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		strictnein on Sept 4, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Alternate Universe of Soviet Arcade Games Pong was released in 1972. A decent timeline of other releases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_arcade_video_game_...

DerekL on Sept 4, 2015 [–]

You don't seem to understand that various kinds of arcade games existed before video games. Go to the article and scroll down to the “Winter Hunt” and ”Basketball” machines.

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