Best Video Games of the 1970s

Based on this list:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_listed_among_the_best

Platform(s) cover which platform(s) the original release was on, not later releases (if they exist)

Release date is the release date of the original version of the game

The genres listed for each game were taken from their respective WIkipedia pages on April 17, 2026

When there are region differences, NA indicates North America and JP indicates Japan

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Year of Release	Genre(s)	Developer	Publisher	Platform(s)	Answer
1971	Text-based, strategy	Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, Paul Dillenberger	MECC	Minicomputer	The Oregon Trail
1972	Sports	Atari, Inc.		Arcade	Pong
1977	Shooter	Atari, Inc.		Atari 2600	Combat
1977	Interactive fiction, adventure	Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, Dave Lebling	Infocom	PDP-10	Zork
1978	Shoot 'em up	Taito		Arcade	Space Invaders
1979	Shoot 'em up	Atari, Inc.	Atari, Inc. (NA) Taito, Sega (JP)	Arcade	Asteroids