Believe it or not, Pong wasn’t the first coin-operated arcade game, Computer Space takes that title. It was released in November 1971 by Nutting Associates and created by Nolan Bushnell, along with Ted Dabney, who would both later found Atari, Inc. This game predates the Magnavox Odyssey’s release by six months, and Atari’s Pong by one year. Continue reading for more random and geeky facts you probably didn’t know about.

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