Notable events of 1972 in video gaming. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. see also 1971 in games, 1973 in games This page lists board and Card games Wargames and miniatures games Events On 22 March, Ralph Baer files with the United States Patent and Trademark Office regarding a Patent for "television Events On 19 March, Kagemasa Kozuki establishes Konami Industry Co See also history of computer and video games. Video games were introduced as a commercial entertainment medium in 1971, becoming the basis for an important entertainment industry in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the United
Events
- Following the poor sales of Computer Space, Nolan Bushnell leaves Nutting Associates to move his coin-op engineering and design firm with Ted Dabney in to a full fledged company. Computer Space is a video Arcade game released in November 1971 by Nutting Associates. Nolan K Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American electrical Engineer and Entrepreneur who founded both Atari Inc Nutting Associates was an early Arcade game manufacturer from Mountain View California, formed in 1968 by Bill Nutting. Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. When officially incorporating, Bushnell discovers that a roofing company had already been using their name (syzygy). Vietnam roofjpg|thumb|The roofs of Vietnam.]] A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a Building. In broadest terms Syzygy (ˈsɪzɪʤi is a kind of unity especially through coordination or alignment most commonly used in the Astronomical and/or Astrological In its place, the new corporation is named "Atari. Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. "[1]
- On 24 May, Magnavox unveils the Odyssey, the first video game console, at a Burlingame, California convention. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Magnavox ( Latin for "great voice" is an American Electronics company founded by Edwin Pridham and Peter L The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first Video game console. Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Nutting Associates, manufacturer of Computer Space, sends Nolan Bushnell to observe the launch. Bushnell reports back that he found the device underwhelming, and expresses no concern over the competition. [1] Later that year, Magnavox files suit against Atari over Pong, claiming that Atari founder Nolan Bushnell appropriated the concept from Tennis, one of the games available for the Odyssey, after having witnessed it at the Odyssey's unveiling. Pong is a first generation Video game released originally as a Coin -operated Arcade game by Atari Inc Before the court could find against Atari, Nolan and company agree to license the game from Magnavox and Sanders for a one time fee of $700,000. [2]
Notable releases
- Magnavox begins to sell the Odyssey through its retail stores. The Magnavox Odyssey is the world's first Video game console. [1]
- Atari releases its first arcade game, Al Alcorn's Pong. An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment Allan Alcorn is a pioneering engineer and computer scientist. Pong is a first generation Video game released originally as a Coin -operated Arcade game by Atari Inc [1]
- Gregory Yob programs Hunt the Wumpus, an early progenitor of the interactive fiction genre, in BASIC for mainframe computers. Gregory Yob ( 18 June 1945 – 13 October 2005) was an American Computer game designer. Hunt the Wumpus is an early Computer game, based on a simple Hide and seek format featuring a mysterious monster (the Wumpus that lurks deep inside a network See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction In Computer programming, BASIC (an Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of High-level programming languages Mainframes (often colloquially referred to as Big Iron) are Computers used mainly by large organizations for critical applications typically bulk data [3]
- Don Daglow programs Star Trek on a PDP-10 mainframe computer at Pomona College. Don Daglow (born circa 1953 is an American Computer game and Video game designer, programmer and producer. Star Trek was a text-based mainframe Computer game written by Don Daglow on a PDP-10 Timesharing computer at Pomona The PDP-10 was a Mainframe computer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC from the late 1960s on the name stands for "Programmed Data Processor Pomona College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont California. Note that this is a different game from the Star Trek game of 1971[4]
- Civilization (not related to the Sid Meier Civilization games) written on the HP2000 minicomputer at Evergreen State College. Star Trek is a text-only Computer game that originated within the BASIC programming language hacker culture of the 1970s Sidney K Meier (born February 24 1954 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) is an American programmer and designer of several Sid Meier's Civilization is a Turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991 A rewrite of this game would come be to known as Empire Classic. Empire originated in the early 1970's under the name Civilization on an HP2000 Minicomputer at Evergreen State College. [5]
References
- ^ a b c d Herman, Leonard et al. (2002). The Games Begin 1971–1977. GameSpot. Retrieved on 15 February, 2006.
- ^ Gegan, Shaun (1997). Magnavox Odyssey 1.71 FAQ. ClassicGaming.com. Retrieved on 15 February, 2006.
- ^ Jerz, Dennis G. (2002). Hunt the Wumpus -- Gregory Yob (c. 1972). Interactive Fiction — Foundational Works. Retrieved on 15 February, 2006.
- ^ Conclusion. Game Design Workshop: Designing, Prototyping, and Playtesting Games. Retrieved on 15 February, 2006.
- ^ Empire Classic homepage. Empire Classic website. Retrieved on 7 April, 2007.
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