Which game came out first?
The answer
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Pong 1972
The first test machine, in a bar, stopped working after a few days: its coin box was overflowing with coins. Source
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Space Invaders 1978
The aliens speed up as you shoot them by accident: the machine simply ran faster with fewer of them on screen. The creator kept it. Source
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Pac-Man 1980
In Japan it was called "Puck Man". It was renamed in America for fear vandals would change the P into an F. Source
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Tetris 1984
It was made in the Soviet Union. Its name mixes "tetra" (four) with tennis, its creator's favourite sport. Source
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Sonic the Hedgehog 1991
Sonic is blue to match Sega's logo, and his shoe buckles were inspired by Michael Jackson's boots. Source
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The Sims 2000
Its creator began it the year he lost his home in a fire, and put the experience of rebuilding his life into the game. Source
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