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1974 had new titles such as Speed Race, Gran Trak 10, Tank and TV Basketball. The year's best-selling arcade game was Tank by Kee Games.

Best-selling arcade video games in the United States[edit]

The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1974 in the United States, according to annual arcade cabinet sales estimates provided by Ralph H. Baer.[1]

Rank Title Arcade cabinet sales Developer Manufacturer Genre
1 Tank 10,000 Kee Games Kee Games Maze
2 Formula K (Gran Trak 10) 5,000 Atari, Inc. Kee Games Racing
3 Clean Sweep 3,500 Ramtek Ramtek Block breaker
4 Flim-Flam 1,500 Meadows Games Meadows Games Pong
5 Leader 1,000 Midway Manufacturing Midway Manufacturing
TV Flipper 1,000 Midway Manufacturing Midway Manufacturing Pinball
7 Gran Trak 20 500 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Racing
Robot 500 Allied Leisure Allied Leisure Pong
TV Basketball 500 Taito Midway Manufacturing Sports
TV Pinball 500 Chicago Coin Chicago Coin Pinball

Events[edit]

Notable releases[edit]

Magazines[edit]

Arcade games[edit]

Computer games[edit]

  • Jim Bowery develops Spasim for the PLATO system. Two versions are released, the first in March and the second in July.[11] It is also recognized as an ancestor of the first-person shooter genre.
  • Gary Whisenhunt and Ray Wood develop dnd, the first game with a boss, and arguably the first role-playing video game, for the PLATO system.[12] Development continued into 1975; it is unclear at what point the game became playable.

Video game consoles[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baer, Ralph H. (2005). Videogames: In the Beginning. Rolenta Press. pp. 10–3. ISBN 978-0-9643848-1-1.
  2. ^ a b c d Thomas, Donald A. Jr. (2005). "–1974–". ICWhen.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2006.
  3. ^ a b c "The Golden Age Arcade Historian: Video Game Firsts??". November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Basketball at the Killer List of Videogames
  5. ^ Cassidy, William (2003). "Hall of Fame / Gran Trak 10 and Sprint 2". GameSpy. Archived from the original on February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2006.
  6. ^ "Speed Race, Arcade Video game by Taito (1974)". Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  7. ^ a b Bill Loguidice & Matt Barton (2009), Vintage games: an insider look at the history of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the most influential games of all time, p. 197, Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-81146-1
  8. ^ Speed Race at the Killer List of Videogames
  9. ^ "Tank, Arcade Video game by Kee Games (1974)". Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  10. ^ "SEGA Introduces Two New Games" (PDF). Cashbox. April 24, 1976. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  11. ^ Bowery, Jim (2010). "Spasim (1978) The First First-Person-Shooter 3D Multiplayer Networked Game". Archived from the original on October 18, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2006.
  12. ^ Koster, Raph (February 17, 2002). "Online World Timeline". Raph Koster's Website. Archived from the original on January 17, 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  13. ^ Gegan, Shaun and David Winter (2003). "Magnavox Odyssey FAQ version 2.9.1" (text). Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2006.