Gamlet Trivia #34 — 2026-08-05

The answer was Pong — The prototype's coin box at Andy Capp's Tavern was a milk jug — it overflowed within days..

That day's clues

1. 🏓⬜⬛🕹️
2. The 1972 arcade cabinet that founded an industry, one quarter at a time.
3. A sports game distilled to two paddles and a square ball, with a single printed instruction: avoid missing ball for high score.
4. Built by engineer Allan Alcorn as a training exercise at Atari, then sold hard by Nolan Bushnell.
5. It wasn't the first video game, just the first one everybody played; Magnavox sued over the resemblance to its Odyssey, and the young company settled.
6. Anagram: GNOP

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