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== Early history (1972 ~ 1977) == ;1972 * Atari Inc. launches ''Pong'', the first commercially successful video game. It is also the first arcade sports video game. ;1973 * Taito releases ''Astro Race'', an early racing video game, controlled using a four-way joystick controller. ;1974 * Taito releases ''Basketball'', an early example of sprite graphics, used to represent player characters and baskets. * Taito releases ''Speed Race'', which introduces scrolling sprite graphics,〔Bill Loguidice & Matt Barton (2009), ''Vintage games: an insider look at the history of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the most influential games of all time'', p. 197, Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-81146-1〕 and features a racing wheel controller. Midway releases it as ''Racer'' in the United States.〔 ;1975 * Midway MFG. releases ''Gun Fight'', an adaptation of Taito's ''Western Gun'' and the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor, which the original incarnation did not use, allowing for improved graphics and smoother animation. ;1976 * Sega releases ''Moto-Cross'', an early motorbike racing game, which introduces a pseudo-3D forward-scrolling third-person perspective. It also introduces haptic feedback, causing the handlebars to vibrate during collisions.〔Mark J. P. Wolf (2008), ''The video game explosion: a history from PONG to PlayStation and beyond'', p. 39, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 0-313-33868-X〕 Sega-Gremlin re-brands it as ''Fonz''. * Sega releases ''Road Race'', an early forward-scrolling first-person racing game. * Atari Inc. releases ''Night Driver'', another early example of a first-person perspective racing video game. * Atari releases ''Breakout'', which inspires a number of ''Breakout'' clones. * Exidy releases ''Death Race.'' ;1977 * Cinematronics releases Space Wars, the first vector graphics arcade game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of arcade video game history」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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