https://github.com/muhammad-rebaal/videogames_golden_age

During the Golden Age of Video Games (late 1970s to mid-1980s), the industry experienced unprecedented growth and innovation. Iconic arcade games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders emerged, captivating a global audience.
https://github.com/muhammad-rebaal/videogames_golden_age

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During the Golden Age of Video Games (late 1970s to mid-1980s), the industry experienced unprecedented growth and innovation. Iconic arcade games like Pac-Man and Space Invaders emerged, captivating a global audience.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/muhammad-rebaal/videogames_golden_age
• Owner: Muhammad-Rebaal
• Created: 2023-11-11T15:23:23.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-12T20:35:04.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-08T04:06:54.537Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: matplotlib, numpy, pandas, python
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  • Readme: README.md

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## 1. The ten best-selling video games

![Video Game](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*GWuTuMm1UIAfUNo72t9W-A.jpeg)

Photo by Dan Schleusser on Unsplash.

Video games are big business: the global gaming market is projected to be worth more than $300 billion by 2027 according to Mordor Intelligence. With so much money at stake, the major game publishers are hugely incentivized to create the next big hit. But are games getting better, or has the golden age of video games already passed?

In this project, we'll explore the top 400 best-selling video games created between 1977 and 2020. We'll compare a dataset on game sales with critic and user reviews to determine whether or not video games have improved as the gaming market has grown.

Our database contains two tables. We've limited each table to 400 rows for this project, but you can find the complete dataset with over 13,000 games on Kaggle. 

game_sales


column

type

meaning

game

varchar

Name of the video game

platform

varchar

Gaming platform

publisher

varchar

Game publisher

developer

varchar

Game developer

games_sold

float

Number of copies sold (millions)

year

int

Release year

reviews


column

type

meaning

game

varchar

Name of the video game

critic_score

float

Critic score according to Metacritic

user_score

float

User score according to Metacritic

Let's begin by looking at some of the top selling video games of all time!