1975 had new titles such as Western Gun, Dungeon and dnd. The year's best-selling arcade game was Taito's Speed Race, released as Wheels and Wheels II in North America.
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The "paddle game" trend came to an end in arcades around 1975, with the arcade video game industry entering a period of stagnation in the "post paddle game era" over the next several years up until 1977.[1]
The following titles were the best-selling arcade video games of 1975 in the United States, according to annual arcade cabinet sales figures provided by Ralph H. Baer.[2]
Rank | Title | Arcade cabinet sales | Developer | Manufacturer | Genre |
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1 | Wheels / Wheels II (Speed Race) | 10,000 | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Racing |
2 | Tank / Tank II | 6,000 | Kee Games | Kee Games | Maze |
3 | Flim-Flam | 4,000 | Meadows Games | Meadows Games | Pong |
Gran Trak 20 | 4,000 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Racing | |
5 | PT-109 | 1,500 | Mirco Games | Mirco Games | Shooter |
6 | Avenger | 1,000 | Electra Games | Electra Games | |
7 | Crash 'N Score | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Driving |
Gun Fight (Western Gun) | 500 | Taito | Midway Manufacturing | Shooter | |
Jet Fighter | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | ||
Shark Jaws | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Action | |
Steeplechase | 500 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Racing |
In the United States, RePlay magazine published the first annual chart of top-grossing arcade games in March 1976, listing both video games and electro-mechanical games (EM games) on the same chart for the previous year. The following were the highest-grossing arcade games of the previous year, in terms of coin drop earnings.[3]
Rank | Arcade video games | Arcade electro-mechanical games (EM games) | ||||
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Title | Overall rank | Genre | Title | Overall rank | Genre | |
1 | Tank / Tank II | 1 | Maze | Super Shifter | 4 | Racing |
2 | Wheels / Wheels II (Speed Race) | 2 | Racing | Air Hockey | 6 | Air hockey |
3 | Gun Fight (Western Gun) | 3 | Shooter | Wizard | 7 | Pinball |
4 | Indy 800 | 5 | Racing | Skee Ball | 9 | Skee-Ball |
5 | Gran Trak 10 / Gran Trak 20 | 8 | Racing | F-114 | 10 | Shooter |
6 | Twin Racer | 11 | Racing | OXO | 15 | Pinball |
7 | BiPlane | 12 | Shooter | Rifle Range | 16 | Gun |
8 | Racer (Speed Race) | 13 | Racing | Crown Basketball | 18 | Sports |
9 | Demolition Derby | 14 | Racing | Amigo | 19 | Pinball |
10 | Street Burners | 17 | Racing | Grand Prix | 20 | Racing |