“I'm sure you've heard that the whole idea behind the original arcade Pong was that it was a test for me just to practice, building the simplest possible game. But Nolan lied to me and said it was going to be a home product.”

--Al Alcorn, creator of Pong

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/tech-history/silicon-revolution/al-alcorn-creator-of-pong-explains-how-early-home-computers-owe-their-color-to-this-one-cheap-sleazy-trick