Games releases Drag Race, which was later adapted in 1980 into a Atari 2600 video game by Activision called Dragster. Atari, Inc. releases Canyon Bomber. Atari, Inc releases Super Bug, which was designed by Howard Delman who also designed Canyon Bomber. Midway releases Boot Hill, which is a sequel to the 1975 video game Gun Fight. Golden age (1978–1986) 1978 Taito releases Space Invaders, the first blockbuster arcade video game, responsible for starting the golden age of video arcade games. It also sets the template for the shoot 'em up genre, and influences nearly every shooter game released since then. 1979 Atari releases Lunar Lander and Asteroids, a major hit in the United States and Atari's best selling game of all time. Namco releases Galaxian, which is in RGB colour. 1980 Sun Electronics releases Speak & Rescue (スピーク&レスキュー) in May 1980, released in North America as Stratovox and released in North America by Taito. It is the first video game with voice synthesis. Atari releases Battlezone, a first-person shooter tank combat game. Namco releases Pac-Man, its biggest-selling game. One of the most influential games, it had the first gaming mascot character, established the maze chase genre, opened gaming to female audiences, and introduced power-ups and cutscenes. Data East releases DECO Cassette System, the first standardized arcade platform, for which many games were made. 1981 Sega/Gremlin releases Space Fury, the first color vector arcade game. Nintendo releases Donkey Kong, which was one of the first platform games. It was also the game that introduced Mario (named simply "Jumpman" at the time) to the video game world. Namco releases Galaga, sequel to Galaxian. Konami releases Scramble, the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels. Konami releases Frogger, a popular arcade action game. Williams Electronics release Defender, a more challenging shoot-em-up space game with control configuration of five buttons and a joystick. 1982 Williams Electronics releases Joust. Namco releases Pole Position, one of the most popular racing games of all time. This is also Namco's first game to feature a 16-bit CPU making it the first 16-bit video game. 1983 Bally Midway releases Journey, the first game with digitized sprites. Astron Belt, the first laserdisc video game, is released by Sega. Dragon's Lair, the first video game to use cel-animated video instead of computer-generated graphics was advertised as the first truly 3D video game and as the meeting point of