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How long did it take to download 45 years of updates?
The very first pong game system did not use software, which blows my mind. OP's does not appear to be the same version but it's possible this it also does not use software.
Am I too stupid...how did it work?
Essentially the “program” was baked into the hardware design itself. It didn’t have a rom chip or something, it just had hardware circuits dedicated to each function, like drawing the paddle etc.