1971 - Golden Age
- Indawo yekhompyutheni kunye neMidlalo yeGalaxy yile midlalo yokuqala yeebhola zemidlalo ye-arcade eyenziwe. Ukukhulula iinyanga ezimbini nje, zombini zizibuko ze-PCP game computer!
- Umdlalo weGalaxy - Iyokuqala kwezona zibini zineyunithi enye eyenziwe ngabadali uBill Pitts noHugh Tuck, owambeka kwiYunivesithi yaseStanford ivenkile yekhofi yokudlala umdlalo. Ihlala khona ngo-Meyi 1979 xa inkqubo yeprojekthi ihlala ingaqiniseki kwaye iyunithi isuswa kwaye ichitheke.
- Indawo yekhompyutheni - Umdlalo wesibini udalwe ngabasunguli bexesha elizayo be-Atari, uNolan Bushnell kunye noTed Dabney, kwi-Nutting Associates yenkampani, abaye bavelisa umdlalo baze bathengise ngokuthengisa. Bahambisa i-1500, kodwa umdlalo awuphumelelanga kuba nzima kakhulu ukudlala.
Ngowe-1972-I-First Generation Console-iMagnavox Odyssey
- I-Magnavox ilayisenisi ye-Ralph Baer iteknoloji yethelevishini yeTV evela ku-Sanders Associates kwaye iyayikhuphela kuluntu njengeMagnavox Odyssey. Inkqubo isebenzisa i-cartridges yemidlalo eguquguqukayo (ebizwa ngokuba ngamakhadi), umlawuli onamaqhina amabini (enye yentshukumo ejikelezayo, enye enye ebonakalayo). Kuza kunye neengxowa zeplastiki ezijikelezayo ukuze zifanise imifanekiso engemacaleni yecatshulwa kunye nemidlalo yomgca evelisa kwisikrini. Ngokufanayo nokudlala ibhola abadlali basebenzisa ikhadi lokubhala amanqaku ukugcina umkhondo weengongoma zabo.
U-Ralph Baer uphinde avelise umdlalo wevidiyo wokuqala kwiphonipherali : umkhonto okhanyayo owangena kwi-port ye-Odyssey yokulawula ukusetyenziswa kwimidlalo yokudubula.
1972 - Atari noPong
- UNolan Bushnell noTed Dabney bafumene iAtari ngenjongo yokuphuhlisa imidlalo yevidiyo ekhoyo. I-Atari ibizwa igama emva kwegama lesiJapan elithi chess elithi "hlola".
- U-Al Alcorn uqeshelwa ngu-Atari olutsha nje kunye neeprogram zokukhululwa kwazo ngokusemthethweni, umdlalo we-tennis we-tennis we-tennis egama lingu- Pong , emva kokuvakala ibhola ehlaba i-paddle. Umdlalo uqulethe iimbumba ezimbini ezilawula i-paddles ezicwangcisiweyo kumacandelo ahlukeneyo kwesikrini esithatha ibhola phakathi kwabo. Njengoko umdlalo uqhubeka ibhola ihamba ngokukhawuleza kwaye isheshayo. I-Pong iyimpumelelo enkulu kunye nokukhaba kuqala ukukhwabanisa kwemali.
1973
- I-Atari ikhipha imidlalo emithathu ye-arcade:
Umgca wendawo - Umdlalo womdlali omibini apho ikhefu lihamba khona xa kuphepha i-asteroids.
- Gotcha - Umdlalo wetekisi apho omnye umdlali ugijima omnye ngomgca.
- I-Rebound - Umdlalo womdlali we-volleyball ezimbini.
- I-Bally-Midway iphosa isitya sayo kwingqekembe yemali ye-arcade nge-Asteroid (ukuba ingadityaniswa ne-Asteroids) ukuchithwa kwe-Space Race.
1974
- I-Gran Trak 10, umdlalo wokuqala weROM esekelwe kwi-arcade game ukhishwa ngu-Atari. Imemori yeROM ivumela iimpawu zegraphic quality eziphezulu kwimidlalo yokugibela imoto.
- Iqela elitsha leKee Imidlalo liqala ukwenza imidlalo ye-arcade. Ufihlakeleyo ngu-Atari kwaye wadala kwiplani ukuze adlulise amaqhinga akhethekileyo, uKee ubeka ama-clones e-Atari imidlalo. Enye yeemidlalo ezimbalwa ze-Kee zangaphambili, iTanki, yimpumelelo enkulu kwaye ekugqibeleni iphinda ikhululwe phantsi kwegama lika-Atari.
- Mattel ukhulula umgca wokuqala wokuqala we-LED imidlalo egcinwe ngesandla. Nangona kungabikho imidlalo yevidiyo ngokwayo, le midlalo yokuzimela eyimigca yodwa iyimfuneko yenkqubo yokudlala yemidlalo yevidiyo.
1975
- I-Atari ikhupha i-home version yokuqala yePong kuphela ngeSears-Roebuck. Umdlalo iyunithi enye edlala nje iPong, kunye nabalawuli ababini abakhelwe ngaphakathi. I-Pong i-Sears-Roebucks ithengisa kakuhle into yeholide.
- I-Adventure (aka Colossal Cave Adventure) - Umdlalo wokuqala wokusetyenzwa kwikhompyutha ye-adventure yenziwa nguWillie Crowther noDon Woods.
- Izixhobo eziqhelekileyo zivelisa i-Chip AY-3-8500, isikhombiso se-Atari sikaPong tech. Le chip idlala imibala emininzi yomdlalo wePong. I-GI yenza ukuba i-chip ifumaneke kumveliso efuna ukukhuphisana nePong kunye ne-home console.
- Iinkqubo ze-Micro Instrumentation kunye ne-Telemetry (MITS) zikhupha ikhompyutha yekhompyutha yokuqala, i-Altair 8800, ifumaneka kuphela nge-mail order.