Dawn of the arcade game: Three pivotal video games from the early 70s

Landmark historical relics don’t usually slip past at public auction unnoticed, but as we demonstrated in this recent article, it does happen. Now three priceless relics from gaming antiquity are going to auction: the world’s first video arcade game (Computer Space – 1971), the game it inspired (Pong – 1972) and the sequel to Pong (Space Race – 1973) which used a computer joystick.

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