Back in the mid 70s we bought our first video game console, I believe it was this APV Fun console or variant but it's a bit fuzzy 50 years later.
It played pong. And "Hockey" which tbh was pong with a goal. It's hard to imagine now how this could have been such a compelling, magical experience but then it definitely was.
I'm amazed it was fun looking back, and I was there. But you kind of have to remember that it came out into a world where there were no home computers or DVDs or VHS or even cable TV.
You had a couple channels on TV and that's it. There was no form of interactive home entertainment, whatsoever. The idea that you could control something on a TV and play a game on it was mind-blowing.
The magic of this console didn't last long of course. Pretty soon the video game dominated the arcade and the home video console market exploded too.
But I definitely remember this little time when pong was king and we suddenly realized your TV could be something more than a passive device.