marketing hour 6, history of video games By kdot55 1972 the odyssey (first game console) is released 1972 pong is released Noland Bush releases pong. 1975 pong at home the first version of pong you can play on your own TV is released by atari 1980 release of pac-man 1981 The first donkey kong is released 1985 the first super mario game is released 1994 games are now rated Ec-Rp Jan 1, 1995 total sales reach 3M the total sales of video games reaches 3M dollars 1996 the first tomb raider is released 2003 The average gamer is 29