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Breakout is an arcade video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. [7] and released on May 13, 1976. [2] Breakout was released in Japanese arcades by Namco . The game was designed by Nolan Bushnell and Steve Bristow and prototyped via discrete logic chips by Steve Wozniak with assistance from Steve Jobs .
Atari, Inc. was an American video game developer and video game console and home computer development company which operated between 1972 and 1984. During its years of operation, it developed and produced over 350 arcade, console, and computer games for its own systems, and almost 100 ports of games for home computers such as the Commodore 64.
Outlaw is a single-player arcade game by Atari Inc., originally released in 1976. It simulates an Old West fast draw duel between the player and the computer. [3] Outlaw was a response to Gun Fight, released by Midway in North America the year before. [4] [5]
A puzzle game where players attempt to connect both sides of a pit using falling blocks. Sprint 1: 1978: 1 A racing game with a variety of tracks with hazards. Sprint 2: 1976: 2, simultaneous The first game in Atari's Sprint line of racing games. Sprint 4: 1977: 4, simultaneous A racing game with a variety of tracks with hazards. Sprint 8: 1977 ...
1976 flyer advertising the racing game Fonz. The 1970s was the first decade in the history of the video game industry.The 1970s saw the development of some of the earliest video games, chiefly in the arcade game industry, but also several for the earliest video game consoles and personal computers.
The game causes the first controversy on video game violence when a reporter for the Associated Press writes about its graphic imagery. [11] May – Atari Inc. ships Breakout. The game is a hit in the United States but becomes even bigger in Japan when it is released by Namco. Block breaker games in the country create the first video game boom. [3]
Sea Wolf is an arcade video game designed by Dave Nutting and released by Midway in 1976. [3] It is a video game update of an electro-mechanical Midway game, Sea Devil, [4] itself based on Sega's 1966 electro-mechanical arcade submarine simulator Periscope. [5] The game was released in Japan by Taito. [1]
Night Driver is an arcade video game developed by Atari, Inc. and released in the United States in October 1976. It's one of the earliest first-person racing video games and is commonly believed to be one of the first published video games to feature real-time first-person graphics.