🎮On November 29, 1972 the table-tennis video game “Pong” was released by Atari. Pong was one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise assigned to him by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, but Bushnell and Atari co-founder Ted Dabney were surprised by the quality of Alcorn's work and decided to manufacture the game. Bushnell based the game's concept on an electronic ping-pong game included in the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console.

📅 #TodayInTechHistory (1972) Atari released Pong, the arcade game that kicked off the commercial video-game industry. A simple paddle-and-ball concept became a cultural phenomenon, proving interactive entertainment could be a business—long before consoles, esports, or cloud gaming. 🎮🕹️ | Evan Kirstel