1978 in video gaming
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Notable events of 1978 in video gaming. See also history of computer and video games.
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[edit] Events
[edit] Notable releases
- June - Taito Corporation releases the Space Invaders arcade game in Japan.
- October - Namco releases their first arcade game, Gee Bee in Japan.
- Cinematronics releases the Space Wars vector graphics arcade game.
- Konami Corporation releases the Block Game arcade game.
- One of the first sim games, Killer Shrews, based on the cult movie The Killer Shrews, is programmed on the PDP-10 mainframe at Claremont Graduate University by Don Daglow.[1]
[edit] Hardware
- APF Electronics, Inc. releases the APF-M1000 home console.
- Bally/Midway releases the Bally Professional Arcade home console.
- Entreprex releases the Apollo 2001 home console.
- Magnavox releases the Odyssey² (G7000 Videopac) home console.
- Nintendo releases the Color TV Game 15 home console and the Computer Othello arcade game.
- Warner Communications' Atari introduces the trak-ball controller on the arcade game Football; releases the Pinball Game System home console.
[edit] Business
- SNK founded.
