PONG VIDEO
GAME
Pong was the
invention of Nolan Bushnell, a young engineer who introduced video table
tennis to arcades in 1972. Simple and addictive, Pong launched the craze
for home video games. Introduced by Atari in 1974--long before anyone
had seen a personal computer. |
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Invention: |
Pong Video
Game
in 1972 |
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Definition: |
noun /
game trademark |
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Function: |
Pong is a
simple and addictive video game. A tiny "ball" floats back and forth
across a "net" bisecting a dark Television screen, and two players
use knobs to manipulate "paddles" on the screen to hit the ball. The
instructions are spare: "Avoid missing ball for high score." |
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Patent: |
3,793,483
(US) issued February 19, 1974 |
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