Notable releases[ | ]
- The Shooting Gallery, the first light gun peripheral for a video game console, developed by Magnavox and Nintendo, is released.[1]
- November: Atari releases Pong, the first commercially-successful video game.
References[ | ]
- ↑ Martin Picard, The Foundation of Geemu: A Brief History of Early Japanese video games, International Journal of Computer Game Research, 2013
Video game releases[ | ]
Hardware releases[ | ]
| Name | Release Date | Category | Region(s) |
| Magnavox Odyssey | 1972 | Home Console | North America |