Online gaming emerged in the early 1970s and has since become an integral part of our daily lives. These games have undergone significant advancements, from simple rectangular blips to rich-textured graphics, full-color displays, high-quality sound effects and intricate player-system interactions. Video game systems now come with built-in special effects such as unique lighting or texture mapping in real time.

Arcade games were among the most popular online games during this period. They included shooting galleries, ball toss games and coin-operated machines that could tell fortunes. The first arcade game was Computer Space by Nutting Associates introduced in 1971 while Atari's Pong was launched a year later.

In 1975, Atari released Pong for home use through Sears stores which turned out to be a huge success leading to more home video gaming devices. Fairchild Channel F created the first removable game system followed by Atari's 2600 which offered multiple-game options on one hardware using removable cartridges.

Despite its popularity at the time due to poor arcade standards it faded away paving way for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) launch in 1985 which revolutionized online video gaming forever with pad controllers instead of joysticks for authentic reproduction of arcade video games at home playing systems using loss leaders pricing strategy that paid off significantly.

Make sure you enjoy your online gaming consoles!