Nutting Associates purchases Computer space from Nolan Bushnell and hires him to help manufacture it. Nutting begins shipping Computer Space, the first arcade video game machine.
Rosen Enterprises, Japan's largest amusement company, merges with Service Games, which now has jukeboxes in over 6,000 locations, to form Sega Enterprises.
Nolan Bushnell enters engineering school at the University of Utah.
United States passes new laws regulating slot machines. Marty Bromley, who manages game rooms at military bases in Hawaii, buys machines and opens Service Games (SEGA).
Fusajiro Yamauchi establishes the Marafuku Company to manufacture and distribute Hanafuda, Japanese playing cards.
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