this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 34 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If Pac-Man had affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in dark rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Uh...

You're NOT doing that?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

(rave memes)

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No way that's from 1961.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong

Pong is a table tennis–themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released on 29 November 1972.

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think it is a reference to the first filmed “rage quit” by Ralph Baer which was in 1969 over an early table tennis game that then inspired Atari’s Pong.

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's actually a reference to "video games cause violence"

[–] ApeNo1@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Doh! That makes more sense.

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I bet that cabinet is packed to the gills with hardware and easily weighs 500 lbs.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 6 points 10 months ago

Kinda like...

...yo momma!

(sorry..it was a beautiful setup...I could not resist)

[–] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I got to play Pong on one of those original, first edition cabinets. A local museum has one of the originals. It's really cool!

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

How'z 'bout I PONG your HEAD, Kenneth? Would THAT be funny?

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago