1975 in computing, games and technology

20 milestones from 1975: 10 computers and hardware, 2 software, 1 games, 5 events, 2 world events.

Open 1975 in the interactive timeline The 1970s

Computers and hardware

• Home Pong
• Kodak Sasson Prototype Digital Camera
• MOS 6507
• Cromemco Cyclops
• MOS 6502
• IBM 5100
• Magnavox Odyssey 100
• SWTPC 6800
• Magnavox Odyssey 200
• IMSAI 8080

Software

• Tiny BASIC
• Altair BASIC

Games

• Gun Fight (Midway)

Events

• Popular Electronics Altair 8800 cover issue
• Homebrew Computer Club holds its first meeting
• Microsoft founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
• BYTE magazine first issue
• Byte Shop opens in Mountain View

World events

• Sony Betamax introduced in Japan
• Moore revises Moore's law