1978 in video games

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).

Space Invaders was the top-grossing video game worldwide in 1978.

Nintendo's EVR Race was the highest-grossing medal game for the third year in a row.

[3][4] 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.