Video gaming in 1972

Introduction
The early history of video games ended in 1971. In 1972, the commerical video game market began. NOTE: Some of this information is from Wikipedia.

1972 video game console releases

 * 1) The Magnavox Odyssey was released by Magnavox in August, 1972.
 * 2) The Atari Pong was released by Atari in November, 1972.

1972 video game releases

 * 1) Hunt the Wumpus was released in 1972. The game was coded by Gregory Yob.
 * 2) The Star Trek PDP-10 version was released in 1972. The game was coded by Don Daglow.
 * 3) The game Civilization was released in 1972. It was coded on a HP2000 mini-computer.

Conclusion
So, that's video gaming in 1972.