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EVENTS
Notable releases
June -
Taito Corporation
releases the ''
Space Invaders
''
Arcade Game
in
Japan
.
October -
Namco
releases their first arcade game,
Gee Bee
in
Japan
.
Cinematronics
releases the ''
Space Wars
''
Vector Graphics
arcade game.
Konami
Corporation releases the ''
Block Game
'' arcade game.
Hardware
APF
Electronics Inc. releases the
APF-M1000
home console.
Bally
/
Midway
releases the
Bally Professional Arcade
home console.
Entreprex
releases the
Apollo 2001
home console.
Magnavox
releases the
Odyssey&
2
(G7000 Videopac) home console.
Nintendo
releases the
Color TV Game 15
home console and the ''
Computer Othello
'' arcade game.
Warner Communications'
Atari
introduces the
Trackball
controller on the arcade game ''
Football
''; releases the
Pinball Game System
home console.
Business
SNK
founded.