1977 in video gaming

Events[ | ]

Video game crash of 1977.

Notable Releases[ | ]

Arcade Games[ | ]

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[ | ]

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[ | ]

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[ | ]

↑ 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[ | ]

Name	Release Date	Category	Region(s)	Platform(s)
280-ZZZAP	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Addition	January, 1977	Video Game	North America	RCA Studio II
Air Sea Battle	October, 1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Artillery Duel 5005	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Astro Battle	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Bally Pin	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Baseball (1977)	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Baseball/Tennis/Hockey/Handball	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Basic Math	1977	Video Game	North America	Atari 2600
Basketball (1977)	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
BioRythym	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
BioRythym	1977	Video Game	North America	RCA Studio II
Blackjack (1977)	1977	Video Game	North America	Atari 2600
Blackjack/Poker/Acey-Deucy	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Boot Hill	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Bowling (1977)	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Bowling (RCA Studio II)	January, 1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Canyon Bomber	1977	Video Game	North America	Arcade
Checkmate	1977	Video Game	North America	Arcade
Circus	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Coloring Book	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Combat	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Conan the Barbarian	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Dare Diver	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Dog Patch	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Dominos	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Doodle	January, 1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Fairchild Channel F Videocart 15	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-10	1977	Bundle	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-11	1977	Bundle	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-12	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-13	1977	Bundle	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-14	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-4	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-5	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-6	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-7	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-8	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F Videocart-9	1977	Video Game	North America	Fairchild Channel F
Football (1977)	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Freeway	January, 1977	Video Game	North America	RCA Studio II
Fun with Numbers	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Galactic Invasion	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Grand Prix	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Gun Fight	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Gunfighter	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Indy 500	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Mazeman	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Median	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Missile Attack	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Outer Space	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Panzer Attack/Red Baron	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Patterns (RCA Studio II)	January, 1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Pong Sports	1977	Video Game	North America	Atari 2600
Sea Devil	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Sea Wolf	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Soccer (Bally Astrocade)	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Solar Conqueror	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Space Wars	1977	Video Game	North America	Arcade
Speedway/Tag	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Spell n Score/Crosswords	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
Star Ship	October, 1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Star Trek	1977	Video Game	North America	Apple I
Starhawk	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Starship 1	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Super Bug	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Tank Plus	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Tennis/Squash	1977	Video Game	North America	RCA Studio II
Tornado Baseball	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Treasure Cove	1977	Video Game	North America	Bally Astrocade
TV Casino I - Blackjack	1977	Video Game	North America	RCA Studio II
TV Schoolhouse II: Math Fun	1977	Video Game	Undefined	Undefined
Video Olympics	October, 1977	Video Game	North America	Atari 2600

Hardware releases[ | ]

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

[1] Bomber at Museum of the Game

[2] ttp://www.arcade-history.com/?n=bomber&page=detail&id=26089

[3] ttp://www.arcade-history.com/?n=space-wars&page=detail&id=2564

[4] Safari at the Gaming-History database

[5] ttp://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/vicdual.c.html

[6] ttp://system16.com/hardware.php?id=628&gid=1478

[7] ttp://mamedev.org/source/src/mame/drivers/sspeedr.c.html

[mhvg-8] Goldberg, Martin (2003). Museum of Home Video Gaming. Archived from the original on 11 February 2006 Retrieved on 18 February 2006

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Notable Releases[ | ]

Arcade Games[ | ]

Arcade Hardware[ | ]

Video Game Console[ | ]

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