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Pong and the birth of the computer game

Witness History: Archive 2012 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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It is 40 years since a video game was invented which would change the way we play. An on screen version of table tennis, to begin with Pong was only played in video arcades. But soon a home version was created which people could plug into their televisions.Photo credit: BBC.

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