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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It might be called the grandfather of the PS5. An original prototype of Atari's "Home Pong" unit from 1975 sold for $270,910 at an auction this month. The video game -- one of the first produced and ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Allan Alcorn, the creator of Pong, about how the game impacted the industry and his life. Pong was released by Atari 50 years ago. Two moving lines, a dot that volleys ...

This is the ultimate celebration of PONG and the Atari legacy, which begins shipping on December 10th, 2025, so it can arrive just in time for Christmas. The Atari PONG Coffee Table is unlike any ...

If you’ve been miss the heart-pounding action from retro video games like Pong, Centipede and Astroids, you’re going to love this huge Amazon deal. Amazon has slashed the price on the Atari ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you think the PS5 is expensive, get a load of Atari’s “Home Pong” prototype. The original 1975, hand-carved wood mock-up of the Pong system recently sold for $270,910 at auction, according to ...