Notable Releases[ | ]
Electro-Mechanical Game[ | ]
- Atari releases Namco's F-1, a first-person racing arcade game.
Video Games[ | ]
- January: SEGA releases Heavyweight Champ,[1] the first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting.[2][3][4] It uses controls that simulate throwing actual punches.[2]
- February: SEGA releases Road Race,[5] a racing game that introduces pseudo-3D, forward-scrolling, third-person graphics.[6]
- April: Taito releases Speed Race Twin,[7] a sequel to Speed Race that allows simultaneous two-player competitive dual-screen gameplay and uses colour graphics.[8]
- April: Atari releases Breakout, which inspires a number of Breakout clones.
- August: SEGA releases Man T.T.,[9] also known as Moto-Cross, an early motorbike racing game, using a pseudo-3D, forward-scrolling, third-person perspective,[10] similar to Road Race.[6] It also introduces haptic feedback, causing the handlebars to vibrate during collisions.[11] SEGA-Gremlin re-brands it as Fonz.[12]
- October: Atari Inc. releases Night Driver,[13] an early example of a first-person perspective racing video game.
References[ | ]
- ↑ http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/567840-heavyweight-champ/data
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spencer, Spanner, The Tao of Beat-'em-ups, EuroGamer, Feb 6 2008, Accessed Feb 23, 2009
- ↑ Ashcraft, Brian, (2008) Arcade Mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers, (Kodansha International), p. 94
- ↑ Nadia Oxford, 20 Years of Street Fighter, 1UP.com, 12/11/2007
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=road-race&page=detail&id=14493
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Road Race at Museum of the Game
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=speed-race-twin&page=detail&id=19477
- ↑ Speed Race Twin at Museum of the Game
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=man-t.t.&page=detail&id=26084
- ↑ Moto-Cross at Museum of the Game
- ↑ Mark J. P. Wolf (2008), The video game explosion: a history from PONG to PlayStation and beyond, p. 39, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 0-313-33868-X
- ↑ Fonz at Museum of the Game
- ↑ http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=night-driver-upright-model&page=detail&id=26054
Video game releases[ | ]
Hardware releases[ | ]
Name | Release Date | Category | Region(s) |
Magnavox Odyssey 300 | 1976 | Dedicated Console | North America |
Magnavox Odyssey 500 | 1976 | Dedicated Console | North America |
Telstar | 1976 | Dedicated Console | North America |
Telstar Classic | 1976 | Dedicated Console | North America |