It boils my blood that most of the world knows only of Bushnell's hackery. Ralph Baer conceived of, completed, AND released Table Tennis with the Magnavox Odyssey all before Nolan Bushnell ordered his lackey to spawn his inferior coin-op sensation, but if there's one thing that Bushnell always had, it was business sense.

Table Tennis required the astronomical buy-in price of the Magnavox Odyssey, and Pong did not. Pong also serves from the middle of the court in a way that is certain to cause repeated cheap goals, doesn't include the free movement and weird trick-shots of Table Tennis, and makes horrendous noises. I think I'll give the credit to the guy who invented the home video game console, thanks.