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Early Pioneers of Gaming

from Atomic Treehouse by Atomic Treehouse

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lyrics

What's the very first video game?
Depending who you ask, the answer's not the same
Well I guess that's really quite debatable
But here's the ones that made them playable

Atari wowed the world with Pong
Nintendo jumped on board with Donkey Kong
Namco had Pacman and Galaxian
They flew us out to space and back again

They were legends that you won't hear about
In your high school history class
They were heroes that you're not gonna see
On the daily news broadcast
They left all the nerds exclaiming
"Hooray for the early pioneers of gaming!"

William Higgibotham, 1958
Designed a new way for tennis to be played
I guess it was forgotten for a long time
They took it all apart in '59

The years went by and arcades were the place to be
Games from Midway, Williams, Taito, and Konami
In the 80s, they saw their biggest test
Miyamoto from Nintendo saved us with the NES

They were legends that you won't hear about
In your high school history class
They were heroes that you're not gonna see
On the daily news broadcast
They left all the nerds exclaiming
"Hooray for the early pioneers of gaming!"

(Reflective guitar solo plays through headphones while walking down railroad tracks on a cool night)

They were legends that you won't hear about
In your high school history class
They were heroes that you're not gonna see
On the daily news broadcast
They left all the nerds exclaiming
"Hooray for the early pioneers of gaming!"
"Hooray for the early pioneers of gaming!"
"Hooray for the early pioneers of gaming!"

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from Atomic Treehouse, released September 27, 2019

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