Pong, invented in 1972, was the first commercially successful arcade video game. It was a simple yet fun and addicting tennis-style game that became a huge hit in arcades, helping to launch the video game industry. While basic, Pong demonstrated the entertainment potential of interactive electronic games and paved the way for more advanced video game consoles and games.

3. Invented in 1972
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First arcade game
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Base of all video
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games
Huge hit in arcades
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Very simple yet fun
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game
Overplayed greatly
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4. Powered
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electronically
Played with scrolling
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button
Found at arcades
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Played like tennis
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One quarter was
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needed to play
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6. • •
New kind of Needed to utilize the
entertainment computer
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More ideas for Just to have fun!
inventions
• Start of other video
games
• People wanted
something new

7. Showed up in
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arcades
Showed up at home
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Could be taken
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portably
Cheap to buy
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Addicting
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Popular
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