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Pong debuted on this day in 1972 — Atari's pioneering CPU-less video arcade game’s creation was the result of an engineer training exercise
T he Atari Pong arcade machine made its debut on this day in 1972. According to the iconic games firm, “from an initial ...
Regardless of whether or not the quarter cup really did runneth over, the Atari founders felt emboldened enough by their test drive to announce on Nov. 29 that they'd be rolling out Pong cabinets for ...
Two lines move on either end of the screen, a pixelated dot volleys between them and a score displays at the top. That's really all there was to Pong – and that was really all it needed to become the ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The first inductees into the new World Video Game Hall of Fame include Pong, the game that introduced millions to electronic play; Doom, which triggered a debate over the role of ...
ANTHONY HOWELL: (As Margit the Fell) Someone must extinguish thy flame. Let it be Margit the Fell. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So that is the sound of a video game. These days, games have the look and feel ...
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