* 1980 – Matthew Carey, American actor

* 1980 – Tommi Evilä, Finnish long jumper

* 1980 – Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish ski racer

* 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d ' état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.

* 1980 – Terry Fox begins his " Marathon of Hope " at St. John's, Newfoundland.

* 1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter ( Westlife )

* 1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian composer and guitarist

* 1980 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

* 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer

* 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player

* 1912 – Gloria Guinness, Mexican writer and editor ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress

* 1980 – Kyle Lowder, American actor

* 1907 – László Heller, Hungarian engineer ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Danny Collins, Welsh footballer

* 1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stunt-woman

* 1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer

* 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist

* 1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer, producer, and actor

* 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player

* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

* 1980 – Texas Battle, American actor

* 1980 – Nuria Cabanillas, Canadian-Spanish gymnast

* 1980 – Charlie David, Canadian actor

One of the last successful electro-mechanical arcade games was F-1, a racing game developed by Namco and distributed by Atari in 1976 ; the game was shown in the films Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ) and Midnight Madness ( 1980 ), as was Sega's Jet Rocket in the latter film.

Pac-Man is a popular 1980 arcade game by Namco and the name of its titular character.

While this allowed for inclusion of music in early arcade video games, it was usually monophonic, looped or used sparingly between stages or at the start of a new game, such as the Namco titles Pac-Man ( 1980 ) composed by Toshio Kai or Pole Position ( 1982 ) composed by Nobuyuki Ohnogi.

The first video game to feature continuous, melodic background music was Rally-X, released by Namco in 1980, featuring a simple tune that repeats continuously during gameplay.

It was published by Namco in Japan and was imported to North America by Midway in 1980.

In 1980 Namco partnered with the American company Midway to release the game in North America.

The copyright notice was changed by the replacement of the "( C ) ( P ) 1982 NAMCO LTD ." string with "( C ) 1980 WATSON CO .", and the removal of the red Namco logo underneath.

Rally-X in 1980 was the first game to feature continuous background music, which was generated using a dedicated sound chip, a Namco 3-channel PSG.

In 1980, Namco released Pac-Man, which popularized the maze chase genre, and Rally-X, which featured a radar tracking the player position on the map.

* Some rides featured in levels along with the bonus level parade floats contain popular Namco characters such as Pac-Man ( 1980 ), Pooka from Dig Dug ( 1982 ), Solvalou from Xevious ( 1982 ), Mappy ( 1983 ), Gil and Ki from The Tower of Druaga ( 1984 ), Grobda ( 1984 ), Paccet from Baraduke ( 1985 ), Wonder Momo ( 1987 ), Amul ( in dragon form ) from Dragon Spirit ( 1987 ), Bravoman ( 1988 ), Valkyrie from Valkyrie no Bōken ( 1986 ) and its sequels.

Ross ' original song Sittin ' In The Jailhouse was recorded in 1980 by Johnny Winter and appeared on two of Winter's releases, " Raisin ' Cain " and " A Rock ' n ' Roll Collection ".

One of these collaborations, her fourth studio album Gohan Ga Dekitayo ( 1980 ), was one of the earliest ever CD releases in 1982.

His follow-up releases The Pleasure Principle ( 1979 ) and Telekon ( 1980 ) also heavily feature the instrument.

In January 1980 The Return of the Durutti Column was released, the first in a long series of releases by the " band " ( now effectively a solo project for guitarist Vini Reilly ).

In late 1980 MCA received negative publicity when it attempted to raise the list price of new releases by top selling artists from $ 8. 98 to $ 9. 98.

By April 1980 Orion's first set of movie releases had yielded one hit — 10, starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek — and a host of also-rans, including The Great Santini, based on a Pat Conroy novel about a Southern family, A Little Romance, and Promises in the Dark.

* 1980 Casio releases its Casiotone keyboard instrument.

The best-known and most-used version was Apple DOS 3. 3 in the 1980 and 1983 releases.

Later, Pioneer Electronics purchased the majority stake in the format and marketed it as both LaserVision ( format name ) and LaserDisc ( brand name ) in 1980, with some releases unofficially referring to the medium as " Laser Videodisc ".

For the 1980 launch of the first Universal-Pioneer player, the VP-1000, the name became Laser Disc ( with a ' rainbow ' type logo joining the two words ); in 1981, the space was eliminated and the intercap " LaserDisc " became the final and common brand name for the format, although the official name was LaserVision ( as seen at the beginning of many LaserDisc releases just before the start of the film ).

September 1980 saw the release of the double-holed, multi-speed 7 " single by Non & Smegma, one of the first experimental noise releases from the label.

The dates of 1980 and 1981 for the California Pacific releases are not disputed.

Two differently edited versions of the film may have been made-a Mandarin version ( 1976 ), and a slightly shortened version featuring a Cantonese dub in 1980 ( the cut used for all known releases to date ).

Their subsequent disco releases, such as " Do It Good " (# 79 in 1979 ) from Another Taste, and " Rescue Me " ( 1980 ) failed to attract attention, and by 1980 the group had become a duo consisting of Johnson and Payne.

There are many names for it in English that have been used in various releases, including: The King and the Bird ( literal ), The King and the Mockingbird, The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird and The King and Mr. Bird ( 1980 ).

Suspicions this was originally to be a Hungarian / Soviet flight were confirmed in 1980 when press releases for an upcoming joint mission were still dated June 1979.

Arcades also appeared in many other films at the time, such as Dawn of the Dead ( where they play Gun Fight and F-1 ) in 1978, Used Cars and Midnight Madness in 1980, Take This Job and Shove It and Puberty Blues in 1981, the 1982 releases Rocky III, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Koyaanisqatsi and The Toy, the 1983 releases Psycho II, Spring Break and Never Say Never Again, the 1984 releases Footloose, The Karate Kid ( where Elisabeth Shue plays Pac-Man ), The Terminator and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the 1985 releases Back to the Future, The Goonies and The Boys Next Door, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Something Wild in 1986.

In 1980 the band moved to Australia and signed for Mushroom Records for that country, although their New Zealand releases remained on Ripper.

Its only notable releases from 1980 onward were the Robin Williams debut comedy LP Reality, What A Concept!

By late 1980 he releases " Stella Stai ".