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Timeline of Video Game part 2 of 6 from 1972 to 1977 at Timeline Help.

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Magnavox launched the Odyssey game console that plugged into the television and played a table tennis game. The console was developed by Ralph Baer. Even though it was expensive, Magnavox sold 100,000 consoles in six months.
Atari released a coin-operated video game of Pong. The first lawsuit in video game history was filed.

Atari launched a home version of Pong.

Atari released Breakout as an arcade video game. To raise enough funds to work on its home game console, Nolan Bushnell sells Atari to Warner, Inc for $28 million.
Fairchild Camera and Instrument of California released the first home system to use plug-in game cartridges called Channel F.
Death Race, an arcade game based on the movie Death Race 2000 sparked a controversy about violence in video games.

Atari released the Atari 2600, a game console that used plug-in cartridges to play games along with paddles, joysticks and keyboards.
A minor crash in the video game industry occurred as the market was flooded with poor quality Pong copycats.

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