Higinbotham's game mimicked a tennis match and was called simply "Tennis for Two." It strongly resembles the video game "Pong" which rose to popularity during the 1970s.

Atari announced a revolutionary new way to play table tennis on Nov. 29, 1972. Pong became the first wildly popular video game, igniting an industry that boomed over the next 50 years.

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Today marks 50 years since the gaming giant Atari first released Pong into an unsuspecting world. The “first commercially successful video game in history”, the electronic table tennis game ...

The game was the digital version of table tennis, and the name derives from ping-pong. "Pong" was the first commercially successful video game and changed gaming forever.

The game was the digital version of table tennis, and the name derives from ping-pong. "Pong" was the first commercially successful video game and changed gaming forever.

The game was the digital version of table tennis, and the name derives from ping-pong. "Pong" was the first commercially successful video game and changed gaming forever.

Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. They say their "mini-brain" can sense and respond to its environment.

The game was the digital version of table tennis, and the name derives from ping-pong. "Pong" was the first commercially successful video game and changed gaming forever.

The game was the digital version of table tennis, and the name derives from ping-pong. "Pong" was the first commercially successful video game and changed gaming forever.