Sinclair Research releases the ZX80 home computer, the first 'domestic' computer to play games in the UK .
Stern Electronics (a subsidiary of Universal Research Laboratories) releases the '' Berzerk '' arcade game.
Warner Communications' Atari releases the '' Missile Command '' arcade game, and the '' Battlezone '' arcade game (it was later enhanced for the US Army for military training) – the first video game to employ 3-D graphics, albeit relying on specialized Vector Graphics hardware.
Warner Communications' Atari releases the '' Centipede '' (by Ed Logg & Dona Bailey) and '' Warlords '' arcade games and also the '' Tempest '' color vector arcade game.
Mattel creates the original five-programmer Intellivision game design team, nicknamed the Blue Sky Rangers by a magazine writer when the company keeps their names secret in a TV Guide interview.
