1972 in video gaming
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Notable releases[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Martin Picard, The Foundation of Geemu: A Brief History of Early Japanese video games, International Journal of Computer Game Research, 2013
Video game releases[edit | edit source]
Hardware releases[edit | edit source]
Name | Release Date | Category | Region(s) |
Magnavox Odyssey | 1972 | Home Console | North America |