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Allan Alcorn (born January 1, 1948) is an American pioneering engineer and computer scientist best known for creating Pong, one of the first video games. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
Development and history. Atari engineer Allan Alcorn designed and built Pong as a training exercise. Pong was the first game developed by Atari. [7] [8] After producing Computer Space, Bushnell decided to form a company to produce more games by licensing ideas to other companies.
Allan “Al” Alcorn, a major figure in the world of technology and gaming, is best known as the creator of Pong and as a key pioneer in the early days of the video game industry.
Nov 15, 2017 · Alcorn, determined to impress General Electric, drove to a department store on El Camino Real and bought its best black-and-white television.
Dec 6, 2022 · 50 years ago, Atari released the original Pong as an arcade game. To mark the anniversary, Atari co-founder and Pong designer Allan Alcorn spoke with NPR to reflect on the game's development.
On June 27, 1972 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney founded Atari in Sunnyvale, California, and hired Allan Alcorn to design the table tennis (ping-pong) game “PONG.” Pong was the first commercially successful video game (videogame).
Nov 29, 2022 · The first engineer to join the team was Allan Alcorn, a University of California graduate who had “never played a video game before”, according to Professor Allison Marsh, writing at IEEE ...
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