In redesigning the game for Midway, Dave Nutting Associates (headed by Dave Nutting, brother of Computer Space's Bill Nutting), incorporated an Intel 8080 microprocessor into the machine, making it the first video game, arcade or home system, that is effectively a computer.ġ975 Atari enters home market with dedicated Pong unit.
The game is a hit, becomes cultural phenomenon.ġ975 Midway introduces arcade machine Gun Fight, based on the Taito arcade game Western Gun. It flops.ġ972 Magnavox introduces Odyssey, first home video game system, designed by Ralph Baer, to moderate success.ġ972 Nolan Busnell introduces arcade game, Pong, from his new company, Atari. The games are rarely seen by the public and, since they run on computers costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, they have no apparent commercial potential.ġ970 First coin-operated video arcade machine, Nolan Bushnell's Computer Space, is introduced by (Bill) Nutting Associates.
Pre-1970 In computer labs throughout the United States, mostly on college campuses, engineers and students create elaborate interactive games on mainframe computers.
