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Best-selling arcade video games in the United States

The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1973 in the United States, according to annual arcade cabinet sales estimates provided by Ralph H. Baer.[5]

Rank Title Arcade cabinet sales Manufacturer Genre
1 Pong 8,000 Atari, Inc. Pong
2 Pro Tennis 7,000 Williams Electronics
Winner 7,000 Midway Manufacturing
4 Super Soccer 5,000 Allied Leisure
Tennis Tourney 5,000
TV Tennis 5,000 Chicago Coin
7 Gotcha 3,000 Atari, Inc. Maze
8 Asteroid (Space Race) 2,000 Midway Manufacturing Racing
9 Space Race 1,500 Atari, Inc.
10 Hockey 1,000 Ramtek Pong
TV Hockey 1,000 Chicago Coin
Volley 1,000 Ramtek

Notable releases

Arcade games

Computer games

Maze War, an ancestor of the first-person shooter genre, was ported to a number of computer systems. The above image was created from a version of the game written for the Xerox Star 8010 in 1985.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Thomas, Donald A. Jr (2005). "-1973-". ICWhen.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2002. Retrieved February 15, 2006.
  2. "Corporate Info / Corporate History". Konami. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2006.
  3. "Corporate Info. / History". Hudson. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. Retrieved February 15, 2006.
  4. "The Golden Age Arcade Historian: Video Game Firsts??". November 22, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  5. Baer, Ralph H. (2005). Videogames: In the Beginning. Rolenta Press. pp. 10–3. ISBN 978-0-9643848-1-1.
  6. "WINNER from Midway" (PDF). The International Arcade Museum. 1973. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  7. Winters, David. "Atari PONG –The first steps–". PONG-Story. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2006.
  8. Kurtz, Bill (1997). Slot Machines and Coin-Op Games. New Jersey: Chartwell Books. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-55521-731-0.
  9. "The Maze War 30 Year Retrospective". DigiBarn Games. 2004. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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