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1975 has several new titles such as Western Gun, Dungeon and dnd.
Financial performance in the United States
Best-selling arcade games
The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1975 in the United States, according to annual arcade cabinet sales figures provided by Ralph H. Baer.[1]
| Rank | Title | Arcade cabinet sales | Developer | Manufacturer | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheels / Wheels II (Speed Race) | 10,000 | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Racing |
| 2 | Tank | 5,000 | Kee Games | Kee Games | Maze |
| 3 | Flim-Flam | 4,000 | Meadows Games | Meadows Games | Pong |
| Gran Trak 20 | 4,000 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Racing | |
| 5 | PT-109 | 1,500 | Mirco Games | Mirco Games | Shooter |
| 6 | Avenger | 1,000 | Electra Games | Electra Games | |
| Tank II | 1,000 | Kee Games | Kee Games | Maze | |
| 8 | Crash 'N Score | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Driving |
| Gun Fight (Western Gun) | 500 | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Shooter | |
| Jet Fighter | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | ||
| Shark Jaws | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Action | |
| Steeplechase | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Racing |
Highest-grossing arcade games
In the United States, RePlay magazine published the first annual chart of top-grossing arcade games in March 1976. The following were the top ten titles of the previous year, in terms of coin drop earnings.[2]
| Rank[2] | Title | Developer | Manufacturer | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tank / Tank II | Kee Games | Kee Games | Maze |
| 2 | Wheels / Wheels II (Speed Race) | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Racing |
| 3 | Gun Fight (Western Gun) | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Shooter |
| 4 | Indy 800 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Racing |
| 5 | Gran Trak 10 / Gran Trak 20 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Racing |
| 6 | Twin Racer | Kee Games | Atari, Inc. | Racing |
| 7 | BiPlane | Fun Games | Fun Games | Shooter |
| 8 | Racer (Speed Race) | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Racing |
| 9 | Demolition Derby (Destruction Derby) | Exidy | Chicago Coin | Racing |
| 10 | Street Burners | Allied Leisure | Allied Leisure | Racing |
Events
- In Fall, Magnavox discontinues the original Odyssey video game console.[3]
- On April 21, Zanussi obtained the license to implement Pong from Sanders Associates.[4]
Business
- New companies: Cinematronics, Enix
Notable releases
Video game consoles
- September 12 – Epoch releases Japan's first home video game console, the TV Tennis Electrotennis dedicated home video game console. Its most unusual feature is that the console (including the controller) is wireless, functioning through a UHF antenna.[5]
- December – Atari and Tele-Games (a division of Sears, Roebuck and Company) release the first official home version of Pong (called Home Pong) through Sears department stores.[6]
- Magnavox releases two new models of their Odyssey console: the Odyssey 100 and the Odyssey 200.[3]
- Philips released the Philips Tele-Game ES 2201 dedicated home video game console, the first system of the Philips Tele-Game series.
Games
- February – Midway releases Taito's 1974 arcade racing video game Speed Race, the first video game in the Speed Race series designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, in North America as Wheels[7] and Racer.[8]
- February – Horror Games, founded by Nolan Bushnell, publishes its only game, Shark Jaws, intended to cash-in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's film Jaws.[9]
- Taito releases Western Gun, the first video game to depict human-to-human combat.[10][11] Designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, the game had two distinct joystick controls per player, with one eight-way joystick for moving the computerized cowboy around on the screen and the other for changing the shooting direction.[12][13]
- November – Midway releases Gun Fight, an adaptation of Taito's Western Gun and the first microprocessor-based video game.[14] Taito's Western Gun used TTL-based hardware, which Dave Nutting Associates ported to the Intel 8080 microprocessor for its North American release.[15]
- Don Daglow develops Dungeon, an early role-playing video game, for the PDP-10.[16]
- William Crowther develops Adventure (also known as Colossal Cave and ADVENT), the first interactive fiction game, for the PDP-10.[17]
- Rusty Rutherford develops pedit5, the first dungeon crawl game, for the PLATO system.[18]
- dnd, the first video game to include a boss, and arguably the first computer role-playing game, wrapped up initial development. Some sources list the game as 1974; it is unclear exactly when it became playable.
- Nürburgring 1, the first first-person racing game, was developed in Germany by Dr. Reiner Foerst.[19][20]
References
- ^ Baer, Ralph H. (2005). Videogames: In the Beginning. Rolenta Press. pp. 10–3. ISBN 978-0-9643848-1-1.
- ^ a b "The Nation's Top Arcade Games". RePlay. March 1976.
- ^ a b Winter, David (2006). "Magnavox Odyssey: The first home video game console". pong-story.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- ^ "pongmuseum.com - Newsblog". pongmuseum.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
- ^ Martin Picard, The Foundation of Geemu: A Brief History of Early Japanese video games, International Journal of Computer Game Research, 2013
- ^ KCTS-TV. "History of Gaming / Interactive Timeline of Game History". Archived from the original on February 18, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- ^ http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/video-game-firsts.html
- ^ Bill Loguidice & Matt Barton (2009), Vintage games: an insider look at the history of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the most influential games of all time, p. 197, Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-81146-1
- ^ Thomas, Donald A. Jr. (2005). "–1975–". Archived from the original on March 12, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- ^ Cassidy, William (May 6, 2002). "Gun Fight". GameSpy. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ Shirley R. Steinberg (2010), Shirley R. Steinberg; Michael Kehler; Lindsay Cornish (eds.), Boy Culture: An Encyclopedia, vol. 1, ABC-CLIO, p. 451, ISBN 0-313-35080-9, retrieved April 2, 2011
- ^ Stephen Totilo (August 31, 2010). "In Search Of The First Video Game Gun". Kotaku. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
- ^ Western Gun at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^ Bousiges, Alexis (2005). "Gun Fight". Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- ^ "Western Gun". Emulation Status. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2006.
- ^ Maragos, Nich (2004). "Talking: Don Daglow". Archived from the original on October 13, 2004. Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- ^ Adams, Rick. "A history of 'Adventure'". Retrieved February 17, 2006.
- ^ Rusty Rutherford. "The Creation of PEDIT5". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ Torchinsky, Jason. "Meet The Doctor-Engineer Who Basically Invented The Modern Racing Game". Jalopnik. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ Oliver, Christian. "Reiner Foerst's Nürburgring - The world first 3D arcade car race game, made in Germany!". weltenschule.de. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
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