000,000 Racing
4 Sea Wolf Midway — 10,000[34] $19,000,000 $92,000,000 Shooter
5 Sea Wolf II Midway 4,000[34] 4,000 $15,000,000 $72,000,000 [35][15]
6 Super Bug Atari — 3,500[33] $15,000,000 $72,000,000 [15] Racing
7 Starship 1 Atari — 1,900[33] $15,000,000 $72,000,000 [15] Shooter
8 Circus Exidy — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Block
9 Breakout Atari — 11,000[33] $15,000,000 $72,000,000
10 Night Driver Atari — 2,100[33] $15,000,000 $72,000,000 [15] Racing
11 Sprint 1 Atari — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Racing
12 Clowns Midway — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Block
13 Fire Truck Atari — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Racing
14 Laguna Racer Midway — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000
15 Robot Bowl Exidy — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Sports
16 Destroyer Atari — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Shooter
17 M-79 Ramtek — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000
18 Drag Race Atari — 1,900[33] $15,000,000 $72,000,000 [15] Racing
19 Sprint 4 Atari — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Racing
20 Double Play Midway — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Sports
21 Boot Hill Taito — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000 Shooter
22 Comotion Sega — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000
Datsun 280 ZZZAP Taito — — $15,000,000 $72,000,000
Gun Fight Taito — 8,600[36] $15,000,000 $72,000,000
25 Sky Raider Atari — Shooter
LeMans Atari — Racing
Meadows Lanes Meadows — Sports
Bazooka PSE — Shooter
Desert Patrol PSE

Home market[]

Best-selling systems[]

Rank System Company Sales (est.) Revenue (est.) Type Generation Ref
1 Color TV-Game 15 Nintendo 700,000 $39,000,000 Console First [37]
2 Color TV-Racing 112 Nintendo 500,000 $29,000,000
3 Color TV-Game 6 Nintendo 500,000 $18,000,000
4 Play•O•Tronic Zanussi 470,000+ $16,000,000 Console First [38][39]
5 Atari VCS Atari 300,000 $54,000,000 Console Second [40][41]
6 Bandai Baseball Bandai 300,000 $9,000,000 Handheld N/A [42]
7 Epoch TV Baseball Epoch 230,000 $20,000,000 Console First [37]
8 TRS-80 Tandy 150,000 N/A Computer 8-bit [43]
9 Fairchild Channel F Fairchild 50,000 $7,500,000 Console Second [41][44]
10 APF-MP1000 APF Electronics 50,000 $6,500,000 Console Second [45][41]
11 Commodore PET Commodore 30,000 $20,000,000 Computer 8-bit [43][46]
12 Apple II Apple 20,000 $30,000,000 Computer 8-bit [47][46]
13 IMSAI 8080 IMSAI 5,000 $18,000,000 Computer 8-bit [46]
14 Altair 8800 MITS/Pertec 3,000 $12,000,000
Home systems 2,958,000 $250,000,000
Game consoles 2,700,000 $250,000,000 [8]
Computers 258,000 N/A [43]

Best-selling games[]

Rank Title Company Sales Gross revenue (est.) Platform Type Ref
Nominal Inflation
1 Simon Milton 750,000 $19,000,000 $92,000,000 Handheld Audio [48][49]
2 Color TV-Game 15 Nintendo 700,000 $39,000,000 $190,000,000 Console Video [37]
3 Color TV-Racing 112 Nintendo 500,000 $29,000,000 $96,000,000
4 Color TV-Game 6 Nintendo 500,000 $18,000,000 $87,000,000
5 Mattel Football Mattel 500,000 $13,000,000 $63,000,000 Handheld LED [50][51]
6 Play•O•Tronic Zanussi 470,000+ $16,000,000 $77,000,000 Console Video [38][39]
7 Bandai Baseball Bandai 300,000 $9,000,000 $43,000,000 Handheld LED [42]
8 Combat Atari 300,000 $6,000,000 $29,000,000 Console Video [41][52]
9 Epoch TV Baseball Epoch 230,000 $20,000,000 $96,000,000 Console Video [37]
10 Hockey Fairchild 50,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Channel F Video [41][53]
Tennis Fairchild 50,000
12 Microchess Micro-Ware 45,000 $980,000 $5,000,000 Computers Video [54][55][25]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Points = number of rankings
    500,000+ arcade cabinets / 348 points = 1,000+ arcade cabinets per point (est.)
  2. ↑ 500,000+ arcade cabinets / 348 points = 1,000+ arcade cabinets per point (est.)
  3. ↑ Rank #1 = 3 points
    Rank #2 = 2 points
    Rank #3 = 1 point
  4. ↑ In 1978, Japanese arcades generated an estimated ¥400 billion ($1.9 billion) in gross revenue.[3] This includes an estimated $1.2 billion for Space Invaders alone. For other arcade games:
    • 534 points equivalent to $700 million = $1.31 million per point (est.)
  5. ↑ 数当てゲーム Sū Ate Gēmu
  6. ↑ 富士電子工業 Fuji Denshi Kōgyō
  7. ↑ TV ポー カー TV Pōkā
  8. ↑ シグマ Shiguma
  9. ↑ パチポット100 Pachipotto 100
  10. ↑ アポロ Aporo
  11. ↑ キャッスルテイク Kyassuru Teiku
  12. ↑ スーパーハイポイント Sūpā Hai Pointo
  13. ↑ パブコ Pabuko
  14. ↑ パイパイ 45 Paipai 45
  15. ↑ 大登工業 Daito Kōgyō
  16. ↑ バンクロバーズ Banku Robāzu
  17. ↑ 昭和遊園 Shōwa Yūen
  18. ↑ ヒットメーカー Hittomēkā
  19. ↑ パブコ Pabuko
  20. ↑ シグマ Shiguma
  21. ↑ VTR レース VTR Rēsu
  22. ↑ 富士電子工業 Fuji Denshi Kōgyō
  23. ↑ 鬼泣かせ
  24. ↑ ボナンザ・エンタープライゼス Bonanza Entāpuraizesu
  25. ↑ おさるのかごや
  26. ↑ タッチアクション
  27. ↑ ビッグショット Biggu Shotto
  28. ↑ パブコ Pabuko
  29. ↑ ブラック エンペラー Burakku Enperā
  30. ↑ ワイプ

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  10. ↑ See Home market section
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    *Home video games retail sales
    mil units
    1977   1.1
    1978   1.5
    Japan
    *Home video games sales
    mil US$
    1976   2.1
    1977   12.8
    1978   28.4
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  24. ↑ スピードレース
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.7 1977
  26. ↑ Shimizu, Hiroshi; Etou, Manabu; Ikuine, Fumihiko; Shigihara, Morihiro (February 2019). "Tohru Iwatani, Oral History (2nd, 2): Game Development at Namco in the early days of Video Game History" (PDF). Hermes-IR: Research & Education Resources (in Japanese). Hitotsubashi University. Retrieved 2023-11-20. 販売さんが、「これは 5 千台売れる」とか「1 万台売れる」とか、あるいは営業のほうで、「ひとつのロケーションに何台入れようか？」とか、そんなような形で決まってくると (If the salesperson says, "This will sell 5,000 units," or "This will sell 10,000 units," or the sales person says, "How many units should we put in one location?" and so on.)
    その年によって、例えば『F-1』が出ているときは『F-1』がものすごい稼いでいましたが、まだそのときはナムコでビデオゲームを作ってない。 (Depending on the year, for example, when "F-1" was released, "F-1" was making a lot of money, but at that time Namco wasn't making video games yet.)
  27. ↑ https://search.artmuseums.go.jp/search_e/records.php?sakuhin=8063
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