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1.) Bertie the Brain

Release: 1950 | GGF: Strategy, Tic-Tac-Toe | Developer(s): Josef Kates, Rogers Majestic Corporation Ltd. | Publisher(s): Rogers Majestic Corporation Ltd. | Platform(s): Arcade [Custom Computer] (1950)

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2.) Nimrod

Release: May 5th, 1951 | GGF: Strategy, Nim | Developer(s): John Makepeace Bennett, Raymond Stuart-Williams | Platform(s): Arcade [Nimrod] (1951)

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3.) Tennis for Two

Release: October 18th, 1958 | GGF: Arcade, Sports | Developer(s): William Higinbotham, Robert V. Dvorak | Publisher(s): William Higinbotham, Robert V. Dvorak | Platform(s): Arcade [Analog Computer] (1958)

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4.) Spacewar!

Release: April 1962 | GGF: Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up, Physics | Developer(s): Steve Russell, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen | Publisher(s): Steve Russell, Bob Saunders, Steve Piner, Martin Graetz, Wayne Wiitanen | Platform(s): Mainframe [PDP-1] (1962), Browser (2012) https://www.masswerk.at/spacewar/

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5.) Hamurabi

Release: 1968 | GGF: Text-Based Adventure, Turn-Based Strategy, Simulation, Management | Developer(s): Doug Dyment, Digital Equipment Corporation, Rose Company, Zaph, LLC | Publisher(s): Doug Dyment, Digital Equipment Corporation, Apple Computer, Inc., Benwill Publishing Corp., Ohio Scientific, Inc., Creative Computing Software, Dr. Daley, Apparat, Inc., Circle Enterprises, PET User Group, CLOAD Magazine, Inc., Rose Company | Platform(s): Mainframe [PDP-8] (1968), Altair 8800 (1975), Wang 2200 (1975), Apple I (1976), Intel 8080 (1976), Zilog Z80 (1976), Ohio Scientific (1977), Sol-20 (1977), Apple II (1978), Commodore PET/CBM (1978), TRS-80 (1978), ZX80 (1981), Commodore 64 (1995), DOS (1996), Browser (2002), iPhone (2008)

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6.) Oregon (The Oregon Trail)

Release: December 3rd, 1971 | GGF: Educational, Simulation, Turn-Based Strategy, Text-Based Adventure, Management | Developer(s): Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger, MECC | Publisher(s): MECC, Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange, Creative Computing Software, Level IV Products, Inc., Softswap | Platform(s): Mainframe (1971), Apple II (1978), Sol-20 (1978), Commodore PET/CBM (1979), TRS-80 (1979), Atari 8-bit (1982), Browser (2015)

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7.) Pong

Release: November 29th, 1972 | GGF: Action, Arcade, Sports | Developer(s): Atari, Inc. | Publisher(s): Atari, Inc., Hunter Electronic Pty., Ltd., Sears, Roebucks and Co., TOPICS Entertainment, Inc. | Platform(s): Arcade (1972), Dedicated Console (1975), Atari 2600 (1977), Game Gear (1996), Genesis (1996), Windows (2003), PlayStation 2 (2004), Xbox (2004), PSP (2007), KaiOS (2020), Nintendo Switch (2022), PlayStation 4 (2022), PlayStation 5 (2022), Xbox One (2022), Xbox Series (2022)

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8.) The Dungeon (Pedit5)

Release: 1975 | GGF: RPG, Dungeon Crawler, Roguelike | Developer(s): Rusty Rutherford | Publisher(s): Rusty Rutherford | Platform(s): Terminal [PLATO] (1975)

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9.) Breakout

Release: May 13th, 1976 | GGF: Arcade, Action, Sports | Developer(s): Atari, Inc. | Publisher(s): Atari, Inc., Taito Corporation, Universal Sales Co., Ltd., Sears, Roebucks and Co., Video Games GmbH, Microsoft Game Studios | Platform(s): Arcade (1976), Atari 2600 (1978), Windows (2010), Xbox 360 (2010), Nintendo Switch (2022), PlayStation 4 (2022), PlayStation 5 (2022), Xbox One (2022), Xbox Series (2022), Intellivision Amico (TBA)

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10.) Combat

Release: October 14th, 1977 | GGF: Action, Top-Down Shooter, Vehicular Combat | Developer(s): Atari, Inc. | Publisher(s): Atari, Inc., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Zellers, TOPICS Entertainment, Inc., Microsoft Game Studios | Platform(s): Atari 2600 (1977), PlayStation 2 (2004), Windows (2004), Xbox (2004), PSP (2007), Xbox 360 (2010), iOS (2011), Plex Arcade (2021), Antstream (2023)

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11.) Multi-User Dungeon (MUD1)

Release: 1978 | GGF: MMORPG, Text-Based Adventure | Developer(s): Richard Bartle, Roy Trubshaw | Publisher(s): Richard Bartle, Roy Trubshaw | Platform(s): Terminal [DEC PDP-10] (1978)

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12.) Space Invaders

Release: April 1st, 1978 | GGF: Action, Arcade, Shoot 'Em Up | Developer(s): Taito Corporation | Publisher(s): Universal Affiliated International, Inc., Taito Corporation, Midway Mfg. Co., Sidam, Inversiones Recreativas, S.A., Sears, Roebuck and Co., Atari, Inc., Polyvox, SEGA Enterprises Ltd., WiZ, Sharp Corporation, British Sky Broadcasting Ltd. | Platform(s): Arcade (1978), Atari 2600 (1980), Atari 5200 (1980), Atari 8-bit (1980), MSX (1985), NES (1985), SG-1000 (1985), Game Boy (1990), PC-98 (1992), Windows 3.x (1997), Sharp Zaurus (2001), Terminal (2002), J2ME (2003), PlayStation 2 (2003), WonderSwan (2004), PSP (2005), Windows (2005), Xbox (2005), VG Pocket (2008), iPhone (2009), Wii (2009), iPad (2010), Android (2011)

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13.) Asteroids

Release: November 1979 | GGF: Arcade, Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Score Attack | Developer(s): Atari, Inc. | Publisher(s): Atari, Inc., Sears, Roebuck and Co., ME-TA Elektronik Endüstri ve Ticaret A.Ş., Accolade, Inc., Microsoft Game Studios | Platform(s): Arcade (1979), Atari 2600 (1981), Atari 8-bit (1981), Atari 7800 (1987), Game Boy (1992), Macintosh (1993), Windows 3.x (1993), Dreamcast (2001), PlayStation (2001), Game Boy Advance (2002), PlayStation 2 (2004), Xbox (2004), Xbox 360 (2007), iOS (2010), Nintendo DS (2010), Windows (2010), Xbox 360 (2010), Evercade (2020)

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14.) Eamon

Release: 1979 | GGF: Text-Based Adventure, Interactive Fiction, RPG, Puzzle | Developer(s): Donald Brown | Publisher(s): PC-SIG | Platform(s): Apple II (1979), Atari ST (1987), DOS (1988), Android, Browser (2017) (2017), Unix (2017), Windows (2017)

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15.) Galaxian

Release: September 15th, 1979 | GGF: Arcade, Action, Shoot 'Em Up, Score Attack | Developer(s): Namco Limited | Publisher(s): Namco Limited, Petaco S.A., Midway Mfg. Co., Atari, Inc., Dempa Shimbunsha, Bug-Byte Software Ltd., Thunder Mountain, Sharp Corporation, Namco Mobile, HAMSTER Corporation | Platform(s): Arcade (1979), Atari 5200 (1982), Atari 8-bit (1982), Atari 2600 (1983), PC-8000 (1983), PC-88 (1983), PC Booter (1983), Apple II (1984), ColecoVision (1984), Commodore 64 (1984), MSX (1984), NES (1984), PC-6001 (1984), Sharp X1 (1984), ZX Spectrum (1984), FM-7 (1985), Game Boy (1995), Windows (1995), PlayStation (1996), Nintendo 64 (1999), Dreamcast (2000), Game Boy Advance (2001), PlayStation 2 (2001), Sharp Zaurus (2001), GameCube (2002), Xbox (2002), Palm OS (2004), Xbox 360 (2008), Wii (2009), PlayStation 3 (2013), PSP (2013), PS Vita (2013), Wii U (2014), Evercade (2020), Nintendo Switch (2020), PlayStation 4 (2020), Xbox One (2020)

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16.) Lunar Lander

Release: August 1979 | GGF: Action, Arcade, Simulation, Physics | Developer(s): Atari, Inc. | Publisher(s): Atari, Inc. | Platform(s): Arcade (1979), Windows (2003), PlayStation 2 (2004), Xbox (2004), Game Boy Advance (2005), N-Gage (2005), Nintendo DS (2005), PSP (2007), Android (2010), iOS (2010), Macintosh (2010), Xbox 360 (2010), Antstream (2020), Plex Arcade (2021)

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17.) The Count

Release: 1979 | GGF: Text-Based Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Horror | Developer(s): Scott Adams, Adventure International | Publisher(s): Creative Computing Software, Mad Hatter Software, Adventure International, Small System Software, TRS-80 Software Exchange, Commodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd., Texas Instruments Incorporated | Platform(s): Commodore PET/CBM (1979), Exidy Sorcerer (1979), TRS-80 (1979), Apple II (1980), Atari 8-bit (1981), TI-99/4A (1981), VIC-20 (1981), TRS-80 CoCo (1983), BBC Micro (1984), Dragon 32/64 (1984), Electron (1984), Commodore 64 (1985), Browser (2002)