Saturday, 5 February 2011

1969, 1975, 1976: The First One-Switch Games




I could be wrong, I could be right, but the videos above are of what I think are the first ever commercial one-switch playable games. Kee Games/Atari's 1975 Steeplechase coin-op, and Fairchild's 1976 shooting gallery.

First ever one-switch computer game? No idea really, but the earliest I've seen is from the UK in 1969 on the computer nick-named "Nellie" (see top video around 2:38 minutes in). Probably the first audio game too. Ah, the good old days when you had to check the oil levels of your computer(!)

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