1976

27 video games came out in 1976, among them Colossal Cave Adventure, Breakout and Snake.

By month

• January1 game
• February1 game
• March1 game
• April2 games
• May1 game
• Junenone dated
• July2 games
• Augustnone dated
• September2 games
• October5 games
• November1 game
• Decembernone dated

Best rated games of 1976

1. 
   BreakoutArcade, AY-3-8606, 2600 +5 · Atari, Inc.
   7313 May
2. 
   Night DriverArcade, C64, 2600 · Atari, Inc. (pub.)
   50Oct 1976

Most talked about

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  Colossal Cave Adventuremainframe computer, Unix, PDP-10 +2 · William Crowther, Don Woods
  1976
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  BreakoutArcade, AY-3-8606, 2600 +5 · Atari, Inc.
  7313 May
• SnakeTRS-80, PC, Linux
  Oct 1976
• 
  Death RaceArcade · Exidy
  1 Apr
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  Night DriverArcade, C64, 2600 · Atari, Inc. (pub.)
  50Oct 1976
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  Heavyweight ChampArcade · Sega
  Oct 1976
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  BlockadeArcade · Gremlin Industries
  Oct 1976
• Datsun 280 ZZZAPArcade · Dave Nutting
  1976
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  Sea WolfArcade, VIC-20, C64 · Dave Nutting
  Jul 1976
• The Amazing Maze GameIntel 8080 · Midway Games
  1976
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  Tanktics: Computer Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern FrontPET, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +2 · Chris Crawford
  1976
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  Stunt CycleArcade, AY-3-8760 · Atari, Inc.
  28 Jan
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  OutlawArcade · Atari, Inc.
  1 Mar
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  Sprint 2Arcade · Kee Games
  2 Nov
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  BarricadeArcade
  1976
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  FonzArcade · Sega
  Feb 1976
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  F-1Arcade, ZX, CPC +2 · Namco
  1976
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  Starship 1Arcade · Atari
  1976
• Trek-80TRS-80
  1976
• LeMans
  1976
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  Quiz ShowArcade · Kee Games
  1 Apr
• 
  Tank 8Arcade
  1 Sep
• FutbolTeletenis Multijuegos
  6 Sep
• 
  Indy 4Arcade · Atari
  1976
• Breakout DeluxeArcade
  Jul 1976
• Artillery
  1976
• 
  Bigfoot BonkersArcade
  Oct 1976

Known only to the year

• 
  Colossal Cave Adventuremainframe computer, Unix, PDP-10 +2 · William Crowther, Don Woods
• Datsun 280 ZZZAPArcade · Dave Nutting
• The Amazing Maze GameIntel 8080 · Midway Games
• 
  Tanktics: Computer Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern FrontPET, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +2 · Chris Crawford
• 
  BarricadeArcade
• 
  F-1Arcade, ZX, CPC +2 · Namco
• 
  Starship 1Arcade · Atari
• Trek-80TRS-80
• LeMans
• 
  Indy 4Arcade · Atari
• Artillery

Platforms

• arcade video game machine 19
• TRS-80 3
• Commodore 64 3
• MSX 2
• Atari 2600 2
• PC 2
• Commodore PET 1
• Apple II 1
• Atari 8-bit computers 1
• FM-7 1
• AY-3-8760 1
• ZX Spectrum 1
• Amstrad CPC 1
• MS-DOS 1
• mainframe computer 1
• Unix 1