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Atari announces release of ‘Pong’ 40 years ago today (1972)

November 29, 20121970sadmin


Video: 'Pong (1972, Atari)'

(Wednesday, November 29, 1972) — Atari today announced the release of the video arcade game Pong, the first commercially successful video game, which led to the start of the video game industry.

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