| Draughts |
Christopher Starchey |
Ferranti Mark I |
1952 |
| Sheep and Gates |
Stanley Gill |
EDSAC Computer |
1952 |
| OXO |
Alexander Shafto Douglas |
EDSAC Computer |
1952 |
| Tennis for Two |
William Higinbotham |
Donner Model 30 Analog Computer |
1958 |
| Mouse in the Maze |
Doug Ross and John Ward |
TX-0 Experimental Computer |
1959 |
| Spacewar! |
Steve Russell |
PDP-1 |
1962 |
| Unnamed Ping Pong Game |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Checkers Game |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Sports Game 1 |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Sports Game 2 |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Sports Game 3 |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Sports Game 4 |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Target Shooting Game |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brown Box |
1967 |
| Unnamed Golf Putting Game |
Ralph Baer |
Baer's Brwon Box |
1967 |
| Table Tennis |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Skiing |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Simon Says |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Tennis |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Football: Passing and Kicking |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Hockey |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Analogic |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Cat and Mouse |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Football: Running |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Haunted House |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Invasion |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Submarine |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Soccer |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Roulette |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| States |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Volleyball |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Wipeout |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Shootout |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Dogfight |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Prehistoric Safari |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Shooting Gallery |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Interplanetary Voyage |
Ralph Baer |
Magnavox Odyssey |
1971 |
| Computer Space |
Nolan Bushnell |
Arcade Machine |
1971 |
| Galaxy Game |
Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck |
Arcade Machine |
1971 |
| Empire |
Peter Langston |
Arcade Machine |
1971 |
| Star Trek |
Mike Mayfield |
Sigma 7 |
1971 |
| The Oregon Trail |
Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberg |
Teletype Computer |
1971 |
| Baseball |
Don Daglow |
PDP-10 |
1971 |
| Pong |
Allan Alcorn |
Arcade Machine |
1972 |
| Hunt the Wumpus |
Gregory Yob |
Time-Sharing System |
1972 |
| Gotcha |
Allan Alcorn |
Arcade Machine |
1973 |
| Space Race |
Allan Alcorn |
Arcade Machine |
1973 |
| Tank |
Steve Bristow |
Arcade Machine |
1974 |
| Maze War |
Steve Colley |
Arcade Machine |
1974 |
| Spasim |
Jim Bowery |
PLATO Computer Network |
1974 |
| Gran Trak 10 |
Allan Alcorn |
Arcade Machine |
1974 |
| Speed Race |
Tomohiro Nishikado |
Arcade Machine |
1974 |
| Colossal Cave Adventure |
Will Crowther |
PDP-10 |
1975 |
| Gun Fight |
Tomohiro Nishikado |
Arcade Machine |
1975 |
| Indy 800 |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1975 |
| DND |
Don Daglow |
PDP-10 |
1975 |
| Pedit5 |
Reginald Rutherford |
PLATO Computer Network |
1975 |
| Artillery |
Mike Forman |
Arcade Machine |
1976 |
| Breakout |
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs |
Aracde Machine |
1976 |
| Blockade |
Gremlin Industies Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1976 |
| Death Race |
Exidy |
Arcade Machine |
1976 |
| Sea Wolf |
Midway |
Arcade Machine |
1976 |
| Night Driver |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1976 |
| Sprint 2 |
Kee Games |
Arcade Machine |
1976 |
| Microchess |
Peter Jennings |
KIM-1 |
1976 |
| Combat |
Atari Inc. |
Atari 2600 |
1977 |
| Space Wars |
Cinematronics |
Arcade Machine |
1977 |
| Super Bug |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1977 |
| Zork |
Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling |
PDP-10 |
1977 |
| Space Invaders |
Nishikado Tomohiro |
Arcade Machine |
1978 |
| Atari Football |
Atari Inc. |
Atari 2600 |
1978 |
| Beneath Apple Manor |
Don Worth |
Apple II |
1978 |
| MUD1 |
Roy Trubshaw |
PDP-10 |
1978 |
| Galaxian |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1979 |
| Asteroids |
Lyle Raines and Ed Logg |
Arcade Machine |
1979 |
| Head On |
Sega and Gremlin Industries Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1979 |
| Adventure |
Warren Robiett |
Atari 2600 |
1979 |
| Star Raiders |
Doug Neubauer |
Atari Computer |
1979 |
| FS1 Flight Simulator |
Bruce Artwick |
Apple II |
1979 |
| Temple of Apshai |
Jeffery Johnson and Jon Freeman |
Apple II |
1979 |
| Lemonade Stand |
Charlie Kellner |
Apple II |
1979 |
| Pac-Man |
Iwatani Tohru |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
|
| Rogue |
Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman |
Unix-Based Mainframe Systems |
1980 |
| Berzerk |
Stern Electronics |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Missile Command |
Dave Theurer |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Battlezone |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Phoenix |
Amstar Electronics |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Wizard of Wor |
Midway |
Aracde Machine |
1980 |
| Rally-X |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Dragster |
Activision |
Atari 2600 |
1980 |
| Mystery House |
Roberta Williams and Ken Williams |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Warlords |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Star Castle |
Cinematronics |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Moon Cresta |
Nichibutsu |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Eamon |
Don Brown |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Space Panic |
Universal |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Red Baron |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade |
1980 |
| The Prisoner |
Edu-Ware |
Apple II |
1980 |
| King & Balloon |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Fishing Derby |
Activision |
Atari 2600 |
1980 |
| Carnival |
Medo Moreno |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Wizard and the Princess |
On-line Systems |
Apple II |
1980 |
| B-1 Nuclear Bomber |
Microcomputer Games |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Golf |
Atari Inc. |
Atari 2600 |
1980 |
| Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure |
Robert Clardy |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Baseball |
Mattel Electronics |
Intellivision Home Video Game System |
1980 |
| Space Firebird |
Nintendo and Sega-Gremlin |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Boxing |
Atari 2600 |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Astro Invader |
Stern Electronics |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Dodge'Em |
Atari Inc. |
Atari 2600 |
1980 |
| Polaris |
Taito |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Rip Off |
Cinematronics |
Arcade |
1980 |
| Hellfire Warrior |
Automated Simulations Inc. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Voodoo Castle |
Adventure International |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Basketball |
Mattel Electronics |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1980 |
| Tank Battalion |
Namco |
MSX |
1980 |
| Midway Campaign |
Microcomputer Games Inc. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Galactic Empire |
Broderbund Software Inc. |
Apple II |
1980> |
| Galactic Attack |
Robert Woodhead |
Apple II |
1980 |
| SOS |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Computer Bismarck |
Strategic Simulations Inc. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Stellar Track |
Atari Inc. |
Atari 2600 |
1980 |
| Rescue at Rigel |
Epyx Inc. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Lords of Karma |
Avalon Hill |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Skiing |
Activision |
Atari 2600 |
1980 |
| Horse Racing |
Aph Technological Consulting |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1980 |
| Time Traveler |
Krell Software |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Nukewar |
Avalon Hill |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Astro Fighter |
SEGA |
Aracde Machine |
1980 |
| Tycoon |
David Bohlke |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Star Warrior |
Jon Freeman |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Armor Attack |
Cinematronics |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Terrorist |
Steve Pederson |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Arcade Pinball |
Bob Smith |
Atari VCS |
1980 |
| Missile Attack |
Cornsoft Group |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| North Atlantic Convoy Raider |
Mircocomputer Games |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Project Omega |
Robert Nicholas |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Windfall: The Oil Crisis Game |
Edu-Ware Services Inc. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Indoor Soccer |
Universal |
Arcade Machine |
1980 |
| Deathmaze 5000 |
Frank Corr and Wolliam Denman |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Mission Escape! |
CE Software |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Slag |
Stewart Eastman |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Musician |
Philips |
Magnavox Odyssey 2 |
1980 |
| Pinball |
John Allen |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Bill Budge's Space Album |
California Pacific Computer Co. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Winged Samurai |
4D Interactive Systems Inc. |
Apple II |
1980 |
| Invaders from Space |
Acorn Software |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Laybyrinth |
Med Systems Software |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Parsector V |
Synergistic Solar |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| The Human Adventure |
Med Systems Software |
TRS-80 |
1980 |
| Galactic Trader |
Cybernautics |
VMS Platform |
1980 |
| The Attack |
Milton Bradley |
ti-99/4a |
1980 |
| Galaga |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Centipede |
Ed Logg and Dona Bailey |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Frogger |
Konami |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Defender |
Larry DeMar and Eugene Jarvis |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Wizardry |
Sir-Tech |
PC |
1981 |
| Tempest |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Qix |
Taito Corporation |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Scramble |
Konami |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Stargate |
Larry DeMar and Eugene Jarvis |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| New Rally-X |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Crazy Kong |
Falcon |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Gobbler |
Olaf Lubeck |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Lock 'n' Chase |
Data East |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Astromash |
John Sohl |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1981 |
| Eliminator |
SEGA |
PC |
1981 |
| Make Trax |
WMS Industries Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Alpine Ski |
Taito Corporation |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Space Hawk |
Bill Fisher and John Sohl |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1981 |
| Tennis |
Allan Miller |
Atari 2600 |
1981 |
| Jawbreaker |
John Harris |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Dungeons & Dragons Computer Fantasy Game |
Mattel Electronics |
Handheld Electronic Game |
1981 |
| Sabotage |
Mark Allen |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Raster Blaster |
Bill Budge |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Mini-Munchman |
Grandstand |
Handheld Electronic Game |
1981 |
| Munchman |
Grandstand |
TI-99 |
1981 |
| Pelé's Soccer |
Steve Wright |
Atari 2600 |
1981 |
| Boxing |
Tom Loughry |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1981 |
| Taxman |
H.A.L. Labs |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Black Hole |
Tokyo Denshi Sekkei |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Quest 1 |
Brian Reynolds |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Milestones |
Creative Computing |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Rings of Saturn |
Level- 10 |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Scarfman |
The Cornsoft Group |
TRS-80 |
1981 |
| The Shattered Alliance |
John Lyon |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Crown of Arthain |
Microlab |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Jabbertalky |
Epyx |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Sorcerer of Siva |
Epyx |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Alkemstone |
Level- 10 |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Voyager I |
William David Volk |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Sweet Licks |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1981 |
| Sumer |
Crystal Computer |
Apple II |
1981 |
| Microsoft Flight Simulator |
subLOGIC |
PC Booter |
1982 |
| Ms. Pac-Man |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Dig Dug |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Q*bert |
Warren Davis |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Tron |
Midway |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Pitfall! |
David Crane |
Apple II |
1982 |
| Slime |
Ihor Wolosenko |
Atari 8-bit |
1982 |
| Donkey Kong Jr. |
Shigeru Miyamoto |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Joust |
John Newcomer |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
Howard Scott Warshaw |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| BurgerTime |
Data East |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Zaxxon |
SEGA |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Robotron: 2084 |
Larry DeMar and Eugene Jarvis |
' Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Sokoban |
Hiroyuki Imabayashi |
NEC PC-8801 |
1982 |
| Xevious |
Namco |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Haunted House |
James Andreasen |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Super Pac-Man |
Toru Iwatani |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Popeye |
Ikegami Tsushinki |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Bomb Squad | '
Mattel |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1982 |
| Yar's Revenge |
Howard Scott Warshaw |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Moon Patrol |
Takashi Nishiyama |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Pac-Man |
Tod Frye |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Swashbuckler |
Paul Stephenson |
Apple II |
1982 |
| Bubbles |
Python Anghelo, John Kotlarik, and Tim Murphy |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Zoo Keeper |
Keith Egging and John Morgan |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| War of the Worlds |
Cinematronics |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Pengo |
Nobuo Kodera, Akira Nakakuma, Tsutomu Iwane, and Shinji Egi |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Miner 2049er |
Bill Hogue |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Frenzy |
Alan McNeil |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Spider-Man |
Laura Nikolich |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Supreme Ruler |
George Geozy |
TRS-80 |
1982 |
| Liberator |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Sword of Fargoal |
Jeff McCord |
VIC-20 |
1982 |
| Escape |
Malcolm Evans |
ZX Spectrum |
1982 |
| The Hobbit |
Philip Mitchell |
Apple II |
1982 |
| Fast Food |
Don Ruffcorn |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Quantum |
Atari Inc. |
Arcade Machine |
1982 |
| Legionnaire |
Chris Crawford |
Apple II |
1982 |
| Shamus |
Synapse Software |
Atari 8-bit |
1982 |
| Classic Adventure |
Abersoft |
ZX Spectrum |
1982 |
| Pacific Coast Highway |
Datasoft |
Atari 8-bit |
1982 |
| Klondike Adventure |
James Bash |
Atari 8-bit |
1982 |
| Sssnake |
Data Age |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Alien |
Doug Neubauer |
Atari 2600 |
1982 |
| Nautilus |
Synapse Software |
Atari 8-bit |
1982 |
| Reign of the Red Dragon |
Dave Daring |
TRS-80 |
1982 |
| Reversi |
Games of Skill |
Intellivision Video Game System |
1982 |
| Beauty and the Beast |
Wendell Brown |
Intellivison Video Game System |
1982 |
| Beagle Bag |
Beagle Bros |
Apple II |
1982 |