<s>
1976	O
had	O
new	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Road	B-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
Night	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
,	O
Heavyweight	B-Application
Champ	I-Application
,	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
and	O
Breakout	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
year	O
's	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	O
games	O
were	O
Namco	O
's	O
F-1	B-Application
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Midway	O
's	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
magazine	O
published	O
the	O
first	O
annual	O
arcade	O
game	O
earnings	O
chart	O
for	O
1976	O
in	O
their	O
February	O
1977	O
issue	O
,	O
listing	O
both	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
electro-mechanical	O
games	O
(	O
EM	O
games	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
arcade	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Namco	O
's	O
EM	O
racing	O
game	O
F-1	B-Application
was	O
the	O
highest-grossing	O
overall	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
Taito	O
's	O
video	O
game	O
Ball	O
Park	O
(	O
originally	O
released	O
as	O
Tornado	O
Baseball	O
by	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
RePlay	O
magazine	O
began	O
publishing	O
annual	O
lists	O
of	O
top-grossing	O
arcade	O
games	O
in	O
1976	O
,	O
covering	O
both	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
pinball	B-Application
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
titles	O
were	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
coin	O
drop	O
earnings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rank	O
Title	O
Developer	O
Manufacturer	O
Genre	O
Lifetime	O
cabinet	O
sales	O
1	O
Sea	B-Application
Wolf	I-Application
Dave	O
Nutting	O
Associates	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Shooter	O
10,000	O
2	O
Gun	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
(	O
Western	B-Application
Gun	I-Application
)	O
Taito	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Shooter	O
8,600	O
3	O
Wheels	O
(	O
Speed	B-Application
Race	I-Application
)	O
Taito	O
Midway	O
Manufacturing	O
Racing	O
7,000	O
4	O
Indy	B-Application
800	I-Application
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Racing	O
6,495	O
5	O
Breakout	B-Application
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Block	O
breaker	O
11,000	O
6	O
Indy	B-Application
4	I-Application
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
54,000	O
video	O
game	O
arcade	O
cabinets	O
and	O
310,000	O
home	O
video	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
are	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
Sega	O
releases	O
Heavyweight	B-Application
Champ	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
hand-to-hand	O
fighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
controls	B-Device
that	O
simulate	B-Device
throwing	O
actual	O
punches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
February	O
Sega	O
releases	O
Road	B-Application
Race	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
1	O
–	O
Exidy	O
releases	O
Death	B-Application
Race	I-Application
to	O
video	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
13	O
Atari	O
releases	O
Breakout	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
prototype	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
cofounders	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
and	O
Steve	O
Wozniak	O
,	O
to	O
video	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
Sega	O
releases	O
Man	B-Application
T.T.	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Moto-Cross	B-Application
,	O
an	O
early	O
motorbike	O
racing	O
game	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
pseudo-3D	O
,	O
forward-scrolling	O
,	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Road	B-Application
Race	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduces	O
haptic	B-Device
feedback	I-Device
,	O
causing	O
the	O
handlebars	O
to	O
vibrate	O
during	O
collisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega-Gremlin	O
re-brands	O
it	O
as	O
Fonz	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
Atari	O
releases	O
Night	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
,	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
Gremlin	O
releases	O
Blockade	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
what	O
become	O
known	O
as	O
snake	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
working	O
at	O
the	O
Stanford	O
Artificial	O
Intelligence	O
Lab	O
,	O
Don	O
Woods	O
discovers	O
and	O
expands	O
Will	O
Crowther	O
's	O
Adventure	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
James	O
Gillogly	O
ports	O
Woods	O
's	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
title	O
from	O
Fortran	B-Application
to	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
Unix-based	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
Fairchild	O
Camera	O
and	O
Instrument	O
releases	O
the	O
Video	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
VES	O
or	O
Channel	B-Operating_System
F	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
to	O
use	O
a	O
microprocessor	B-Architecture
and	O
cartridges	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
releases	O
the	O
Telstar	B-Application
,	O
a	O
console	O
clone	B-General_Concept
of	O
Pong	B-Application
based	O
on	O
General	O
Instrument	O
's	O
AY-3-8500	O
microchip	O
.	O
</s>
