Arcade

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: Gene Ball, Richard Rashid. Produttore/editore: non indicato. Piattaforma o cabinet: Xerox Alto.

Curiosità e contesto: Alto Trek is a computer game, developed by Gene Ball and Rick Rashid for the Xerox Alto while they were graduate students at the University of Rochester during the late 1970s. It is one of the first networked multiplayer games.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: non indicato. Produttore/editore: SoftSide Magazine. Piattaforma o cabinet: Commodore PET, Microsoft Windows, Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I.

Curiosità e contesto: Android Nim is a computerized version of the strategy game Nim programmed by Leo Christopherson for the TRS-80 and published in 1978 by 80-NW Publishing. A port to the Commodore PET by Don Dennis was released in July 1979, followed by an Apple II version in 1980.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: non indicato. Produttore/editore: Creative Computing. Piattaforma o cabinet: Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I.

Curiosità e contesto: Air Traffic Controller is a video game written by air traffic controller David Mannering. It was released by Creative Computing for the TRS-80 Model I and Exidy Sorcerer in 1978, and for the Apple II and Sol-20 in 1979.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: Atari. Produttore/editore: non indicato. Piattaforma o cabinet: Atari 2600.

Curiosità e contesto: A Game of Concentration (also known as Concentration and Hunt & Score) is a video game programmed by Jim Heuther of Atari, Inc. and released in 1978 for the Atari VCS (later renamed to the Atari 2600).

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: non indicato. Produttore/editore: non indicato. Piattaforma o cabinet: Atari 2600.

Curiosità e contesto: Brain Games is a 1978 puzzle video game programmed by Larry Kaplan and published by Atari for the Atari 2600. It is a compilation of six memory games in which the player is tasked with outwitting an opponent, controlled either by another player or artificial intelligence, in sound and picture puzzles.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: non indicato. Produttore/editore: non indicato. Piattaforma o cabinet: mainframe.

Curiosità e contesto: DECWAR is a multiplayer computer game first written in 1978 at the University of Texas at Austin for the PDP-10. It was developed from a lesser-known two-player version, WAR, adding multi-terminal support for between one and ten players.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: Midway Games. Produttore/editore: Midway Games. Piattaforma o cabinet: Commodore VIC-20.

Curiosità e contesto: Clowns is a black and white arcade game released by Midway Manufacturing in 1978. It is similar to Exidy's Circus from the prior year, in which the player controls a seesaw to propel two clowns into the air, catching balloons situated in three rows at the top of the screen.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: non indicato. Produttore/editore: Atari. Piattaforma o cabinet: videogioco arcade.

Curiosità e contesto: Avalanche is a 1978 arcade video game designed by Dennis Koble and released by Atari, Inc.. The object is to catch falling rocks with a controllable set of paddles that diminish in number and size as the rocks fall faster and faster.

Videogioco del 1978. Sviluppatore: Atari. Produttore/editore: Atari, Inc.. Piattaforma o cabinet: Atari 2600.

Curiosità e contesto: Basketball is a 1978 basketball video game programmed by Alan Miller and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed the Atari 2600).