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Pong

Pong is a two-player table tennis sports game and is one of the earliest arcade video games. Each player controls a paddle, moving it up and down to return the ball.

Screenshots and images

Company and staff credits

Publisher
This is a fallback image. No image is available. Atari, Inc.
Designer
Frame from Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration / Sorry, we don't have accessible text for this image :( / Image credit: Atari Allan Alcorn

Platform comparison

Platform Released Interfaces Target FPS Video Sound
Arcade 29 November 1972
North America
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Game details

Release dates
  • 29 November 1972:
    • Arcade (North America)
Genres

Development and pre-release

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Was developed as a training exercise given to creator Allan Alcorn by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell.

Publishing

Was the first sports arcade video game and one of the first arcade games of any kind.

Was location-tested at Andy Capp's Tavern, a bar in Sunnyvale, California, United States, where it earned an unprecedented (for the time) US $35-40 per day.

References

  1. Mid-Day.com (n.d.). Tech rewind: Interesting facts about the hit arcade video game Pong. http://www.mid-day.com/articles/tech-rewind-interesting-facts-about-the-hit-arcade-video-game-pong/15795171.

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