History of video games/Platforms/Pong consoles

History Due to the popularity of Pong as an arcade game, a number of official and clone consoles were made to play Pong and similar games at home. While some of these were officially licensed, and while some simply played a number of built in sports games, these first generation dedicated consoles are commonly simply referred to as "Pong Clones". A notable early attempt at a home pong console was the 1974 release of the Video Action II.Smith Keith The Golden Age Arcade Historian: URL's Video Action - The First US Consumer Video Game after Odyssey? https://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/11/urls-video-action-first-us-consumer.html 13 February 2021 The Golden Age Arcade Historian 3 November 2013Video Action II by Universal Research Laboratories – The Video Game Kraken http://videogamekraken.com/video-action-ii-by-universal-research-laboratories 13 February 2021 However it would be Atari's own release of Home Pong in 1975 that would help popularize the model of dedicated home video game consoles.Atari Home Pong http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/homepong.html www.atarimuseum.com 13 February 2021Atari PONG - Game Console - Computing History https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4007/Atari-PONG/ www.computinghistory.org.uk 13 February 2021 While many of these are well documented, there are many examples, potentially with interesting history of their own, that are not well documented. This page catalogues these consoles, should they be of interest. In particular, a number of consoles from the Eastern Bloc feature innovative or unique designs not seen in the Western Bloc and non aligned countries. Gallery Eastern Bloc Consoles Эврика Электроника Экси-Видео 01 Видеоспорт-М Videosport 3 Other Consoles References 2100%__NOTOC__