1973 in video gaming
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[edit] Events
- On 19 March, Kagemasa Kozuki establishes Konami Industry Co., Ltd.[1] Formerly the owner of a jukebox repair/rental business in Osaka, Japan, Kozuki launches Konami to manufacture amusement machines for video arcades.[2]
- In May, Hudson Soft Ltd. is established in Sapporo, Japan for the purpose of marketing telecommunications devices and art photographs.[3]
- The Computer Space game make appearances in the films Soylent Green and Sleeper.
- Mazewar is developed for the Imlac PDS-1 computer. Mazewar is perhaps the first First Person Shooter and one of the earliest examples of a network game.
- Empire versions I, II and III are developed for the PLATO system by John Daleske. Possibly the first team game ever, the first fifty-player game ever, and numerous other innovations.
- Silas Warner takes over PLATO Empire version I and renames it Civilization.
- Lemonade Stand is developed for the first time.
[edit] Notable releases
- Midway Manufacturing Co. licenses Pong from Atari to produce Winner,[4] their first video game arcade game.[1]
- Atari releases Gotcha, the first commercial maze game, to video arcades.[1]
- Atari releases PONG Doubles to video arcades. A variation on the wildly successful PONG, PONG Doubles is the first video arcade game to include four player gameplay.[5]
- Williams Electronics releases Paddle Ball, an unlicensed duplicate of Pong, as their first arcade game.[6]
- BASIC Computer Games was first published. It included 101 games written in BASIC.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Thomas, Donald A. Jr (2005). "-1973-". ICWhen.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070311053435/http://www.ichwen.com/book/. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
- ^ "Corporate Info / Corporate History". Konami. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. http://www.konami.co.jp/en/corporate/data/index.html. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
- ^ "Corporate Info. / History". Hudson. Archived from the original on 24 November 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051124135835/http://www.hudson.co.jp/corp/eng/coinfo/history.html. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
- ^ "WINNER from Midway" (PDF). Arcadedocs.com. 1973. http://www.arcadedocs.com/vidmanuals/W/Winner.pdf. Retrieved 15 February 2006.[dead link]
- ^ Winters, David. "Atari PONG –The first steps–". PONG-Story. Archived from the original on 13 February 2006. http://www.pong-story.com/atpong1.htm. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
- ^ Kurtz, Bill (1997). Slot Machines and Coin-Op Games. New Jersey: Chartwell Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-55521-731-0.
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