1978 in video games
1978 saw the release of new video games such as "Space Invaders". The year is considered the beginning of the golden age of arcade video games. The year's highest-grossing video game was Taito's arcade game "Space Invaders", while the best-selling home system was the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS). Financial performance. Highest-grossing arcade games. "Space Invaders" was the top-grossing video game worldwide in 1978. The following table lists the top-grossing arcade games of 1978 in Japan, the United Kingdom, United States, and worldwide. Japan. In Japan, the following  titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1978, according to the third annual "" chart, which lists both arcade video games and electro-mechanical games (EM games) on the same arcade game chart. 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. The following titles were the highest-grossing games on each "Game Machine" arcade chart. Nintendo's "" was the highest-grossing medal game for the third year in a row. United States . In the United States, the following titles were the top ten highest-grossing arcade video games of 1978, in terms of coin drop earnings according to the annual "Play Meter" and "RePlay" charts.