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Events

In Fall, Magnavox discontinues the original Odyssey video game console.^[1]

Notable releases

Atari and Tele-Games (a division of Sears, Roebuck and Company) release the first official home version of Pong through Sears department stores.^[2]
Magnavox releases two new models of their Odyssey console: the Odyssey 100 and the Odyssey 200.^[1]
Horror Games, founded by Nolan Bushnell, publishes its only game, Shark Jaws, intended to cash-in on the popularity of Steven Spielberg's film Jaws.^[3]
Midway releases Gun Fight, the first microprocessor-based video game and the first video arcade game licensed from Japan for release in the United States.^[4] Taito developed the original Japanese version of the game, Western Gun, using TTL-based hardware: Dave Nutting Associates ported the game to the Intel 8080 microprocessor for its American release.^[5]
Don Daglow develops Dungeon, an early computer role-playing game, for the PDP-10.^[6]
William Crowther develops Adventure (also known as Colossal Cave and ADVENT), the first interactive fiction game, for the PDP-10.^[7]

dnd, the first video game to include a boss, and arguably the first computer role playing game, wrapped up initial development. Some sources list the game as 1974; it is unclear exactly when it became playable.

References

^ ^a ^b Winter, David (2006). "Magnavox Odyssey: The first home video game console". pong-story.com. http://www.pong-story.com/odyssey.htm. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
^ KCTS-TV. "History of Gaming / Interactive Timeline of Game History". http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/history/timeline_flash.html. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
^ Thomas, Donald A. Jr. (2005). "–1975–". http://www.icwhen.com/book/the_1970s/1975.shtml. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
^ Bousiges, Alexis (2005). "Gun Fight". http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=detail&id=1040. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
^ "Western Gun". Emulation Status. http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/westerngun.htm. Retrieved 19 February 2006.
^ Maragos, Nich (2004). "Talking: Don Daglow". http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3133666&did=1. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
^ Adams, Rick. "A history of 'Adventure'". http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/a_history.html. Retrieved 17 February 2006.

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