![]() ![]() ![]() April: Atari releases Breakout, which inspires a number of Breakout clones.April: Taito releases Speed Race Twin, a sequel to Speed Race that allows simultaneous two-player competitive dual-screen gameplay and uses colour graphics.February: Sega releases Road Race, a racing game that introduces pseudo-3D, forward-scrolling, third-person graphics.It uses controls that simulate throwing actual punches. January: Sega releases Heavyweight Champ, the first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting.Taito releases Interceptor, an early first-person shooter and combat flight simulator, controlled using an eight-way joystick to aim a crosshair at enemy sprites that scale in size depending on their distance to the player.releases Gun Fight, an adaptation of Taito's Western Gun and the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor, which the original incarnation did not use, allowing for improved graphics and smoother animation. 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. Taito releases Western Gun, the first video game to depict human-to-human combat.Midway releases it as Wheels and Racer in the United States. It introduces scrolling sprite graphics with collision detection, and features a racing wheel controller. November: Taito releases Speed Race, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado.The same month, Midway licenses the game for a North American release under the title TV Basketball, making it the first Japanese game licensed for North American release. February: Taito releases Basketball, an early example of sprite graphics, used to represent player characters and baskets.It also had the first modular arcade system board, designed for interchangeable games, like the later DECO Cassette System. It was also the first video game with sprite graphics, which were in color. The first color video game, Playtron, was developed by Japanese company Kasco, which only manufactured two cabinets of the game.Taito releases Astro Race, an early racing video game, controlled using a four-way joystick controller.It is also the first arcade sports video game. November: Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.September: The Galaxy Game, one of the earliest known coin-operated arcade video games, makes its debut on the campus of Stanford University.August: Computer Space, the first commercially sold arcade video game, and the first commercially sold video game of any kind, is location tested by Nutting Associates. ![]() See also: Early history of video games 1971 ![]()
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