The most important video game ever made came out 45 years ago this week: Pong. Released on November 29, 1972, Atari's iconic table tennis simulator wasn't the first video game ever made, but it ...

Atari's first three video arcade games tell a fascinating story of rapid evolution. At left is the world's first video arcade game ("Computer Space" - 1971), the game it inspired ("Pong" - 1972 ...

While it's an extremely tight competition, the very first arcade cabinet was released in 1971, while the very first home console released a year later with the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972.

Prior to Pong, games were three plays per quarter. At the peak of the game’s arcade dominance, more than 150,000 coin-operated Pong games were in circulation. iOS Pong World ...