Video Games of 1975
Let's celebrate the best video games of 1975, including PC and console games. Here’s a list of the most popular videogames released in 1975 organised by Genre, Platform and Publisher
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Panther
Platform: PLATO System
Genre: Vehicle simulation game
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pedit5
Platform: PLATO network
Genre: Dungeon Crawl, RPG
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Shark Jaws
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Horror
Outline: The player controls a deep-sea diver who must catch small fish while evading a menacing great white shark intent on devouring him.
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Indy 800
Platform: Arcade
Genre: driving
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Hi-way
Platform: Arcade
Genre: driving
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EVR Race
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Card Game
Outline: A computer adaptation of Las Vegas-style Blackjack written in BASIC for the Altair 8800.
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Ric-O-Chet
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Goal/4
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Doctor Pong
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Sports simulation
Publisher: Atari Inc.
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Anti-Aircraft
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Scrolling military shooter
Publisher: Atari, Inc
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Crash 'N Score
Platform: Arcade
Genre: driving
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Pursuit
Platform: Arcade
Genre: Flight simulator, military, shooter
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Combat
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Fire Power
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Dungeon
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Steeplechase
Platform: Arcade
Genre: sports simulation
Outline: Hurdles horse race is a competitive equestrian event where horses and riders navigate a course with a series of obstacles, known as hurdles, that the horse must jump over.
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Gun Fight
Platform: Arcade, Bally Astrocade, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, Commodore 128
Genre: Fixed shooter
Publisher: JP Taito; EU Taito; NA Midway
Outline: Two cowboys engaged in a gun duel in a multi-directional shooter arcade game, where each player has a limited number of bullets per round, and the round ends when both players have exhausted their ammunition.
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Jet Fighter
Platform: Arcade
Genre: military, shooter
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dnd
Platform: PLATO system
Genre: Role-playing video game
Outline: "DND, or The Game of Dungeons, is a classic terminal-based CRPG that originated on the PLATO network and is now hosted on the Cyber1 network in an emulated form. The game involves generating a character with randomly chosen stats, exploring a 20-level dungeon, collecting gold and equipment, gaining experience, and ultimately defeating a dragon to retrieve a magical orb, all while facing the permanent death of the character upon defeat."
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