1971 - The Golden Age
- Computer Space uye Galaxy Game ndiyo yekutanga yemari yemakambani evhidhiyo yevhidhiyo yakasikwa. Kununura mwedzi miviri chete, zvose zviri mazambuko emutambo wemakombiyuta ePPP Spacewars!
- Galaxy Game - Yokutanga yezviviri chete ine imwe unit yakagadzirwa nevakasika Bill Pitts naHugh Tuck, avo vakaiisa muStanford University hovha yekutengesa kwemavara emutambo. Inoramba iripo kusvikira muna May 1979 apo inogadziriswa inova isina kugadzikana uye chikwata chacho chinobviswa uye chinoparadzwa.
- Computer Space - Mutsara wechipiri unogadzirwa nehuwandu hwemabhizimisi mune remangwana reAtari avo vakagadzira Nolan Bushnell naTed Dabney, kune kambani yeNutting Associates, avo vanoita-kutakura mutambo uye vachiitengesa mune zvekutengeserana. Vanoparadzira 1500, asi mutambo haubudiriri sezvo zvakaoma zvikuru kutamba.
1972 - The First Generation Console - Magnavox Odyssey
- Ralph Baer terevhizheni yematerevhizheni emitambo yeTelers Associates uye Maguvo Bax ari kubudisa Magnavox kune magavhuna weMagnavox Odyssey. Izvo shanduro inoshandura shanduro yemakadhi cartridges (anonzi makadhi), mutungamiriri ane mazamu maviri (rimwe nokuda kwekufamba, imwe inowedzera). Iyo inouyawo nemapapiro epurasitiki anoputika kuti aenzanise ruvara rwemufananidzo we dot dot nemitambo yemitambo inowedzera pahwindo. Zvakafanana nebhodhi mitambo vatambi vanoshandisa kadhi yemakadhi kuitira kuchengetedza maonero avo.
Ralph Baer anoitawo mutsara wekutanga wepamuviri wepamuviri: mhiri mutsvuku inopinda mudhipatimendi wevatariri veOudsey kuti ishandiswe mumitambo yokupfura.
1972 - Atari naPong
- Nolan Bushnell naTed Dabney vakawana Atari nechinangwa chekugadzira mitambo yemavhidhiyo iripo. Atari inotumidzwa zita reJapan chess rokuti "chengetedza".
- Al Alcorn akashandiswa neAtari achangobva kuumbwa uye mapurogiramu avo ekutanga kusunungurwa kwehurumende, mari yepadcade tennis game inonzi Pong , mushure mokunge bhora richirova chipande. Mutambo wacho unoumbwa nemaoko maviri anodzivirira zviso zvakatarisana kumativi akatarisana evhariyoni iyo inowira bhora pakati pavo. Sezvo mutambo unofambira bhora rinofamba nekukurumidza nekukurumidza. Pong inonyanya kubudirira uye kukanganisa kunotanga kushandiswa kwekodhi-op arcade frenzy.
1973
- Atari inobudisa mitambo mitatu yeascade:
- Space Race - Aviri-mutambo mutambo uko nzvimbo inotakura nhangemutange paunenge uchidzivirira asteroids.
- Gotcha - Mutambo wemutambo apo mumwe mutambi anotsvaga imwe kuburikidza ne maze.
- Kudzoka - Aviri mutambi wevolleyball game.
- Bally-Midway inokanda ngowani yavo muchikwereti chekoni-op arcade neAsteroid (isingafaniri kuvhiringidzwa neAsteroids) kubvarura kwe Space Race.
1974
- Gran Trak 10, yekutanga ROM yakasununguka mhepo yemutambo inobudiswa neAtari. ROM inoyeuchidza ROM inobvumira hupamhi hwepamusoro hwemhando yezvigadziro zvemutambo wemotokari yemotokari
- Kambani itsva yeKee Mitambo inotanga kugadzira mitambo yeascade. Pachivande inowanikwa neAtari uye yakasikwa mune imwe nzira kuti iite zvakasarudzwa, Kee anobudisa maonesheni emitambo yeAtari. Imwe yemitambo mashomanana yaKee yepakutanga, Tank, inobudirira zvikuru uye pakupedzisira inodzoswa pasi pezita reAtari.
- Mattel anobudisa mutsara wekutanga wei electronic LED handheld games. Kunyange zvazvo kwete mitambo yemavhidhiyo pachedu, iyi mitambo yakasimirira-yemapurogiramu ndiyo inopedzisira iri kumitambo yemavhidhiyo emitambo yemitambo inouya.
1975
- Atari inodzinga imba yekutanga yePong chete kuburikidza neSears-Roebuck. Mutambo iyi imwe chikwata chinongotamba Pong, uye vatongi vaviri vakavakwa. Pong is Sears-Roebucks inonyanya kutengesa chinhu chegore rezororo.
- Kutamba-famba (aka Colossal Cave Adventure) - Mutsamba wokutanga wakadzika pakombiyuta mhando yepamutambo yakasikwa naWillie Crowther uye Don Woods.
- General Instruments inotanga AY-3-8500 chip, chikwata cheAtari's Pong tech. Ichi chipfeko chinopesana zvakasiyana-siyana zvePong game. GI inoita kuti chip itange kuwanikwa kuti inogadzira avo vanoda kukwikwidza Pong newavo pamba pechirongwa chekugara.
- Micro Instrumentation uye Telemetry Systems (MITS) inodzinga computer yekutanga yekombiyuta, yeAltair 8800, inowanika chete kuburikidza nemirairo yekuendesa.