6 posts and columns on Pong

Godfather of Pong

I always thought of it as a family game. And it just sort of degenerated into a one player type thing which was never in my mind.

– Ralph Baer, inventor of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home videogame system, on how videogames didn’t end up being the family activities he imagined they would be

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Atari Takes a Trip Back to the Future

in News on June 8, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Atari SA, a onetime pace-setter in videogames, has a new plan to become relevant again. The company, whose games have faded from prominence since their early ’80s heyday, is reinventing its classic software titles—like “Pong,” “Battlezone” and “Asteroids”—for new game platforms.

Amazon: There’s a Crude Black-and-White App for That

in Mobile on January 21, 2010 at 5:11 am PT

How large is the market for crude monochrome E-Ink apps for the Kindle? We’re about to find out, because Amazon is finally opening up the e-reader to developers. The retailer unexpectedly announced the Kindle Development Kit this morning, inviting software developers to build “active content” for the device.
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