https://padlet.com/miren1q/2fik2t89n39p en-us 2018-03-07 17:16:30 UTC 2018-03-10 11:55:37 UTC hello@padlet.com miren1q https://padlet.com/miren1q/2fik2t89n39p/wish/239277063 Before the era of electronic ping pong, hungry yellow dots, plumbers, mushrooms, and fire-flowers, people waited in line to play video games at roller-skating rinks, arcades, and other hangouts. More than fifty years ago, before either arcades or home video games, visitors waited in line at Brookhaven National Laboratory to play “Tennis for Two,” an electronic tennis game that is unquestionably a forerunner of the modern video game.

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