1980 saw the release of a number of games with influential concepts, including Pac-Man, Battlezone, Crazy Climber, Mystery House, Missile Command, Phoenix, Rally-X, Space Panic, Stratovox, Zork, Adventure, and Olympic Decathlon. The year's highest-grossing video game was Namco's arcade game Pac-Man, while the best-selling home system was Nintendo's Game & Watch. The Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) also grew in popularity with a port of Space Invaders and support from new third-party developer Activision.

Financial performance

Highest-grossing arcade games

The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games worldwide in 1980.

Japan and United States

In Japan and the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1980.

Best-selling home video games

The following titles were the best-selling home video games in 1980.

Best-selling home systems

Events

Awards

Business

Notable releases

Games

Hardware