My family loved Pong and played our console endessly. Now we can celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first video game with the The Pong museum. The museum officially opened on January 27, 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of the video ping-pong.The earliest form of an electronic ping-pong game dates back as a game played on an oscilloscope, by William A. Higinbotham at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1958. His game was titled "Tennis For Two".
In 1966, Ralph Baer, an employee of defense contractor Sanders Associates came up with the concept of a "television gaming apparatus." This device included both a chase game and a video tennis game, and could be attached to a normal television set.
Check out the great video of Bill Harrison and Ralph Baer demonstrating the thrilling new game. And I love the screen-saver clock.
"I can never thank Ralph enough for what he gave to me and everyone else."
- Steve Wozniak, co-founder Apple Computers
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