This was the concept Atari founder Nolan Bushnell instilled into 24-year-old engineer Allan Alcorn, prior to their development of one of the most recognizable games of all time, "Pong," 50 years ago.

Pong was developed and published by Atari in 1972 and quickly became a pop-culture phenomenon, a massive arcade hit, and helped establish the video game industry. Featuring two paddles ...

And, if you were to take a small break from harassing the general public and ask one of them to name today's most advanced ...

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 between them and a score display at the top - that's really all ...

Aiming for a name that was catchy and succinct, the innovators at Atari simply called it Pong. It’s easy to underestimate just how massively lucrative the video game industry is today.

That's really all there was to Pong – and that was really all it needed to become the first widely played commercial video game. 50 years ago, Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game.

"I want to make a game that any drunk in any bar can play," he reportedly told Alcorn. "Simple enough for a drunk to play." Atari had a Pong prototype cabinet ready by the late summer, and soft ...

Atari, the fledgling computer games company he worked for, was scrambling to staff up after the sudden success of its first game, Pong. Now, here was a young hippie in sandals, waiting in ...

the critically acclaimed puzzle game Kombinera will be added to Stadia in September. According to Axios.com, “Atari’s 1972 Pong, ubiquitous in bars and restaurants, was the first ...

(SOUNDBITE OF PONG SOUND EFFECTS) SHAPIRO: And that was all it needed to become the first widely played commercial video game. Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game. Fifty years ago ...