The Atari Pong arcade machine made its debut on this day in 1972. According to the iconic games firm, “from an initial investment of $500, Atari made its first million,” from the success of Pong.
Before PC-based gaming platforms like today’s Portal 2, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Minecraft —-even before disc-based systems like PlayStation, Xbox and Wii and as far back as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong ...