Hints:

Turn your mousepad sideways when playing Pong to
give yourself more room for up-and-down lateral
movement.

Be flexible in your choice of controllers. Games like Pong and Centipede work best with a mouse; others, such as Battlezone, are best played with a joystick.

Enhanced graphics are available for most of the games, but this setting has been turned off by default at the Configuration screen. Be sure to toggle this option on for a much more attractive gaming session.