Pong (1975)

Though it’s always tricky to determine exactly where the line between pinball machines and electronic games begins, most people agree that the first real arcade game of note was this simple game of electronic ping-pong. Not only was it the first video game fad, it also brought video games into the home (three years after its 1972 arcade release), created the sports game subgenre and established Atari as a player in the market.