Gran Trak 10
Gran Trak 10 was a racing game released in 1974 by Atari Inc, developed by the firm Cyan Engineering. It simulates a car driving top-down around a race course on a single screen. The game is notable as the first coin-operated video driving game as well as its early use of read-only memory (ROM) chips to store graphical data.
Atari initially released the game in March 1974, but due to production issues they pulled the early version of the game to re-release it in May. A scaled-down version called Trak 10 was released later in the year. The game also inspired a sequel, [Gran Trak 20].
The Kee Games version of the game was called Formula K.
History[edit]
Development[edit]
Pre-Release[edit]
Photos[edit]
Announcements[edit]
Advertisement[edit]
Flyers[edit]
Front page of the first Gran Trak 10 flyer. (1974)
Back page of the first Gran Trak 10 flyer. (1974)
Ads[edit]
Articles[edit]
Photos[edit]
Production[edit]
Trade Shows[edit]
Game credits[edit]
- Game Designer, Hardware Designer
- Steve Mayer, Larry Emmons
- ROM Programmer
- Bob Walker
- Technician
- Ron Milner
Histories[edit]
- Fixing Gran Trak 10 by Ed Fries.
Books[edit]
They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. I: 1971-1982
They Create Worlds, Volume 1: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry (published November 2019) covers how the most renowned game creators overturned technology, pop culture, and birthed a whole new medium. From the very first video games up to the edge of the traumatic North American market crash in 1983, this book illuminates the people, business decisions, and market forces which brought video games to the height of popular culture in the early 1980s. It shows how technological innovations in research labs and in the realm of coin-operated games were propelled by visionaries who saw potential in the then new and expensive technology. The first Volume of this work covers important landmarks such as Spacewar!, Atari, Space Invaders, the early console market, electronic handheld games, and the commercial industry underlying them all.
ISBN 978-1138389908
.jpg)
Atari Inc.: Business is Fun
An amazing 800 pages (including nearly 300 pages of rare, never before seen photos, memos and court documents), this book details Atari's genesis from an idea between an engineer and a visionary in 1969 to a nearly $2 billion dollar juggernaut, and ending with a $538 million death spiral during 1984. A testament to the people that worked at this beloved company, the book is full of their personal stories and insights.
ISBN 978-0985597405
