1977 in video gaming
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Events[edit | edit source]
Notable Releases[edit | edit source]
Arcade Games[edit | edit source]
- April: SEGA releases Bomber, an early side-scrolling video game and a shooter game.[1][2]
- October: Cinematronics releases Space Wars,[3] the first vector graphics arcade game.
Arcade Hardware[edit | edit source]
- In June, the SEGA VIC Dual, one of the first unified arcade system boards, debuts with Safari,[4] using a Zilog Z80 (8/16-bit) microprocessor.[5]
- The Taito Z80 arcade system board debuts with Super Speed Race, using a Zilog Z80 microprocessor[6] and RGB color model with 16 colors.[7]
Video Game Console[edit | edit source]
- Atari develops the Game Brain (model C-700), a dedicated console and the first Atari system to utilize cartridges. Only a handful of Game Brain prototypes are produced, and none are released commercially.[8]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Bomber at Museum of the Game
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=bomber&page=detail&id=26089
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=space-wars&page=detail&id=2564
- ↑ Safari at the Gaming-History database
- ↑ http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.c.html
- ↑ http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=628&gid=1478
- ↑ http://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/sspeedr.c.html
- ↑ Goldberg, Martin (2003). Museum of Home Video Gaming. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006 Retrieved on 18 February 2006
Video game releases[edit | edit source]
| Name | Release Date | Category | Region(s) | Platform(s)
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Hardware releases[edit | edit source]
| Name | Release Date | Category | Region(s) |
| Color TV-Game 6 | 1977 | Dedicated Console | Japan |
| Magnavox Odyssey 2000 | 1977 | Dedicated Console | North America |
| Magnavox Odyssey 3000 | 1977 | Dedicated Console | North America |
| Magnavox Odyssey 4000 | 1977 | Dedicated Console | North America |
| Telstar Alpha | 1977 | Dedicated Console | North America |
