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It lines up though. He visited the US in 1959 and a little while after returning, the Soviets started working on their own arcade games. I guess there's no pr

It lines up though. He visited the US in 1959 and a little while after returning, the Soviets started working on their own arcade games. I guess there's no proof that he really did order Soviet games to be made but it's plausible.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
Are you aware of the state of arcade games in the US in 1959.
- whoopdedo 11y ago
  Yes, it was called "pinball".
  - slavik81 11y ago
    Depends where you were. Pinball was illegal from the 1940s onwards in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Salt Lake City among others. It was only legalized in the 1970s.
strictnein 11y ago
Pong was released in 1972. A decent timeline of other releases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_arcade_video_game_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_arcade_video_game_...
- DerekL 11y ago
  You don't seem to understand that various kinds of arcade games existed before video games. Go to the article and scroll down to the “Winter Hunt” and ”Basketball” machines.