Though an extraordinary milestone for the reasons set out above, there are several other remarkable facts behind Pong’s ...
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 ...
No one could have predicted that fifty-three years ago this game would have led to the success of the video game indsutry.
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This Day in Pop Culture for November 29

On this day in pop culture history, Atari’s Pong game becomes partially responsible for the craze of video games and Jimmy ...
Happy birthday, Pong, and thank you for inspiring countless sequels and knockoffs, as well as the careers of an entire generation of video game designers. BRANDON QUINTANA: "A game that is easy to ...
'PONG' is being reimagined as a humorous role-playing game from original creator Atari and developer Chequered Ink for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via online storefront Steam.
Atari’s latest attempt at reclaiming relevance is by rehashing its original success story – Pong. Once a mainstay of arcades everywhere, the legendary game has now been shrunk down into a portable ...
Atari has launched its Atari Capsule Collection of collectible nonfungible tokens (NFTs), which use blockchain technology to uniquely identify collectibles for Pong and Centipede. The move capitalizes ...
Atari continues to struggle with getting its long-promised throwback console to consumers, but in the meantime it’s turned one of its most iconic games into a portable gaming machine that allows two ...
by Tim Sweezy — Friday, March 15, 2024, 10:42 AM EDT An incredibly rare prototype of the Atari Cosmos from the collection of Pong creator Allan Alcorn is up for auction. Also up for auction is a ...
Atari released a new game out of the blue today on Steam as players can now try out PONG Quest, developed by Chequered Ink Ltd. Taking inspiration from the classic video game, players will embark on ...
This is way the video game revolution began — not with a bang, but a Pong. Before gamers could swing like Spider-Man, rock a Tanooki suit like Mario or go fast like Sonic, they twirled knobs ...