"Pong does pretty well in most worlds. In my world they sold Pong for home use, too. There's some stuff between, but then Atari will probably be the next 'big' thing. Again in my world came the Atari 2600 for computers. That one came with joystick and everything. The Space Invaders arcade game hit Japan first, then the US. After that, Mattel got in on the action and came out with the Intellivision, then there's the first release of Pac-man. The Donkey Kong arcade game was another japanese hit. There's M.U.L.E. and that's a big deal for people that are really into multiplayer, but Tetris was more of a big deal for everybody. Partially because it leaked out from behind the Iron Curtain. Hopefully you won't hear anything about that. The NES hit the US about two years after it had come out in Japan."

Sam's eyes slid over to the screen.

"...which is what you're playing."

His eyes slid back. Through all of that he hadn't looked up. What? His dad started out designing video games. Sam played with everything when it came out. Kevin Flynn didn't start getting into the really wild ideas until right before he vanished.