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The earliest video game conversions were almost exclusively home versions of popular [[arcade game]]s.{{cn|date=January 2017}} The first examples were conversions of [[Atari]]'s ''[[Pong]]'' in the form of consoles with this one game built-in, as well as consoles that included a number of variations on the game. Atari produced their own "official" conversion of the game for home use, but a number of other imitators such as [[Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears]]' Telegames Pong IV were also on the market.
With the beginning of the video game era, Atari released their [[Atari 2600]] console for which they licensed and produced a number of home conversions of popular arcade titles, including ''[[Pac-Man]]'' by [[Namco]], ''[[Space Invaders]]'' and ''[[Defender (video game)|Defender]].'' Later, other third-party developers and publishers such as [[Activision]] and [[Coleco]] produced games like ''[[Donkey Kong (
[[Data East]] introduced the concept of a convertible [[arcade system board]], or arcade conversion system, with the [[DECO Cassette System]].<ref name="Replay">{{cite magazine |title=The Replay Years: Our First Dynamic Decade In Words & Pix |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=120–32 |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/120/mode/2up}}</ref> It was the first interchangeable arcade system, developed in 1979 before it was released in 1980. It inspired [[Sega]]'s [[List of Sega arcade system boards|Convert-a-Game]] system, which released in 1981.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Adlum |first=Eddie |title=The Replay Years: Reflections from Eddie Adlum |magazine=RePlay |date=November 1985 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=134-175 (160-3) |url=https://archive.org/details/re-play-volume-11-issue-no.-2-november-1985-600DPI/RePlay%20-%20Volume%2011%2C%20Issue%20No.%202%20-%20November%201985/page/162/mode/2up}}</ref> ''[[Mr. Do!]]'' (1982) by [[Universal Entertainment|Universal]] was the first hit [[arcade game]] sold as a conversion kit.<ref name="Kent">{{citation|title=[[The ultimate history of video games: from Pong to Pokémon and beyond : the story behind the craze that touched our lives and changed the world]]|
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