1978 in computing, games and technology

27 milestones from 1978: 14 computers and hardware, 2 peripherals, 1 games, 3 games, 1 movies, 5 events, 1 legal milestones.

Open 1978 in the interactive timeline The 1970s

Computers and hardware

• Interton VC 4000
• Motorola 6809
• Ohio Scientific Superboard II
• Sharp MZ-80K
• Simon
• Merlin
• Speak & Spell
• Science of Cambridge MK14
• Bally Astrocade
• Exidy Sorcerer
• Intel 8086
• Nintendo Color TV-Game Racing 112
• Magnavox Odyssey 2
• APF-MP1000

Peripherals

• Apple Disk II
• DEC VT100

Games

• Space Invaders

Games

• Adventureland
• MUD1
• Atari Football

Movies

• Battlestar Galactica premieres on ABC

Events

• Hayes starts D.C. Hayes Associates
• CBBS, the first bulletin board system, goes online
• BASIC Computer Games microcomputer edition published
• ASCII Microsoft opens as first overseas office
• Cambridge Processor Unit Ltd formed (Acorn)

Legal milestones

• Parker v. Flook decided