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'''Gremlin Industries''', not to be confused with [[Gremlin Graphics]] or [[Gremlin Interactive]], was an arcade game manufacturer founded in [[1973]] based in San Diego, California; in [[1976]], they released [[Blockade]], [[Comotion]] and [[Hustle]], all of which are essentially the same game but with some minor differences. In [[1977]], they released [[Depthcharge]] and [[Safari]] - and in [[1978]], they released [[Blasto]] and [[Frogs]] ([[Namco]] also licensed their very first arcade game, [[Gee Bee]], to them for US manufacture and distribution, during that year). In [[1979]], they released [[Head On]] (to which [[Sega]] produced a sequel, [[Head On 2]]); in [[1980]], [[Nichibutsu]] and [[Nintendo]] licensed [[Moon Cresta]] and [[Space Firebird]] to them, for US manufacture and distribution. Finally, in [[1981]], they released a vector game called [[Eliminator]], of which there were two versions - a 2-player one (housed in an upright cabinet), and a 4-player one (housed in a cocktail table). | '''Gremlin Industries''', not to be confused with [[Gremlin Graphics]] or [[Gremlin Interactive]], was an arcade game manufacturer founded in [[1973]] based in San Diego, California; in [[1976]], they released [[Blockade]], [[Comotion]] and [[Hustle]], all of which are essentially the same game but with some minor differences. In [[1977]], they released [[Depthcharge]] and [[Safari]] - and in [[1978]], they released [[Blasto]] and [[Frogs]] ([[Namco]] also licensed their very first arcade game, [[Gee Bee]], to them for US manufacture and distribution, during that year). In [[1979]], they released [[Head On]] (to which [[Sega]] produced a sequel, [[Head On 2]]); in [[1980]], [[Nichibutsu]] and [[Nintendo]] licensed [[Moon Cresta]] and [[Space Firebird]] to them, for US manufacture and distribution. Finally, in [[1981]], they released a vector game called [[Eliminator]], of which there were two versions - a 2-player one (housed in an upright cabinet), and a 4-player one (housed in a cocktail table). | ||
Gremlin became one of the many victims of the video game crash of 1983 and closed in 1984 after being acquired by Bally with all operations moved from San Diego to Chicago. Some of Gremlin's original wall games have since been re-released under different names. | |||
==Games list== | |||
;1976 | |||
*[[Blockade]] (Gremlin's first released video game) | |||
;1977 | |||
*[[Safari]] | |||
*[[Super Bowl]] | |||
*[[Comotion]] | |||
*[[Depthcharge]] | |||
*[[Hustle]] | |||
;1978 | |||
*[[Gee Bee]] (licensed from Namco; the Gremlin version replaces the "N-A-M-C-O" letters on the bumpers with the company's distinctive "G" logo.) | |||
*[[Blasto]] | |||
*[[Frogs]] | |||
;1979 | |||
*[[Deep Scan]] | |||
*[[Fortress]] | |||
*[[Head On]] | |||
*[[Head On 2]] | |||
*[[Invinco]] | |||
;1980 | |||
*[[Astro Fighter]] | |||
*[[Digger]] | |||
*[[Monaco GP]] | |||
*[[Moon Cresta]] (licensed from [[Nichibutsu]]) | |||
*[[Space Firebird]] (licensed from [[Nintendo]]) | |||
*[[Super Moon Cresta]] (licensed from [[Nichibutsu]]) | |||
*[[Carnival]] | |||
;1981 | |||
*[[Astro Blaster]] | |||
*[[Eliminator]] | |||
*[[Frogger]] (licensed from [[Konami]]) | |||
*[[Pulsar]] | |||
*[[Space Fury]] | |||
*[[Space Odyssey]] | |||
;1982 | |||
*[[Zaxxon]] | |||
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