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Arcades: Nostalgia Abounds

Stuff You Should Know

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The Story of Pong Pong

It took a year to get the patent for pong. They sold eight thousand just the first year and that was with six people building them Like they I mean it's always that's an upon cabinet in a bar in today's dollars could bring in close to a hundred grand in quarters Every single year if you had one of those in your bar,  they were saying it was bringing close to In today's dollars about $270. If it's played every day of course you closed on Christmas sure.

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