Gran Trak 10
Developer(s)	Atari
Publisher(s)	Atari
Release date(s)	July 24, 1974
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Arcade game
Input	Steering wheel, gear shifter, and two foot pedals
Arcade cabinet	Standard

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It was the first use of ROM in arcade games, and was therefore the first game to have defined characters beyond a simple box (as with PONG) or a collection of dots (as with Computer Space). The primitive diode-based ROM was used to store the sprites for car, the score and game timer, and the race track. The game's controls — steering wheel, four-position gear shifter, and accelerator and brake foot pedals — were also all firsts for arcade games. Read-only memory (ROM) is a class of storage media used in computers and other electronic devices. ... Pong helped bring computerized video games into everyday life. ... Computer Space is a computer arcade game released in 1971 by Nutting Associates. ...

Versions

The game spawned a variety of spin-offs, both within Atari and by their competitors.

• Atari — Gran Trak 20 [1], Le Mans [2], Sprint 4 [3], Sprint 8 [4], Championship Sprint [5], Super Sprint, Badlands [6]
• Kee Games — Formula K, Twin Racer [7], Indy 800 [8], Sprint 2, Sprint 1
• Taito — Cisco 400 [9], Fisco 400 [10]

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External links

• Entry at Killer List of Videogames
• Entry at ArcadeFlyers
• Commentary at ArmchairArcade
• GameSpy article