It might be called the grandfather of the PS5. An original prototype of Atari’s “Home Pong” unit from 1975 sold for $270,910 at an auction this month.

While heading to the arcade might be a thing of the past, it was once the biggest thing in gaming. And here's where it all started.

The consoles included are: Atari Home Pong (C-100) Atari Super Pong (C-140) Coleco Telstar Nintendo Color TV-Game 6 Nintendo Color TV-Game 15. Genres. Sport, Arcade. Platforms. PC (Microsoft Windows) ...

When it comes to home Atari game consoles, many people know and treasure the Atari 2600—and a few may even remember home Pong. But between the launches of those two pioneering gadgets, ...

Sears sold about 150,000 units of the console that was needed to play the game. ... The success of Pong and Home Pong provided Atari with the necessary resources to create the Atari 2600.

The Mini Pong console measures only 30 centimeters (11.81 inches) in length and is fitted with a 7.9-inch (20-centimeter) LCD screen on which the game is displayed.

Samuel “Ted” Dabney, an electrical engineer who laid the groundwork for the modern video game industry as a co-founder of Atari and helped create the hit console game “Pong,” died May 26 ...

If you think the PS5 is expensive, get a load of Atari’s “Home Pong” prototype. The original 1975, hand-carved wood mock-up of the Pong system recently sold for $270,910 at auction ...