49-years ago today Atari released "Pong" (1972) ...

[tblue37]

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I could watch that for seconds.

1972. It must have sold out in the Sears Christmas Wishbook.

[tblue37]

2. I have never understood the attraction of video games --not then, not now.

[Archae]

4. Quite simple for me.

They're fun!

[Polybius]

6. What year were you born if I may ask?

They will undoubtedly have something to do with it.

[tblue37]

7. 1950. No doubt you are right.

[Polybius]

9. I'm the baby of the family born in '74

My sister is 16 years older than me. Her and her boyfriends that she had could never understand my love of video games when they were over my house. They all said it was useless. My 1930's born parents agreed. Luckily for me, my mom was cool. She knew I loved them, and while it wasn't her thing, she bought me many. Started with an Atari 2600.

[Archae]

3. Offhand, I can say that games have improved a bit since then...

[Polybius]

5. They've improved too much now though

When nearly every game is FPS, there's a problem. Give me the pre-2000 era any day.

[Archae]

8. I can't stand the FPS games either.

The one I posted, "Spyro: Reignited" is a revamped version of the original Spyro games.

Next Spring Lego is putting out a "Star Wars" Lego game that will have the whole saga in it, from prequels to the last Star Wars movie.

[Polybius]

10. I really don't play too many modern games, but I do have a Switch and Xbox One X

I enjoyed the Wii era a lot in the mid 2000's, but it seems that it was hated on. Last week, it had its 15 year anniversary.

https://www.cbr.com/nintendo-wii-15-anniversary/?fbclid=IwAR1SOBOd_4qNwqRzZohmeZjhDgii4ZwJxhSWmWYi8veWphg_LIDXMtYnTi8

[Archae]

11. Yeah, I have a XBox One and Switch Lite.

I have a few older sets as well, Gamecube, PS2, and XBox 360.

Games have really improved, some for the better.

And I love the Lego videogames.

[Marthe48]

12. I was Pong champ at my house

We were in our 20s and thought it was amazing. We got into some other video games when our kids got older, but by the time Mario Brothers came out, we were done.

Here's a SNL skit with Franken and Davis playing Pong:

[LeftInTX]

13. I probably walked right past it, if was at the bowling alley

I preferred the bells and whistles of pinball

[ZenDem]

14. Wow...my very first video game!

My dad owned an ad agency and his client gave him Pong before it was publicly released. His client wasn't Atari, but somehow involved with Atari. Some odd benefits to the ad world...

I remember my dad yelling that we couldn't let it sit too long or it would "burn" the TV screen. Which it did. Oops.

49 years later...still a gamer and annoyed that I can't afford a PS5. Been sharing that addiction with my soon to be 39 year old son for...well...about 35 years?

[Mr.Bill]

15. Literally the first and last

video game I have ever played.