In 2012 we got further from the NES release in North America than the NES release in North America was from the earliest videogame. These events were 27 years apart.

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) released in North America

The NES ran at 60FPS… unless you had a bunch of sprites on the screen.

earliest videogame

"Tennis for Two" was the first videogame that was open to the general public. Prior games were entirely research projects or technology demonstrations. It was played on an oscilloscope which presented a side view of a tennis match. The custom built controller had a button to take a shot and a knob to adjust a shot's angle. Even this earliest videogame was very popular with long lines of people queuing up for a turn to play.