Pong is probably the first easily recognisable game on this timeline main attributed to the fact that it is often considered the first ever video game- but obviously that isn't true. It is however the first mianstream and popular arcade game especially when it became available at home. Things like that tend to have a certain gravity to them that simply make everyone want to own it or play it just because everyone else has or does, even if it is just a simple table tennis simulator. It is actually the first game deserving of a title I'll betrothe on many games in this timeline and that is; a cult classic. Now that means it is a game that has picked up what is known as a cult following (derived from that of an actualy cult) meaning basically it had a large and dedicated following, needless to say it was the first of many. But it's other first is it is famed for being the first game from the immensely succesful company, Atari.