1975 in video gaming

1975
1975 in games

Notable events of 1975 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.

Events

Atari and Tele-Games (a division of Sears, Roebuck and Company) release the first official home version of Pong through Sears department stores.^[2]
Magnavox releases two new models of their Odyssey console: the Odyssey 100 and the Odyssey 200.^[1]
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.^[3]
Midway releases Gun Fight, the first microprocessor-based video game and the first video arcade game licensed from Japan for release in the United States.^[4] Taito developed the original Japanese version of the game, Western Gun, using TTL-based hardware: Dave Nutting Associates ported the game to the Intel 8080 microprocessor for its American release.^[5]
Don Daglow develops Dungeon, an early computer role-playing game, for the PDP-10.^[6]
William Crowther develops Adventure (also known as Colossal Cave and ADVENT), the first interactive fiction game, for the PDP-10.^[7]

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.

^ ^a ^b Winter, David (2006). Magnavox Odyssey: The first home video game console. pong-story.com. Retrieved on 17 February, 2006.
^ KCTS-TV. History of Gaming / Interactive Timeline of Game History. Retrieved on 17 February, 2006.
^ Thomas, Donald A. Jr. (2005). –1975–. Retrieved on 17 February, 2006.
^ Bousiges, Alexis (2005). Gun Fight. Retrieved on 17 February, 2006.
^ Western Gun. Emulation Status. Retrieved on 19 February, 2006.
^ Maragos, Nich (2004). Talking: Don Daglow. Retrieved on 17 February, 2006.
^ Adams, Rick. A history of 'Adventure'. Retrieved on 17 February, 2006.

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