Dragon's Lair, the first video game to use cel-animated video instead of computer generated graphics was advertised as the first truly 3D video game and as the meeting point of video games and animated films.Astron Belt, the first laserdisc video game, is released by SEGA.Bally Midway releases Journey, the first game with digitized sprites.This is also Namco's first game to feature a 16-bit CPU making it the first 16-bit video game. Namco releases Pole Position, one of the most popular racing games of all time.Konami releases Frogger, a popular arcade action game.Konami releases Scramble, the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels.Namco releases Galaga, sequel to Galaxian.It was also the game that introduced Mario (named simply "Jumpman" at the time) to the video game world. Nintendo releases Donkey Kong, which was one of the first platform games.Atari release Tempest, the first color vector arcade game.
Williams Electronics release Defender, a more challenging shoot-em-up space game with control configuration of five buttons and a joystick. Data East releases DECO Cassette System, the first standardized arcade platform, for which many games were made. One of the most influential games, it had the first gaming mascot character, established the maze chase genre, opened gaming to female audiences, and introduced power-ups and cutscenes. Namco releases Pac-Man, its biggest-selling game. Atari releases Battlezone, a first-person shooter tank combat game. Namco releases Galaxian, which is in RGB colour. Atari releases Lunar Lander and Asteroids, a major hit in the United States and Atari's best selling game of all time. It also sets the template for the shoot 'em up genre, and influences nearly every shooter game released since then. Taito releases Space Invaders, the first blockbuster arcade video game, responsible for starting the golden age of video arcade games. See also: Golden age of arcade video games and List of best-selling arcade games 1978 Cinematronics releases Space Wars, the first vector graphics arcade game. Atari releases Breakout, which inspires a number of Breakout clones. releases Night Driver, an early example of a first-person perspective racing video game. SEGA releases Moto-Cross, which features haptic feedback, causing the handlebars to vibrate during collisions. Midway Manufacturing releases Gun Fight, an adaptation of Taito's Western Gun and the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor, which the original incarnation did not use, allowing for improved graphics and smoother animation. Midway releases it as Racer in the United States. Taito releases Speed Race, which introduces scrolling sprite graphics, and features a racing wheel controller. It is also the first arcade sports video game. 
launches Pong, the first commercially successful video game. launches Computer Space, the first commercial video arcade game, also being a Spacewar! derivative. Syzygy Engineering, a precursor to Atari, Inc.
It is a clone of Spacewar!, one of the earliest video games, developed in 1962.
At Stanford University, two students realise the PDP-11-based machine Galaxy Game.
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