Gran Trak 10  − 1 March, 1974

  • Atari 1974
  • single-player racing arcade
  • The player raced against the clock, accumulating as many points as possible.
  • First use of ROM in arcade games, - first game to have defined characters beyond a simple box
  • The primitive diode-based ROM was used to store the sprites for car, the score and game timer, and the race track
  • The game's controls — steering wheel, four-position gear shifter, and accelerator and brake foot pedals — were also all firsts for arcade games

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