Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 1970s saw the development of some of the earliest video games, chiefly in the arcade game industry, but also several for the earliest video game consoles and personal computers. Notable games released in the 1970s included Computer Space, The Oregon Trail, Pong, Maze, Tank, Colossal Cave Adventure, Death Race, Sea Wolf, Breakout, Zork ...
At the beginning of the 1970s, video games existed almost entirely as novelties passed around by programmers and technicians with access to computers, primarily at research institutions and large companies. 1970 marked a crucial year in the transition of electronic games from academic to mainstream, with developments in chess artificial intelligence and in the concept of commercialized video ...
1975 – Speed Race releases internationally, along with the first ever RPG Dungeon. 1976 – The Fairchild Channel F releases, the first console to have cartridges. The highest selling arcade game of the year is F-1. 1977 – The Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) is released as the first widely popular home video game console. [5]
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
A total of 28 games distributed on 11 different game cards were released for the Magnavox Odyssey. 13 games were included with the console—a set of 12 in America and a different set of 10 in other countries—with six others available for purchase either individually or in a bundle; the additional games primarily used the same game cards with ...
Pages in category "1970s video games" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Pages in category "Video games set in the 1970s" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.