<s>
1974	O
had	O
new	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Speed	B-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
Dungeon	B-Application
,	O
Gran	B-Application
Trak	I-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
Tank	B-Application
and	O
TV	B-Application
Basketball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
year	O
's	O
best-selling	O
arcade	O
game	O
was	O
Tank	B-Application
by	O
Kee	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
titles	O
were	O
the	O
best-selling	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
of	O
1974	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
annual	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
sales	O
estimates	O
provided	O
by	O
Ralph	O
H	O
.	O
Baer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rank	O
Title	O
Arcade	O
cabinet	O
sales	O
Developer	O
Manufacturer	O
Genre	O
1	O
Tank	B-Application
10,000	O
Kee	O
Games	O
Kee	O
Games	O
Maze	B-Application
2	O
Formula	O
K	O
(	O
Gran	B-Application
Trak	I-Application
10	I-Application
)	O
5,000	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Kee	O
Games	O
Racing	O
3	O
Clean	O
Sweep	O
3,500	O
Ramtek	O
Ramtek	O
Block	O
breaker	O
4	O
Flim-Flam	O
1,500	O
Meadows	B-Application
Games	I-Application
Meadows	B-Application
Games	I-Application
Pong	B-Application
5	O
Leader	O
1,000	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
TV	O
Flipper	O
1,000	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Pinball	B-Application
7	O
Gran	B-Application
Trak	I-Application
20	I-Application
500	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	O
acquires	O
the	O
Japanese	O
division	O
of	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
formally	O
enters	O
the	O
video	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
game	I-Application
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Midway	O
licenses	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
TV	B-Application
Basketball	I-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
Japanese	O
game	O
licensed	O
for	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
24	O
–	O
Atari	O
releases	O
Gran	B-Application
Trak	I-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
car-racing	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
to	O
video	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
–	O
Taito	O
releases	O
Tomohiro	O
Nishikado	O
's	O
Speed	B-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
the	O
second	O
car-racing	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
introduces	O
scrolling	O
sprite	O
graphics	O
with	O
collision	O
detection	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
racing	B-Application
wheel	I-Application
controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
5	O
–	O
Prior	O
to	O
their	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Kee	O
Games	O
releases	O
Tank	B-Application
to	O
video	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Colley	O
,	O
Howard	O
Palmer	O
,	O
and	O
Greg	O
Johnson	O
develop	O
Maze	B-Application
War	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Imlac	B-Device
PDS-1	I-Device
at	O
the	O
NASA	O
Ames	O
Research	O
Center	O
in	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Bowery	O
develops	O
Spasim	B-Application
for	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Whisenhunt	O
and	O
Ray	O
Wood	O
develop	O
dnd	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
,	O
and	O
arguably	O
the	O
first	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
PLATO	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magnavox	O
reissues	O
the	O
Odyssey	B-Device
and	O
releases	O
it	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
Belgium	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
West	O
Germany	O
,	O
Greece	O
,	O
Israel	O
,	O
Italy	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Venezuela	O
.	O
</s>
