While home consoles kept growing in popularity, they were still expensive enough and limited enough to keep many at bay.

And, if you were to take a small break from harassing the general public and ask one of them to name today's most advanced piece of technology, they'd likely say ChatGPT — OpenAI's super-brainy ...

Now, instead of just playing "Pong," Atari home console owners could play a number of games on their own home television. This technology had been utilized prior to the 2600, ...

"Home Pong" was one of the first popular at-home video games. It kicked off a boom in the mid-70s, shifting the video game industry from arcade-style systems to at-home consoles. ...

Atari pioneered the home video gaming industry in the 1970s with their 2600 console, which brought (at the time) state-of-the-art games like "Space Invaders," "Pole Position," the "Pac-Man" series ...

Before the NES and even before Pong, the Magnavox Odyssey braved the frontier as the first home video game console. Here's what it was capable of.

By 1975, the company was selling a home console version of Pong — and its speedy success put Atari on the radar of some much bigger companies. But it was an upstart that approached Alcorn for help.

Happy birthday, Pong, and thank you for inspiring countless sequels and knockoffs, as well as the careers of an entire generation of video game designers. BRANDON QUINTANA: "A game that is easy to ...

Sears sold about 150,000 units of the console that was needed to play the game. ... The success of Pong and Home Pong provided Atari with the necessary resources to create the Atari 2600.

Happy birthday, Pong, and thank you for inspiring countless sequels and knockoffs, as well as the careers of an entire generation of video game designers. BRANDON QUINTANA: "A game that is easy to ...

Happy birthday, Pong, and thank you for inspiring countless sequels and knockoffs, as well as the careers of an entire generation of video game designers. BRANDON QUINTANA: "A game that is easy to ...