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Atari Dedicated Console Era

Atari’s home Pong machines and dedicated follow-ups brought the arcade idea into the living room.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Home Pong launched through Sears for the 1975 holiday season. Atari expanded the fixed-game line with Super Pong, Super Pong Ten, Video Pinball, and Stunt Cycle before cartridge systems became the company’s focus.

Released
1975 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
First generation
Format / type
Built-in games
Region
North America
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Atari Dedicated Console Era is a Atari hardware family documented for North America, with a release recorded as 1975 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as First generation hardware using Built-in games. PLAYBACK connects 5 documented hardware variants to this family, including Home Pong C-100, Super Pong C-140, Super Pong Ten C-180, Video Pinball C-380 — white, Stunt Cycle C-450.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 1975 (the exact day and month are not documented) for North America on First generation. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

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Regional differences

This record is scoped to North America. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Built-in games. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

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Editions and revisions

5 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Home Pong C-100, Super Pong C-140, Super Pong Ten C-180, Video Pinball C-380 — white, Stunt Cycle C-450.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗