The Mini Pong console measures only 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) in length and is fitted with a 7.9-inch (20-centimeter) LCD screen on which the game is displayed.

Pong, while not the first videogame, was the first coin-op arcade game and the first mainstream videogame that was available to almost everyone. Pong was the impetus for the development of the ...

Atari released the table tennis-themed arcade game in 1972. It wasn’t until a few years later that it introduced a home system, creating the market for home video game consoles.

Or an Arduino board and potentiometer. The latter of those items allows you to create a playable pong TV pong game in a container the size of one of the old Pong paddles from the 1970s.

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 ...