1970 in video gaming

Notable events

 * A number of games programmed in BASIC can be found in the DECUS library back-up tapes. Unfortunately, most games do not include the name of the programmer or the date when the program was written.


 * SEGA released Jet Rocket, an electro-mechanical combat flight simulator featuring cockpit controls that could move the player aircraft around a landscape displayed on a screen and shoot missiles onto targets that explode when hit.
 * SEGA's electro-mechanical Missile game was released in North America as S.A.M.I. by Midway.