Pong, while not the first videogame, was the first coin-op arcade game and the
first mainstream videogame that was available to almost everyone. The origins of
Pong lie with an abstract tennis game created with an old oscilloscope and some
vacuum tubes by Willy Higginbotham way back in 1958. What eventually became
"Pong" was a pretty simple game with simple rules - hit the ball across the
playing field and try your best to hit it past your opponents paddle on the
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