1975 in video games

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1975 had new titles such as Western Gun, Dungeon and dnd. The year's best-selling arcade game was Taito's Speed Race, released as Wheels and Wheels II in North America.

Financial performance in the United States

The "paddle game" trend came to an end in arcades around 1975, with the arcade video game industry entering a period of stagnation in the "post paddle game era" over the next several years up until 1977.

Best-selling arcade games

The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1975 in the United States, according to annual arcade cabinet sales figures provided by Ralph H. Baer.

Rank Title Arcade cabinet sales Developer Manufacturer Genre
1 Wheels / Wheels II (Speed Race) 10,000 Taito Midway Manufacturing Racing
2 Tank / Tank II 6,000 Kee Games Kee Games Maze
3 Flim-Flam 4,000 Meadows Games Meadows Games Pong
Gran Trak 20 4,000 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Racing
5 PT-109 1,500 Mirco Games Mirco Games Shooter
6 Avenger 1,000 Electra Games Electra Games
7 Crash 'N Score 500 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Driving
Gun Fight (Western Gun) 500 Taito Midway Manufacturing Shooter
Jet Fighter 500 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc.
Shark Jaws 500 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Action
Steeplechase 500 Atari, Inc. Atari, Inc. Racing

Highest-grossing arcade games

In the United States, RePlay magazine published the first annual chart of top-grossing arcade games in March 1976, listing both video games and electro-mechanical games (EM games) on the same chart for the previous year. The following were the highest-grossing arcade games of the previous year, in terms of coin drop earnings.

Rank Arcade video games Arcade electro-mechanical games (EM games)
Title Overall rank Genre Title Overall rank Genre
1 Tank / Tank II 1 Maze Super Shifter 4 Racing
2 Wheels / Wheels II (Speed Race) 2 Racing Air Hockey 6 Air hockey
3 Gun Fight (Western Gun) 3 Shooter Wizard 7 Pinball
4 Indy 800 5 Racing Skee Ball 9 Skee-Ball
5 Gran Trak 10 / Gran Trak 20 8 Racing F-114 10 Shooter
6 Twin Racer 11 Racing OXO 15 Pinball
7 BiPlane 12 Shooter Rifle Range 16 Gun
8 Racer (Speed Race) 13 Racing Crown Basketball 18 Sports
9 Demolition Derby 14 Racing Amigo 19 Pinball
10 Street Burners 17 Racing Grand Prix 20 Racing

Events

Business

Notable releases

Video game consoles

Games

  • 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.
  • Nürburgring 1, the first first-person racing game, was developed in Germany by Dr. Reiner Foerst.

See also


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