on this day in history November 29, 1971, Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games. It is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics. The game was originally manufactured by Atari. The Successful game was the equivalent of other successful arcade games PAC-man, Space Invaders, and Asteroids.
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