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* March 19 – [[Kagemasa Kozuki]] establishes [[Konami|Konami Industry Co., Ltd.]]<ref name="icwhen">{{cite web |title=-1973- |url=http://www.icwhen.com/book/the_1970s/1973.shtml |author=Thomas, Donald A. Jr |work=ICWhen.com |accessdate=15 February 2006 |year=2005|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070311053435/http://www.ichwen.com/book/ |archivedate = 11 March 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref> Formerly the owner of a [[jukebox]] repair/rental business in [[Osaka, Japan]], Kozuki launches Konami to manufacture amusement machines for [[video arcade]]s.<ref name="konami">{{cite web |title=Corporate Info / Corporate History |url=http://www.konami.co.jp/en/corporate/data/index.html |work=Konami |accessdate=15 February 2006 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060210122851/http://www.konami.co.jp/en/corporate/data/index.html| archivedate= 10 February 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> |
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* May – [[Hudson Soft|Hudson Soft Ltd.]] is established in [[Sapporo, Japan]] for the purpose of marketing telecommunications devices and art photographs.<ref name="hudson">{{cite web |title=Corporate Info. / History|url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/eng/coinfo/history.html |work=Hudson|accessdate=15 February 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20051124135835/http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/eng/coinfo/history.html |archivedate = 24 November 2005}}</ref> |
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* The [[Computer Space]] game make appearances in the films ''Soylent Green'' and ''Sleeper''. |
* The [[Computer Space]] game make appearances in the films ''Soylent Green'' and ''Sleeper''. |
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Events
- March 19 – Kagemasa Kozuki establishes Konami Industry Co., Ltd.[1] Formerly the owner of a jukebox repair/rental business in Osaka, Japan, Kozuki launches Konami to manufacture amusement machines for video arcades.[2]
- May – Hudson Soft Ltd. is established in Sapporo, Japan for the purpose of marketing telecommunications devices and art photographs.[3]
- The Computer Space game make appearances in the films Soylent Green and Sleeper.
- Mazewar is developed for the Imlac PDS-1 computer. Mazewar is perhaps the first First Person Shooter and one of the earliest examples of a network game.
- Empire versions I, II and III are developed for the PLATO system by John Daleske. Possibly the first team game ever, the first fifty-player game ever, and numerous other innovations.
- Silas Warner takes over PLATO Empire version I and renames it Civilization.
- Lemonade Stand is developed for the first time.
Notable releases
- Midway Manufacturing Co. licenses Pong from Atari to produce Winner,[4] their first video game arcade game.[1]
- Atari releases Gotcha, the first commercial maze game, to video arcades.[1]
- Atari releases PONG Doubles to video arcades. A variation on the wildly successful PONG, PONG Doubles is the first video arcade game to include four player gameplay.[5]
- Williams Electronics releases Paddle Ball, an unlicensed duplicate of Pong, as their first arcade game.[6]
- BASIC Computer Games was first published. It included 101 games written in BASIC.
References
- ^ a b c Thomas, Donald A. Jr (2005). "-1973-". ICWhen.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Corporate Info / Corporate History". Konami. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Corporate Info. / History". Hudson. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
- ^ "WINNER from Midway" (PDF). Arcadedocs.com. 1973. Retrieved 15 February 2006. [dead link]
- ^ Winters, David. "Atari PONG –The first steps–". PONG-Story. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Kurtz, Bill (1997). Slot Machines and Coin-Op Games. New Jersey: Chartwell Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-55521-731-0.
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