1977 in video games

none March 2016 1977 video games 1977 had sequels such as Super Speed Race and Datsun 280 ZZZAP as well as several new titles such as Space Wars. The year's highest-grossing arcade games were F-1 and Speed Race DX in Japan, and Sea Wolf and Sprint 2 in the United States. The year's best-selling home system was Nintendo's Color TV-Game, which was only sold in Japan. Financial performance Highest-grossing arcade games Japan In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1977, according to the second annual Game Machine chart. Both arcade video games and electro-mechanical games (EM games) are listed on the same arcade chart. Namco's EM racing game F-1 was the highest-grossing overall arcade game for the second year in a row, followed by Taito's racing video game Speed Race DX (its predecessor Speed Race was distributed as Wheels by Midway Manufacturing in North America).結果ベスト3 Best 3 Results Game Machine 90 Amusement Press, Inc. 15 February 1978 2–3 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19780215p.pdf#page=2調査対象5年間のベスト1 Best 1 of the 5 Years Surveyed Game Machine 159 Amusement Press, Inc. 15 February 1981 1 ja https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19810215p.pdf Arcade electro-mechanical games (EM games) Arcade video games Rank Title #1 #2 #3 Points Rank Title #1 #2 #3 Points 1 F-1 12 6 5 1 Speed Race DX 8 5 8 2 Mogura Taiji (Whac-A-Mole) 5 1 3 2 Breakout 3 6 4 3 Shoot Away 4 3 0 3 Scratch 2 5 3 4 Flipper (Pinball) フリッパー Furippā lower-alpha 3 0 3 4 Circus 0 2 3 5 F-1 Mach 0 5 0 5 Road Champion 1 1 1 6 Shooting Trainer 1 2 1 6 Superbowl 1 1 0 7 Laser Clay 2 0 0 7 Sprint 2 1 0 1 8 Block Cut ブロック・カット Burokku Katto lower-alpha 0 2 0 Super High-Way 0 2 0 9 Dead Line 1 0 0 9 Gran Trak 10 1 0 0 10 Heli-Shooter 0 0 2 Man T.T. 1 0 0 Crane クレーン Kurēn lower-alpha 0 0 2 Super Speed Race 1 0 0 Note: Medal games are listed on a separate chart, with Nintendo's EVR Race being the highest-grossing medal game for the second year in a row. United States In the United States, Play Meter magazine began publishing annual lists of top-grossing arcade games in 1977. The following titles were the top ten highest-earning arcade video games of the year on the annual Play Meter and RePlay charts. Lifetime arcade cabinet sales are also given in a separate column. Rank Play MeterTop Arcade Games Play Meter November 1977 RePlayProfit Chart RePlay November 1977 Lifetime cabinet sales 1 Sea Wolf 10,000Steven L. Kent The first quarter: a 25-year history of video games https://books.google.com/books?id=ny-CAAAAMAAJ 83 2000 BWD Press 0-9704755-0-0 Sea Wolf, which was another creation of Dave Nutting, did solid business, selling more than 10,000 machines. (A later color version sold an additional 4000 units.) 2011-04-09 2 Sprint 2 8,200http://www.atarigames.com/atarinumbers90s.pdf Product: Total Build Atari Games 1999 May 31, 2021 May 10, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510143012/http://www.atarigames.com/atarinumbers90s.pdf dead 3 Breakout 11,000 4 LeMans Drag Race rowspan="8" 5 Gun Fight (Western Gun) Starship 1 6 Night Driver Double Play 7 Death RaceNight Driver 8 Tornado Baseball Bazooka 9 Datsun 280 ZZZAP Robot Bowl 10 Blockade Datsun 280 ZZZAP Indy 4 Best-selling home systems RankSystem(s)Manufacturer(s)TypeGenerationSalesRef Reference1Color TV-GameNintendoConsoleFirst800,000昔(1970年代）のテレビゲームは何台売れた？ How many old (1970s) video games sold? https://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/hyperlink/setframe_dataroom_numbers1.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20140109231757/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cvs/odyssey/hyperlink/setframe_dataroom_numbers1.html 2014-01-09 16 April 2021 Classic Videogame Station Odyssey ja2Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS)Atari, Inc.ConsoleSecond250,000Rubin Michael Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution 2006 Triad Publishing Company 978-0-937404-67-6 291–314 (292) Eighteen: A Hole in the Desert [1982–1983] https://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051221/Droidmaker.Ch18.pdf#page=83Personal computer (PC)VariousComputer150,0004TRS-80Tandy CorporationComputer8-bit100,000Reimer Jeremy 2005-12-15 Total share: 30 years of personal computer market share figures https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/12/total-share/ 2021-11-27 Ars Technica en-us Jeremy Reimer 2012-12-07 Total Share: Personal Computer Market Share 1975-2010 https://jeremyreimer.com/rockets-item.lsp?p=137 Jeremy Reimer5Altair 8800MITSComputer8-bit10,0006Commodore PETCommodore InternationalComputer8-bit4,0007Apple IIApple Inc.Computer8-bit600 Events Agnes Kim opens the first Electronics Boutique, a kiosk at the King of Prussia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania selling transistor radios and calculators.Fischer, John 2002 Famous Philadelphians – Nine Richest Philadelphians http://philadelphia.about.com/cs/neighborhoods/a/rich_in_philly_2.htm About.com – Greater Philadelphia / South Jersey February 18, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060329212643/http://philadelphia.about.com/cs/neighborhoods/a/rich_in_philly_2.htm March 29, 2006 live Atari opens the first Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater (later Chuck E. Cheese's), a combination video arcade/pizzeria conceived by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. In June, Bushnell purchases the rights to Pizza Time Theater back from Atari for $500,000 USD.Thomas, Donald A. Jr 2005 –1977– http://www.icwhen.com/book/the_1970s/1977.shtml ICWhen.com February 18, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060312080809/http://www.icwhen.com/book/the_1970s/1977.shtml March 12, 2006 dead Nakamura Manufacturing Ltd. formally changes its name to Namco (which it has employed as a brand name since 1971), and establishes Namco Enterprises Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong, its first subsidiary based outside Japan.Namco History (English summary) 2001 http://www.namco.co.jp/eg/history.html NAMCO WonderPage February 18, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060110100500/http://www.namco.co.jp/eg/history.html January 10, 2006 dead Notable releases thumb|right|The Atari Video Computer System was the most successful video game console of the second-generation era. Video game consoles In January, RCA Corporation releases the Studio II video game console.Miller, Michael 2005 A History of Home Video Game Consoles > First Generation: 1972–1977 http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=378141 InformIT February 18, 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071012152258/http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=378141 October 12, 2007 In September, Atari releases the Atari Video Computer System (later known as the VCS or Atari 2600) video game console alongside nine launch titles in the USA.2006 Atari 2600 History http://www.atariage.com/2600/history.html AtariAge February 18, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060219101823/http://www.atariage.com/2600/history.html February 19, 2006 live Coleco releases a number of new models of the Telstar series: the Telstar Alpha, the Telstar Colormatic, the Telstar Regent, the Telstar Ranger, the Telstar Galaxy, and the Telstar Combat. Most of these systems feature only minor variations on the original Telstar model, such as new controller types (for example, the Ranger featured a light gun, while the Galaxy included joysticks).Goldberg, Martin 2003 Museum of Home Video Gaming http://www.classicgaming.com/gamingmuseum/museum.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060211022344/http://www.classicgaming.com/gamingmuseum/museum.html February 11, 2006 mdy February 18, 2006 Groupe SEB releases the Telescore 750 dedicated home video game console.http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=772 OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum www.old-computers.com 2019-08-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20031130143125/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=772 November 30, 2003 deadhttps://www.system-cfg.com/detailconsole.php?ident=45 Seb - Telescore (mod.750) www.system-cfg.com 2019-08-16http://serious.gameclassification.com/EN/machines/114-Seb-Telescore-750--751--752/index.html Serious Game Classification : Seb Telescore 750 / 751 / 752 (1977) serious.gameclassification.com 2019-08-16 Nintendo releases the Color TV-Game 6 dedicated home video game console, featuring six variations of Light Tennis (a Pong clone). Nintendo's partner, Mitsubishi, produces most of the system's hardware components.Color TV Game 6 http://www.nindb.net/game/color-tv-game-6.html NinDB February 18, 2006 https://www.webcitation.org/5j5HJvJbk?url=http://www.nindb.net/color-tv-game-6.html August 17, 2009 dead Philico releases the Telejogo dedicated home video game console, featuring three pre-installed games. Bally releases the Bally Home Library Computer (Astrocade) home video game console through mail order retailer JS&A National Sales Group. Delays in production of the system, however, mean that none of the units actually ship until the following year.Squire, Lance F. 2005 The Bally/Astrocade FAQ version h2.8 http://www.alteeve.com/~lance/Ballyfaq.html Lance F. Squire Homepage February 19, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060207091032/http://www.alteeve.com/~lance/Ballyfaq.html February 7, 2006 dead Home computers June 10 – Apple Computer releases the Apple II. August 3 – Tandy releases the TRS-80 Model I. October – Commodore releases the Commodore PET. Intelligent Systems releases the Compucolor II. Games Cinematronics releases Larry Rosenthal's Space Wars, the first vector graphics arcade game.Hunter, William 2005 Player 2 Stage 1: The Coin Eaters http://www.thedoteaters.com/p2_stage1.php The Dot Eaters February 18, 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071231000817/http://www.thedoteaters.com/p2_stage1.php December 31, 2007 Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling, the future founders of Infocom, develop the first version of Zork on a PDP-10 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science.History of Infocom http://www.infocom-if.org/company/company.html Infocom – The Master Storytellers February 18, 2006 While studying for a Ph.D. at the University of Virginia, Kelton Flinn begins developing a text-based aerial combat game called Air, an early precursor to 1987's Air Warrior, the first massively multiplayer online game.Koster, Raph 2002 Online World Timeline http://www.raphkoster.com/gaming/mudtimeline.shtml Raph Koster's Website February 18, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060214010936/http://www.raphkoster.com/gaming/mudtimeline.shtml February 14, 2006 live See also 1977 in games Notes References Category:Video games by year