Source: Reddit

First commercially available video game = PONG. True statement, right?

Ha, nope. 😳

Actually, everything - and PONG in particular - started with Computer Space. However, this really first video game, introduced in October 1971, never became a success.

However, its history is no less interesting. Especially because Nolan Bushnell and his team left the company after the system's flop, founded ATARI and launched PONG only a year later.

But Computer Space had something special. Noah Wardrip-Fruin reviewed the history of the system for The MIT PRESS Reader and summarized everything in a detailed article.

Reading a bit outside the mainstream but definitely with historical significance.