1974 in video gaming

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Events

Maze War, one of the earliest first-person shooters, was ported to a number of computer systems. The above image was created from a version of the game written for the Xerox Star 8010 in 1985.

The number of copies of Pong (or commercial clones of PONG) exceeds 100,000 units. Approximately 10,000 of these units were manufactured by Atari, the original developer of the title.¹
H.R. "Pete" Kaufman leaves Ramtek to found Exidy, Inc..¹
Namco acquires the Japanese division of Atari, Inc. and formally enters the video arcade game market.¹
Atari acquires Kee Games as a "marketing ploy." Atari will continue to use the "Kee Games" title as a brand name until 1978.¹
Royal Philips Electronics N.V. acquires Magnavox, which becomes "Philips Consumer Electronics."²
On 25 March, the United States division of Service Games changes its name to Sega.¹

Notable releases

Play Meter, the first magazine devoted to coin-operated amusements (including arcade games), publishes its first issue.¹
Magnavox reissues the Odyssey and releases it in Australia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Switzerland, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela.³
Prior to their acquisition by Atari, Kee Games releases Tank to video arcades.¹
Atari releases Gran Trak 10, the first racing game, to video arcades.⁴
The earliest first-person shooter video games are released:
- Steve Colley, Howard Palmer, and Greg Johnson develop Maze War on the Imlac PDS-1 at the NASA Ames Research Center in California.⁵
- Jim Bowery develops Spasim for the PLATO system. Two versions are release, the first in March and the second in July.⁶
Rusty Rutherford develops pedit5, the first dungeon crawl game, for the PLATO system.⁷
Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood develop dnd, the first game with a Boss, and arguably the first computer role-playing game, for the PLATO system.⁸. Development continued into 1975; it is unclear at what point the game became playable.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Thomas, Donald A. Jr. (2005). "–1974–". ICWhen.com. Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ Kaiser, Robert D. (1999). "The Ultimate Odyssey² and Odyssey³ FAQ" (text). Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ Gegan, Shaun and David Winter (2003). "Magnavox Odyssey FAQ version 2.9.1" (text). Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ Cassidy, William (2003). "Hall of Fame / Gran Trak 10 and Sprint 2". GameSpy. Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ "The Maze War 30 Year Retrospective". DigiBarn Games (2004). Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ Bowery, Jim (2001). "Spasim (1974) The First First-Person-Shooter 3D Multiplayer Networked Game". Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ "Hack and slash". Retrieved on 16 February, 2006.
^ Koster, Raph (February 17). "Online World Timeline". Raph Koster's Website. Retrieved on 2006.

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