Pong was released in 1972 as an arcade cabinet and in 1975 as a home console version by Sears under the brand of "Tele-Games".
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The game was Pong and it was made by Atari. I had one.
Pong was the first game developed by Atari, Inc.
Pong (marketed as PONG) is one of the earliest arcade video games, and is a tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. While other arcade video games such as Computer Space came before it, Pong was one of the first video games to reach mainstream popularity. The aim is to defeat the opponent in a simulated table tennis game by earning a higher score. The game was originally manufactured by Atari Incorporated (Atari), who released it in 1972. Allan Alcorn created Pong as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell. Bushnell based the idea on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey, which later resulted in a lawsuit against Atari. Surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work, Atari decided to manufacture the game.
a game called pong was the first home video game and the first game EVER made and it was made in good old USA
The first "game" invented was "Tennis for Two," which used a oscilloscope, or analog computer, to play. It required 2 people. The first commercially-released game was "Computer Space," a shooter. The first successful commercially-released game was "Pong".