<s>
1972	O
saw	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
successful	O
video	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
Pong	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pong	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
successful	O
video	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
poor	O
sales	O
of	O
Computer	B-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
Nolan	O
Bushnell	O
leaves	O
Nutting	O
Associates	O
to	O
move	O
his	O
coin-op	O
engineering	O
and	O
design	O
firm	O
with	O
Ted	O
Dabney	O
in	O
to	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
24	O
Magnavox	O
unveils	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
,	O
the	O
first	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
at	O
a	O
Burlingame	O
,	O
California	O
convention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nutting	O
Associates	O
,	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
Computer	B-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
sends	O
Nolan	O
Bushnell	O
to	O
observe	O
the	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
titles	O
were	O
the	O
best-selling	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
of	O
1972	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
annual	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
sales	O
figures	O
provided	O
by	O
Ralph	O
H	O
.	O
Baer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
Magnavox	O
begins	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Device
Odyssey	I-Device
through	O
its	O
own	O
retail	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
29	O
Atari	O
releases	O
its	O
first	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
Allan	O
Alcorn	O
's	O
Pong	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gregory	O
Yob	O
programs	O
Hunt	B-Application
the	I-Application
Wumpus	I-Application
,	O
an	O
early	O
progenitor	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
genre	O
,	O
in	O
BASIC	B-Language
for	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Don	O
Daglow	O
programs	O
Star	B-Application
Trek	I-Application
on	O
a	O
PDP-10	B-Device
mainframe	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
at	O
Pomona	O
College	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Civilization	B-Application
(	O
not	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
Civilization	B-Application
games	O
)	O
written	O
on	O
the	O
HP2000	O
minicomputer	O
at	O
Evergreen	O
State	O
College	O
.	O
</s>
