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HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut's attorney general isn't happy that a video game called "Frat Party Games: Beer Pong" was rated suitable for children as young as 13. Richard Blumenthal said Monday ...
50 years ago, Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game. To mark the anniversary, Atari co-founder and Pong designer Allan Alcorn spoke with NPR to reflect on the game's development.
"Pong" was one of the first arcade games in the 1970s, which eventually spawned Atari's "Home Pong." An original prototype of the video game system was auctioned off for more than $270,000.
This is a rush transcript from "America's Election HQ," July 8, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. E.D. HILL, HOST: I'm not saying I did, but I do happen to know a ...
The era of modern gaming began over 50 years ago — and in the time since Pong (1972), video games have gone from minimalistic engineering oddities to multi-billion dollar franchises that make ...
The classic Pong video game is getting a 21st century reboot in the form of its very own game show. Pioneer video game maker Atari has teamed up with producer Scott Sternberg to produce a game ...
Yes, “Pong” — the simplest video game ever from 1972, in which two lines bounce a dot back and forth — is in the process of becoming a TV competition show, Variety reports.
It strongly resembles the video game "Pong" which rose to popularity during the 1970s. Higinbotham was part of the Brookhaven National Laboratory’s instrumentation group, and worked with ...
Exactly 50 years ago today, Atari released Pong.It wasn’t the first video game ever created, nor the original take on virtual table tennis – a fact that would eventually lead to two decades of ...
Today marks 50 years since the gaming giant Atari first released Pong into an unsuspecting world. The “first commercially successful video game in history”, the electronic table tennis game ...