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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Happy Birthday, Pong!

Today, back in 1972, Atari released the seminal arcade video game, Pong. To think of all the quarters I went through in arcades during the '70s, especially on family vacations. But it all really starts here.

All the best, Pong!

PONG-story

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Pong! What a blast from the past! I remember when we got Pong at home in my high school years (early 1970's) or early college days. We thought that the Atari game was the epitome of game cool! One could seemingly play forever without being bored - something not experienced while playing Monopoly or Risk with the same old human opponents - and with the same old predictable results! Woah, this certainly takes me back ...


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